Maintenance Worker

Position Overview

Performs routine and extensive preventative maintenance and repair procedures on agency buildings, mechanical equipment, and utility systems.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure the cleanliness, orderliness, appearance, and sanitation of agency buildings, grounds, roads, walks, and equipment through preventive maintenance and minor repairs on a scheduled basis.
• Completes daily, weekly and monthly checklists on building equipment maintenance procedures and maintains records of scheduled maintenance procedures.
• Makes routine electrical repairs including but not limited to replacing exhaust fans, lighting fixtures, electrical outlets, appliances, light switches, and ballasts and inspects electrical systems for unsafe conditions. Also, maintains and regularly tests working conditions of safety equipment including fire alarm systems and emergency lighting.
• Maintain and repair plumbing fixtures including sinks, toilets, faucets, dispensers, fountains, and pipes.
• Paint and repair roofs, windows, doors, floors, woodwork, plaster, drywall, and other parts of building structures.
• Operate and maintain various mechanical tools and equipment such as power saws, power sanders, drills, air compressors, paint sprayers, sewer augers, and various hand tools required for carpentry, plumbing, and maintenance skills.
• Move furniture and equipment; assemble furniture and equipment for the purpose of providing items in working condition.
• Installs various items (e.g. backboards, office equipment, railings, fences, etc.) for the purpose of completing projects safely and within established time frames.
• Build necessary items (e.g. counters, temporary partitions, etc.) for the purpose of modifying and/or adapting facilities to specific needs.
• Coordinate with administration and other vendors for the purpose of completing projects/work orders efficiently.
• Estimate and requisition materials and supplies for required maintenance.
• Responds to emergency maintenance requests for the purpose of resolving immediate safety concerns.
• Performs outside custodial duties including but not limited to grass trimming and snow removal as required.
• Routinely inspects facilities to identify building maintenance needs.
• On-call as needed for emergencies.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• One year of responsible experience in building maintenance and groundskeeping is preferred.

Qualifications and Knowledge

• Valid driver’s license
• Knowledge of methods, practices, tools, and materials used in building maintenance and repair work.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to other employees of the organization.
• Good communication and language skills with the ability to take up roles and responsibilities on a proactive basis. Must be confident with organizational ability and possess the capacity to multitask.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to interpret miscellaneous drawings and schematics.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Knowledge of occupational hazards and necessary safety precautions applicable to building maintenance work.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here represent 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 essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is:

• Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, ability to adjust focus to perform activities such as operating machines such as lathes, drill presses, lawnmowers, power tools, power saws and mills where the seeing job is at or within arm’s reach; performing mechanical or skilled trades tasks.
• Frequent bending, crouching, or squatting during building maintenance activities
• Pushing, pulling equipment, or lifting heavy equipment or supplies
• Climbing stairs/ladders
• Walking, standing, or sitting for extended periods of time
• Operating assigned equipment
• Exposure to air contaminants, confining work spaces, dirt, electrical hazards, temperature extremes, noise, toxic materials, and vibrations

HCA is proud to offer a competitive suite of benefits including but not limited to:

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan with company matching
• Telehealth/concierge medicine
• FSA & HSA
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Critical illness/specified disease insurance
• Accident insurance
• Generous paid time off including vacation, holiday, personal, and sick time
• Employee assistance program
• Travel reimbursement