Maintenance Specialist

Maintenance & Facilities Technician

The Maintenance & Facilities Technician oversees the daily operations for a safe and clean infrastructure of the school at all locations for preventative, corrective and emergency maintenance including HVAC, plumbing and electrical. Requires good judgment and application of standard maintenance procedures. Interact with a variety of individuals including parents, staff, students and subcontractors. The position reports to the Director of Finance & Operations. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Daily maintenance of the school buildings and grounds for all minor repairs such as maintaining and/or replacing doors, hardware, window coverings, floor and ceiling tiles, furniture, fire alarms, light & ballast fixtures, emergency lights, switches, outlets, lavatories, toilets, urinals, water fountains, appliances, dispensers, etc.
• Tracking and management of the maintenance and facilities request form from staff with prompt and polite responses within the authority to do so.
• Immediate response to resolve all safety and licensing and health dept requirement issues.
• Regular testing of water systems at Marshdale, changing furnace filters, periodic radon testing.
• Availability for facility inspections including annual inspections by the fire department, alarm monitoring, health department and risk management.
• Set up and breakdown & cleanup of all meetings and events.
• Management of school vehicles including maintenance and safety and training.
• Bus driver for transporting students.
• Battery maintenance for alarms, clocks, thermostats.
• Snow removal by shoveling, plowing before, during and after school including snow days to prepare for school drop off, safe school days and pick up.
• Groundskeeping such as mowing, blowing debris, pulling weeds and trash pickup.
• Maintenance including clearing walkways and parking lots, checking playgrounds, cleaning drains & gutters, greenhouses, sheds and all property of the school.
• Scheduling summer facilities tasks, projects & subs to prepare for the start of school including deep cleaning, window cleaning, septic system pumping.
• Coordination with subcontractors.
• Custodial work to clean after projects or to support primary cleaning service.
• Regular facilities meetings to provide support and information.
• Monitoring the Facilities calendar to ensure compliance for facilities tasks.
• To perform other duties to support the school as assigned by the Director of Finance & Operations and the Head of School.