Lead Maintenance Mechanic - Full Time

About the role

The Maintenance Mechanic role involves performing light maintenance, repair, and cleaning tasks in a safe and professional manner while ensuring safety in patient/resident care areas and supervising maintenance staff.

Responsibilities

• Perform light maintenance repair and cleaning tasks completed in a safe, professional manner.
• Take extra precautions when working in patient/resident care areas; keep tools out of reach of children.
• Possess basic mechanical knowledge and show competence in the use of hand tools, meters, measuring devices and gauges.
• Ability to work from blueprints, schematics and technical manuals (helpful).
• Perform and oversee work quality inspections on a routine basis to ensure all work orders are being completed following acceptable engineering practices.
• Function with safety, morale, and efficiency of the department and team in mind.
• Possess the skills necessary to perform evaluations of all types of building and equipment repairs.
• Act as a resource to staff and assist management with department personnel (interviewing, hiring, disciplinary actions, performance evaluations) and department operations.
• Direct and supervise other maintenance mechanics.
• Assist management with office procedures, work order delegation, files, engineering library, electronic drawings, machinery history, preventive maintenance, parts procurement and inventory, writing of operating procedures, and streamlining of systems.
• Maintain good written and oral communication skills; explain conditions and situations accurately while troubleshooting.
• Ability to work all shifts and hours as scheduled.
• Comply with all corporate and facility policies and dress code.
• Work independently with minimal supervision.
• Have knowledge of federal, state, and local codes, specifications, and ordinances.
• Depending on facility size, perform installation and maintenance of mechanical and stationary systems, including boiler operations, to ensure a safe and efficient environment.
• Maintain campus grounds and perform other outside maintenance duties.
• Perform general duties such as electrical, plumbing, carpentry, painting, HVAC, and bed repair and maintenance.
• May require on-call duties as needed or as directed by the department.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Trade school or vocational school preferred.
• Five years of experience in building systems preferred.
• When applicable, possess a valid driver's license; maintain a good driving record if required.

Skills

• Basic mechanical knowledge.
• Competence with hand tools, meters, measuring devices