Maintenance Technician - Brooklyn

Duties

• Troubleshoots minor maintenance problems involving electrical, structural, plumbing and equipment repair or replacement.
• Performs preventive building maintenance duties (i.e., caulks windows & doors, repairs/replaces broken windows, etc.).
• Performs routine plumbing repairs (i.e., unstopping toilets & sinks, fixing water leaks & leaking faucets, etc.).
• Performs routine minor electrical repairs (i.e., changing light bulbs; replacing ballasts & light fixtures, etc.).
• Maintains assigned buildings with travel to & from various Birch facilities and supply stores (i.e., Home Depot, Lowes, etc.).
• Purchases supplies, equipment and materials necessary to complete projects.
• Assembles and moves furniture, hangs pictures and bulletin boards, moves and sets up tables & chairs, etc.
• Steam cleans & shampoos carpets; strips, seals and polishes floors.
• Repairs and replaces door knobs or locks, repairs door closures, patches holes in walls.
• Paints interior and exterior surfaces.
• Ensures that all hazardous conditions are addressed in a timely manner (i.e., snow removal; gathering and removing trash from the premises; debris removal, etc.).
• Reports and repairs hazardous conditions on a timely basis.
• Manages walk-off mats, snow removal, spreading ice melt on sidewalks, etc.
• Performs other duties as required.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or General Education Degree (GED).
• Two or more years of experience working in a construction site, handyman role for residential program and or related field.
• Maintenance experience in a residential, health or treatment related setting preferred.
• New York State Driver’s License strongly preferred.
• Ability to learn phone app based WorxHub system.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to speak clearly and hear the spoken word well.
• Regularly required to utilize near vision ability to read documents.
• Regularly required to perform physical maintenance tasks, including operating cleaning and repair equipment, tools, and ladders.
• Ability to apply proper lifting techniques.