Maintenance Assistant

ON-SITE Position MAJOR FUNCTION: Under the supervision of the Maintenance Supervisor, assists in various tasks in the general upkeep and repair of facilities including, but not limited to, Essential Functions.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Maintain lighting within the facilities. Minor repairs and maintenance. Sheetrock repair and painting as required. Assist in the maintenance of grounds (grass, woods, flowers, trash). Perform and maintenance preventative maintenance duties and logs; keep daily records of tasks completed. Greets all patients/clients/customers via telephone or directly in a personal and professional manner.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES: Assumes other duties as assigned by the Maintenance Manager.

REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATION

& EXPERIENCE Graduation from high school, vocational school, or possession of an approved high school equivalent certificate. Basic knowledge of electricity and plumbing. Experience in maintaining a health care facility preferable. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND OTHER (KSAO’s): High energy level, comfortable performing multifaceted projects in conjunction with day-to-day activities.

Good reasoning abilities. Sound judgement. Good communication skills. Resourceful and well organized. PHYSICAL & WORK REQUIREMENTS 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.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk and talk and listen. The employee frequently is required to stand and use hands to handle, finger, or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to fifty (50) pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to eighty-five (85) pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essentials functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee may be required to work outdoors in inclement weather conditions to shovel snow and remove ice. May be required to work with and around hazardous chemicals and waste material. SALARY: $38,700 - $52,600