Maintenance Technician

Job Title: Facilities and Maintenance Technician (Worker)

Reports To: Facilities Director

About CLARE | MATRIX:

CLARE | MATRIX is a nonprofit organization providing effective and compassionate treatment, recovery, and prevention services for alcoholism and substance abuse to individuals, families, and the community.

Since 1970 CLARE|MATRIX has provided quality substance abuse and mental health treatment to men, women, and children in southern California.

Through programs run by a compassionate, committed, results-oriented team of counselors, therapists, and administrators, CLARE|MATRIX continues to build its reputation as a leader in Evidence-Based Treatment practices and continues to break new ground in the areas of positive outcomes, outreach, research, and community involvement.

Headquartered in Santa Monica, CA, CLARE|MATRIX maintains 7 facilities in the Southern California region; providing services to participants in a manner consistent with its Core Values: Compassion, Teamwork, Integrity, Empowerment, Adaptability and Equality.

Summary:

Assist maintenance staff with repairs including drywall, painting, minor plumbing, and janitorial tasks. Run errands as requested by supervisor.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Performing repair or general Maintenance work of facilities, buildings, grounds, and equipment at various sites including electrical, carpentry, plumbing, masonry, glazier, and painting tasks.
• Repairing and treating structures such as showers, floors, sinks, walls, carpets, and roofs.
• Performing minor repairs, troubleshooting, and adjustment of locks on cabinets, locks, closets, desks.
• Repairing door hinges, cleaning plugged key slots, changing filters on ventilating, heating, and air conditioning units.
• Servicing kitchen, appliances, and emergency equipment, reporting mechanical malfunctions to party for action.
• Moving and assisting in transportation of furniture and equipment.
• Setting up and breaking down offices, exercising discretion to identify projects that need higher skilled crafts individual’s services.
• Activating and deactivating building alarms and responding to alarm calls after and during regular work hours.

Knowledge, Experience & Skills:

The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years’ experience working in a maintenance environment or as a “handyman”.

In addition, the following are strongly desired:

• Ability to use efficiently various power and hand tools.
• Should follow oral or written instructions.
• Communicate efficiently and fluently in both written and oral form.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective and cooperative working relationships.
• A positive attitude and a good driving record are required
• Must have access to personal vehicle to drive to/from work and to various sites and facilities.

Physical Demands:

While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to sit and use their hands and fingers, to handle or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision. Must be able to lift 50 pounds.

These physical demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation can be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential functions.

Medical History:

All employees whose functions require or necessitate contact with client or food preparation shall complete a health screening report or a health questionnaire. Health screening report or health questionnaire will be provided upon hire. For all residential employees a health screening report, be completed and signed off by a medical practitioner signature for clearance. All outpatient employees will complete at minimum a self-report screening questionnaire.

TB test are to be conducted under licensed medical supervision not more than 60 calendar days prior to or 7 calendar days after employment and renewed annually from the date of the last tuberculosis test. Staff with a known record of tuberculosis or record of positive testing shall not be required to obtain a tuberculosis skin test. Unless there is documentation that the staff completed at least 6 months of preventive therapy, the staff shall be required to obtain, within 45 calendar days of employment, a chest x-ray result and a physician’s statement that the incumbent does not have communicable tuberculosis and has been under regular care and monitoring for tuberculosis. A chest x-ray within the prior 6 months is acceptable. The physician’s statement shall be renewed annually.

Work Environment:

The office for this job will be located at the CLARE|MATRIX offices in Santa Monica, CA. CLARE|MATRIX operates facilities in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties. While performing the responsibilities of the job, these work environment characteristics are representative of the environment the job holder will encounter.

Conclusion:

This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job and the general nature and level of work performed by job holders within this job. But this job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position.

CLARE|MATRIX is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. CLARE|MATRIX does not discriminate because of gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, age or physical, mental, or sensory challenges. No qualified applicant will be denied employment sole on the basis of having or not having a prior history of alcoholism or other drug addiction.