Installation & Maintenance Technician jobs in Lompoc, CA

Salary Range: $19.70 - $27.16

Pay rates are determined based on experience and internal equity.

Position Summary:

• Must work well under stress or tight deadlines.
• Must work well with supervisors, co-workers, patients/residents, family members and visitors.
• Organizes and performs a variety of skilled and semi-skilled duties in construction, repair and maintenance of the hospital’s physical plant and equipment with or without supervision from the Facilities Director.

District Responsibility:

• Support of the District Mission and Values
• Demonstrate Respect, Professionalism and Courtesy to all patients, visitors, other providers and coworkers, as delineated in the LVMC “Commitment to Care”.
• Constantly use C-I-CARE principles when communicating with others.
• Performance Improvement Activities 
• Professional Development

Position Duties/Responsibility:

• Repairs and maintains: plumbing, electrical, HVAC, ice machines, kitchen equipment, patient beds, furniture, vacuum systems, medical gas systems, emergency diesel powered generating and transfer cases.
• Performs general building maintenance including carpentry, painting, plastering, and minor construction projects.
• Assist with the Equipment Management Plan.
• Makes building rounds and is consistently alert to needed repairs, replacements and unsafe conditions.
• Operates a motor vehicle.
• Reads, understands and uses technical specifications and catalogs for the installation, repairing and completing preventive maintenance of equipment.
• Maintains logs and records maintenance repairs or alterations to equipment.
• Performs electrical safety checks on equipment, electrical outlets and fixtures.
• Performs inspections of the Fire alarm System including fire extinguishers, and sprinkler systems.
• Knows basic computer skills.
• Uses proper safety precautions and personal equipment.
• Follows all JCAHO, Life Safety Code, California Building Code, and NFPA guidelines and regulations.
• Occasionally required to work other than normal hospital hours as assigned including overtime, weekends and/or holidays.
• Frequently required to work on call weekends, holidays or as assigned.  
• Position Competencies 
• Other Duties Assigned by Supervisor

Essential Functions:

• Proper methods, materials, tools and equipment used in the maintenance trade.
• Electrical and mechanical measuring instruments.
• Basic math
• Record keeping.
• Safety precautions and procedures.
• Ability to follow simple blue prints, drawings, oral and written directions.
• Ability to respond quickly to changing demands.
• Ability to work alone and with very little supervision.
• The ability to be supervised.
• The ability to work as a Team.
•  The ability to have positive personal interactions with staff, patients/residents and visitors.

Position Qualifications:

• Education: Education and/or job related experience dealing with electrical, mechanical, plumbing and structural engineering issues. 
• Experience: Experience in public or health care facility general maintenance.                          
• Licenses/Certifications: CA driver’s license with driving record acceptable to the District’s vehicle insurer.
• Skills/Ability: Electrical, HVAC, plumbing, and carpentry.
• LVMC reserves the right to modify the minimum requirements depending on the needs of the organization.