Maintenance Assistant

Maintenance Technician

Assists in the maintenance of facility to provide a safe, clean, and comfortable environment for residents, staff, and visitors.

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Diagnoses technical and mechanical problems and makes repairs as appropriate.
• Responsible for maintenance and beautification of facility and grounds.
• Conducts scheduled maintenance throughout physical plant and for all equipment.
• Maintains and tests the emergency power system to ensure availability of power to all entrances, exits, fire detection alarms and extinguishing equipment, and life support systems.
• Maintains all essential equipment (e.g., boiler room equipment, nursing unit/medication room refrigerators, kitchen refrigerator and freezers, etc.) in safe operating condition

Entry qualifications:

• Minimum high school diploma or equivalent required.
• At least one (1) year physical plant and equipment experience in an institutional environment.

Physical demands and environment:

May be required to respond to critical issues on a 24/7 basis. Employee may be required to sit, bend, stoop, see, talk and hear. May occasionally lift medium to heavy objects. Employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals. In compliance with applicable law, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

Other requirements:

By his/her signature below, employee agrees to safeguard the privacy of residents' protected health information from improper use and disclosure according to state and federal law.