Facility Maintenance Technician

Maintained Duties

• Maintains and improves buildings, equipment and grounds.
• Emergency repairs, scheduled repairs, preventative maintenance, and inspections.
• Provision of reliable utilities.
• Regulatory compliance of buildings, equipment and grounds.
• Ordering parts and materials.
• Attend all scheduled classes and meetings.
• Complete all required logs and records.

Duties

• Maintains performance, patient and employee satisfaction and financial standards as outlined in the performance evaluation.
• Performs compliance requirements as outlined in the Employee Handbook.
• Adheres to the DCH Behavioral Standards including creating positive relationships with patients/families, coworkers, colleagues and with self.
• Ensures the safety of patients, visitors and employees.
• Identifies and reduces unsafe practices that may result in harm to patients, visitors and employees.
• Reduces risks and hazards to promote safety for patients, visitors and employees.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent is preferred but not required.
• Primary assignment areas may include Electrical, plumbing, HVAC, carpentry, locksmith, welding and/or painting.
• Two year technical degree directly applicable to primary assignment preferred.
• Two years’ experience in area of primary assignment preferred.
• Valid Alabama driver’s license and eligibility for insurance coverage as a driver of company vehicle on DCH insurance policy is preferred but not required.
• Must be able to read, write legibly, speak, and comprehend English.

Physical Requirements

• Heavy work.
• 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.
• Climbing stairs, ladders, and scaffolding, and working at heights above thirty (30) feet.
• Perform tasks requiring bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, walking, reaching, handling, fingering, and feeling, working in a confined space, and working within extreme temperature ranges.
• Good manual dexterity.
• Good communication skills.