General Maintenance Staff

About the role

The General Maintenance Staff performs a variety of maintenance and repair activities including preventive maintenance for our residential and office site locations. The General Maintenance Staff will receive maintenance requests from Facilities Supervisors, Facilities Administrative Assistants, and the Maintenance Team Leader to support all facility activities. This position will be responsible for proactively troubleshooting, diagnosing, and executing preventive and corrective maintenance on residential home sites.

Responsibilities

• Provide maintenance solutions that meet health/safety standards for residential and commercial locations as assigned, including but not limited to: windows, doors, door locks, plaster, drywall, and other building structures, light fixtures, and minor plumbing
• Repair/install electrical wiring, electrical fixtures, and equipment
• Assess and report on household systems: HVAC, appliances
• Secure resources necessary for the completion of assigned tasks
• Serve as point-person with outside vendors and provide recommendations to the Facilities team
• Perform preventive maintenance on residential and commercial locations
• Complete household licensing preparation in accordance with DPW Reg. 6400
• Complete new residential site property assessments
• Correct any newly identified health/safety issue(s) whether or not the issue was previously reported to the Facilities team

Requirements

• One year’s experience in residential or commercial facilities maintenance
• High School diploma or GED required
• Excellent verbal communication skills
• Computer proficiency with Microsoft Outlook (email) required
• Ability to write reports and business correspondence
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from Facilities Manager and other staff
• Problem solving and critical thinking utilized on a regular basis
• Maintain accurate accounting for all expenditures in accordance with policy and procedures
• Inform Facilities Supervisor to spend monies in excess of the budget
• Basic knowledge and experience in carpentry, plumbing, electricity, and mechanical tasks
• Perform routine manual labor tasks with work site clean-up completed
• Successful completion of motor vehicle records and background check

Employee may be asked to perform other duties or tasks not identified in the list, but which are within the competence of someone with the above skills. InVision may acquire specialized tools (rental, purchase) as deemed necessary by the Facilities Manager. Complex jobs may be sourced to specialist vendors for completion.

Physical demands

• Regularly required to sit, talk, or hear and frequently use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands/arms
• Occasionally required to stand, walk, and stoop, kneel or crouch
• May lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, and ability to adjust focus
• Employee must seek assistance or use appropriate devices when lifting or carrying items over 50 lbs

All job requirements listed indicate the minimum level of knowledge, skills, and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently. This job description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. Employees may be required to perform any job-related function as directed by their supervisor.