Maintenance Assistant

Job Description

Job Description

Salary range: $17.74 per hour.

Generous leave including 13 days of vacation, 13 days of sick leave, and 13 paid holidays annually. A comprehensive benefits package that includes health, dental, vision, and life insurance.

JOB SUMMARY:

Performs general preventative maintenance and repair duties throughout the building and grounds of this Agency.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Performs carpentry and building maintenance repairs assigned by the Maintenance Superintendent.
• Estimates the cost of materials and, through coordination with the Maintenance Superintendent, prepares purchase order requests for materials and parts.
• Maintains material safety data sheets in all vehicles for products used.
• Repairs furniture, cabinets, and partitions. Installs and repairs doors, locks, building hardware, etc. Performs maintenance on playground equipment.
• Performs painting and building weatherization tasks.
• Performs ground maintenance work, including the pruning, cutting of shrubs, plants, and grass, and installing woodchips and borders.
• Inspects Agency vehicles on a weekly basis to prevent costly repairs.
• Attends all required training and maintains required certifications.
• Utilizes certified renovator practices.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Conduct work in a moderate-paced environment.
• Majority of work centers on troubleshooting, repair, installation, and maintenance of low to moderate-income homes and Agency buildings to provide a safe, comfortable environment.
• Upper body strength to lift 85 pounds and carry 100 feet and move heavy loads using material handling equipment.
• Lower body strength to stand/walk throughout the workday.
• Climb various ladders and scaffolding somewhat frequently relative to other tasks.
• Ability to frequently stoop, kneel and reach. Local travel to meetings and site work areas.
• Environmental demands include moderate exposure to weather conditions and various airborne particles of sawdust, insulation, and common dust.
• Work is performed in limited and inaccessible areas frequently.
• Frequent exposure to various supplies containing hazardous materials or chemicals.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

• Completion of vocational training course in building trades and there (3) years of full-time paid employment in the building trades. Additional experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-to-year basis.
• High school graduate or G.E.D.
• Must be insurable possess or be able to obtain a commercial chauffeurs license and have a safe driving record.
• Must be able to direct and work with people.
• Possess no non-qualifying physical requirements.

This position is considered safety sensitive under the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act. Therefore, those applicants testing positive for marijuana will not be hired even when in possession of a valid medical marijuana license.