Colville Maintenance Technician III

Benefits

• Free employee medical insurance
• Free employee dental insurance
• Free employee vision insurance
• Sick leave (8 hours of paid sick leave per month)
• Vacation (minimum of 2 weeks paid vacation)
• Discounted health memberships
• Retirement (employer contribution — 3% contribution and an additional 3% employer match)
• Free long-term disability insurance
• Free life insurance
• 13 paid holidays

About the role

The Building Maintenance Technician III is responsible for installing, inspecting, repairing, and performing preventive maintenance on a variety of systems, including mechanical, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, safety, and waste management. The technician also handles basic facilities maintenance, construction, and repair tasks, ensuring that all work meets service, quality, and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine inspections, repairs, and preventative maintenance on mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and HVAC systems.
• Address safety and waste management system issues as required.
• Complete basic facilities maintenance tasks, such as painting, drywall repair, carpentry, and fixture installations.
• Assist with various facility projects and coordinate facility improvements.
• Log and track maintenance activities using a work order system.
• Maintain professional and respectful communication with residents, addressing maintenance requests through the established work order system.
• Ensure timely responses to work orders while maintaining professional boundaries with residents, avoiding discussions or promises outside the scope of maintenance duties.
• Communicate with residents regarding scheduled maintenance, inspections, or repairs, but refrain from engaging in personal matters or issues unrelated to facility maintenance.
• Collaborate with or assist trade contractors on complex projects and repairs.
• Work independently, managing a wide range of maintenance duties under general guidance from supervisors.
• Maintain the exterior of the property daily to ensure clean and acceptable curb appeal.
• Supervise all work performed by outside contractors, ensuring satisfactory completion, and keep the Property Manager informed.
• Make recommendations to the Property Manager for repairs and improvements to maintain the property's quality.
• Respond to and complete work orders in a timely and professional manner.
• Coordinate with the Property Manager on move-ins and move-outs, maintaining a schedule for the timely completion of apartment make-readies.
• Ensure that apartments scheduled for move-ins are fully prepared for new residents before their move-in date.
• Maintain and oversee proper maintenance of all common area amenities.
• Regularly inspect common area lighting, sprinkler systems, fire prevention systems, and fire extinguishers, as required.
• Establish and follow a preventive maintenance program for the property (e.g., air filter replacements).
• Become familiar with all equipment operations, maintenance requirements, warranties, and manufacturer recommendations for properly maintaining equipment.
• Coordinate with the Property Manager to ensure the availability of "on-call" personnel for after-hours, weekend, and holiday emergencies.
• Maintain an up-to-date inventory of all equipment, tools, and supplies required for property maintenance.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA regulations and the hazardous chemicals program.
• Regularly use various communication methods (email, text, phone, etc.) and database practices as required by the position and supervisor.
• Perform other relevant duties as assigned by the Property Manager.
• Use appropriate administrative, fiscal, physical, and technical safeguards to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and security of CCEW client protected health information (PHI), per HIPAA regulations.
• Adhere to company policies regarding resident interaction, directing any non-maintenance-related issues to the Property Manager or appropriate personnel.
• As a mandated reporter, follow all procedures outlined in agency policies to report to the proper agency when there is suspicion and/or confirmation that a child or adult has been a victim of abuse or neglect.
• Adhere to the tenets of Catholic Social Teaching and Catholic Doctrine.
• Perform as a team member to ensure that productivity outcome measures are achieved.
• Perform related functions necessary to support the mission and core values of Catholic Charities.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• 3–5 years of experience in building maintenance or a related field.
• Full proficiency in a broad range of maintenance and repair activities.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to follow safety standards and work in compliance with building codes.
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills.
• Regularly stand, climb, walk, hear/listen, talk.

Certificates & Licenses

• Valid driver’s license and ability to drive for work use.
• Must successfully pass background check as applicable to position.

Physical Abilities

• Regularly stand, climb, walk, hear/listen, talk.
• Frequently lift up to 50–100 pounds, pull/push, carry, grasp, reach.
• Occasionally sit, crawl, stoop, kneel.
• Clearly see 20+ feet, with or without corrective lenses, ability to focus.

Mental & Other Skills/Abilities

• Adaptability: ability to adapt to changes, delays, or unexpected events; manage competing demands and prioritize tasks; change approach or method to best fit the situation.
• Analytical Ability: maintain focus for extended periods; complete research projects with resourcefulness and persistence; synthesize complex or diverse information; use intuition and experience to complement existing data.
• Attendance: consistently arrive and be able to work as scheduled.
• Computer/Technical Ability: working knowledge of Microsoft 365, word processing software, spreadsheet software, internet software.
• Dependability: follow instructions (written and verbal); respond to management direction; complete tasks on time or notify appropriate person with an alternate plan.
• Interpersonal Skills: maintain satisfactory relationships; excellent customer service skills; good understanding of appropriate human relations; awareness of and sensitivity to the service population’s culture and socioeconomic characteristics.
• Judgment: make prudent and timely decisions; exhibit sound and accurate judgment; explain reasoning for decisions.
• Language Ability: read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals; write routine reports and correspondence; speak effectively before groups.
• Mathematical Ability: calculate figures such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, volume; apply basic algebra and geometry concepts.
• Motor Coordination: coordinate eyes, hands, fingers, and feet accurately; handle precise movements.
• Problem Solving Ability: identify and/or prevent problems before they occur; formulate alternative solutions; transfer learning from past experiences to new, similar situations.
• Quality Management: complete duties on time with absolute precision at least 95% of the time; edit accuracy and thoroughness of own and others’ work; constructively apply feedback; generate ideas to improve and promote quality.
• Reasoning Ability: apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions in written, oral, or diagram form; deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Supervisory Skills: this position does not have supervisory responsibilities.

Workplace Environmental Conditions

• Noise Conditions: exposed during a shift to constant or intermittent sounds at a level sufficient to cause hearing loss or fatigue.
• Exposure to Trauma: employees provide direct services to vulnerable community members including those with behavioral health challenges and those exposed to trauma.
• Heat: subject to high temperatures.
• Cold: exposed to low temperatures.
• Atmospheric Exposures: exposed to dust, fumes, vapors, or mist.
• Client Population: may include persons involved in gangs, with substance abuse concerns, homelessness, and/or tendencies toward violent behavior.
• Potential Exposure: illicit drugs and air-borne contaminants (proper PPE provided).