General Maintenance Worker - Operation Of Plant Maintenance

Position Summary

Installs, maintains, and repairs machinery, equipment, and structures in accordance with operating manuals, manufacturing specifications, and user’s needs. Assists other trades as required.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent is desired but not required.
• Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license and an acceptable driving record in accordance with organizational policy.
• Must have a minimum of five (5) years of experience in the field of general maintenance work.

Responsibilities

• Attends mandatory training and in-services.
• Cross trains co-workers and other team members as necessary.
• Keeps work areas, shops and utility rooms neat, clean and organized.
• Obeys environmental requirements for disposal and handling of hazardous and universal wastes and products.
• Performs repair operations on relative trade systems and components.
• Coincides shutdown activity and notifies staff accordingly.
• Responds, diagnoses, and performs repairs as necessary.
• Prioritizes work assignments based on needs of hospital.
• Keeps track of open work orders.
• Controls backlog of work orders.
• Periodically, informs supervisor and requesting department of status.
• Completes assigned Preventive Maintenance work orders per priority and risk assessed order of importance.
• Completes paperwork including Daily work summary, shutdown notices, utility system failure occurrences, rounds sheets, time off requests.
• Maintains and uses all department tools and equipment as established in Policies and Procedures and manufactures recommendation.
• Maintains inventory of parts and materials for daily repairs and to expedite emergency repairs, PM’s and projects.
• Complies with the department and hospital safety policies and procedures and contributes to the overall safe operation of the hospital facility.
• Complies with safety policies including Fire plan, code response, MSDS, Utility Management Plans, LOTO, conf space, fall protection, etc.
• Supports on call and emergency response as required.
• Aid snow coverage as required.
• Works with Department Directors/Managers to address, schedule, complete, provide status on projects, repairs and PMs to keep the respective departments informed of the activity.
• Certainly in trade specific knowledge, responsibility and duties.