Maintenance Technician

Job Description

Job Description

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Maintains and repairs a variety of complex machines.

· May assist in installation of new equipment.

· Performs required mechanical and electrical maintenance functions.

· Does preventative maintenance as scheduled.

· Uses wide variety of tools.

· Maintains records of work performed, parts used, and time spent.

· Works with little supervision.

Must be able to speak, read and write in English. Have a very high level of mechanical, electric, plumbing, electronic and other abilities. Needs to be capable of lifting, bending and climbing.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education/Experience:

Associate's degree or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or six months to one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Ability:

Required to speak, read and comprehend English fluently. Read, analyze and interpret business, professional, technical or governmental documents. Write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals. Effectively present information and respond to questions from managers, customers and the public.

Reasoning Ability:

Define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions. Interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Computer Skills:

Touch-screen computer systems, computerized operating screen on some machines, installation, maintenance and minor repairs of some computer and computerized components

Machine Skills:

Diagnostic equipment, electrical meters, hand and power tools, light and heavy industrial equipment and devices, forklift, scissor lift

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

· Frequent exposure to a variety of electro-mechanical hazards.

· Frequent exposure to injury from moving parts of equipment. Subject to burns and cuts.

· Frequent exposure to noisy equipment, sufficient to cause distraction or possible hearing loss.

· Commonly exposed to hazardous conditions where there is danger to life, body and/or health.

· Commonly works in precarious or high locations (ladders, scissor lifts, etc.).

· Commonly exposed to hot and humid work environment and steam hazards.

· May be exposed to industrial cleaning agents/chemicals, some of which are toxic.

· May be exposed to hazardous body fluids, waste, and potentially infectious materials.

· Occasional irregular work hours including absentee replacement on short notice.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

· Required to stand, bend, kneel, stoop, reach, twist, squat, crawl and otherwise maneuver to perform various specialized tasks in, around, over and under machines and operating systems

· Required to push, pull, lift, grip and carry more than 50 pounds.

· Eyesight demand: Required to differentiate and categorize different parts, components, and perform necessary duties based on visual inspection, sometimes in time-sensitive situations.

· Frequently exposed to physically and mentally intensive, time-sensitive tasks, sufficient to cause increases in stress levels during these times, followed by times of minimal physical and mental demand and subsequent low stress levels.

Required Personal Protective Equipment:

Hearing protection and eye protection when applicable.

Hospital Cooperative Laundry (HCL) is a cooperative association serving the hospitals on the Front Range of Colorado and Southern Wyoming.