Maintenance Assistant

Position Summary

Perform work involving the skills of two or more maintenance or craft occupations to keep machines, mechanical equipment, or the structure of an establishment in repair. Duties may involve insulating; machining; carpentry; repairing electrical or mechanical equipment; installing, aligning, and balancing new equipment; and repairing buildings, floors, or stairs.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Repair or replace defective equipment parts using hand tools and power tools, and reassemble equipment
2. Perform routine preventive maintenance to ensure that machines continue to run smoothly, building systems operate efficiently, and the physical condition of buildings does not deteriorate
3. Diagnose mechanical problems and determine how to correct them, checking blueprints, repair manuals, and parts catalogs, as necessary
4. Inspect, operate, and test machinery and equipment in order to diagnose machine malfunctions
5. Clean and lubricate shafts, bearings, gears, and other parts of machinery
6. Adjust functional parts of devices and control instruments, using hand tools, levels, plumb bobs, and straightedges
7. Paint and repair roofs, windows, doors, floors, woodwork, plaster, drywall, and other parts of building structures
8. Maintain and repair specialized equipment and machinery
9. Follow life safety plan and comprehensive emergency management plan
10. Assist EVS Department in duties including:
    • Patient area daily room cleaning
    • Patient area discharge cleaning
    • Patient area isolation cleaning
    • Disinfection and chemical use
    • Laundry processing (patient linens)
    • Laundry processing (personals)
    • Rover/ Public area cleaning
    • Office/ Ancillary cleaning
    • Hard floor care
    • Carpet care
    • ALF weekly unit cleaning service
11. Repair beds and furnishings
12. Change out facility bulbs when needed
13. Manage plumbing for facility
14. Relocate lifts as needed
15. Pressure clean facility areas as needed and instructed
16. Utilize Building Engines to complete all work order requests
17. Participate as a member of Life Safety and Disaster Team

Competencies

• Demonstrates the ability to maintain interior and exterior facility appearance
• Demonstrates knowledge of Life Safety Codes
• Demonstrates efficient repair or replacement of defective equipment parts
• Demonstrates the ability to diagnose mechanical concerns and/or issues
• Performs pre-established preventative maintenance timely and accurately
• Demonstrates effective and efficient utilization of Building Engines
• Demonstrates a proactive approach to checking and ordering of supplies
• Demonstrates timely and accurate completion of requests via Building Engines

Culture

This is a high performance environment propelled by collaboration through our Teams of Excellence (T.O.E.) Program. The expectation for each team member is to engage in our complex and dynamic organization by adding value and support to fellow team members.

Work Environment

This job operates in a post-acute setting. This role requires regular walking to various locations around the facility. This role also routinely comes into contact with patients who may have contagious illnesses. Team member is expected to adhere to facility’s no-smoking policy.