Maintenance Assistant
About the role
Birchwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare is now seeking an experienced Maintenance Technician. Our focus is quality care in a supportive and friendly environment. Our facility offers a wide range of amenities, specializing in short-stay rehabilitation and long-term care. At Birchwood, we believe in focusing on key initiatives to improve the quality of life, medical care, and outcomes for everyone. If you are looking to join a caring and supportive team, we would love to meet you!
Responsibilities
- Carry out work assignments as directed by supervisor.
- Ability to complete painting projects at facility; including surface preparation, trim work, and cleanup.
- Perform routine plumbing, electrical, carpentry, and repair work.
- Ability to safely operate various lawn, hand, and power tools, including snow blowers, drills, saws, planers, sewer snakes, etc.
- Replace burned out light bulbs and ballasts on a regular basis.
- Carry out scheduled service as directed in preventative maintenance program.
- Perform safety surveillance to monitor potentially unsafe work areas, equipment, and practices.
- Report hazardous equipment and conditions to supervisor.
- Conduct daily tour of facility to check maintenance request books on each nurses’ station and in kitchen, and perform needed repairs.
- Ability to work independently on long-term projects.
- Maintain confidentiality of resident records and respect resident rights when performing maintenance work.
- Be available for work as requested on weekends.
- Practices safe working habits.
Requirements
Position requires demonstrated knowledge and skills in planning, organizing, developing and directing the overall operation of the maintenance department in accordance regulatory and company standards; maintaining the grounds in a first class condition; safely and properly maintaining facility and equipment in accordance with established policies and procedures of the facility; demonstrate effective verbal and written communication in English; be