Facilities Apprentice
About The Position
This is a full-time Facilities Apprentice position within the Support Operations Division - Facilities: Internship Program. The role involves performing routine to general maintenance services, including plumbing, carpentry, equipment repair, groundskeeping, and snow removal. The apprentice will also perform repairs on various facility systems such as mechanical, electrical, and other critical systems. Additionally, the position requires maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing mechanical equipment, patient care equipment, and mechanical/electrical systems. The apprentice will assist with electrical systems, maintain HVAC and refrigeration systems, keep daily logs and preventive maintenance records, conduct preventive maintenance and safety checks, and compute job costs. A key component of this apprenticeship is maintaining passing grades in all vocational classes taken.
Requirements
- None Required.
- High School Graduate.
- No experience required.
- Must be able to meet minimum educational requirements for entry into technical school courses as determined by Accuplacer tests.
- Basic computer skills
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and to problem solve
- Knowledge in electricity, plumbing, HVAC, steam fitting, soldering, carpentry, fabricating and groundskeeping
- Apprentices must abide by all terms and conditions set forth in their apprenticeship contract.
- Must be able to sit, stand, walk, bend, twist, climb and reach above shoulders at least 50% of the workday.
- Must be able to lift up to 15 lbs from floor to overhead.
- Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs from floor to chest-level.
- Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs at waist height a reasonable distance.
- Must be able to push/pull with 50 lbs of force.
- Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job.
Responsibilities
- Performs routine to general maintenance services including plumbing, carpentry, equipment repair, groundskeeping, and snow removal.
- Performs repairs on a variety of facility systems such as mechanical, electrical, building systems, and other critical systems.
- Maintains, troubleshoots and repairs mechanical equipment such as motors, pumps, conveyors, doors, fans, boilers, heat exchangers and controls.
- Maintains, troubleshoots and repairs patient care equipment such as beds, carts, tables, blood pressure devices, surgery equipment, etc.
- Maintains, troubleshoots and repairs mechanical/electrical systems such as pneumatic tube, plumbing, piped medical gas, specialized water systems etc.
- Assists with installation, replacement, repair and testing of electrical systems and equipment.
- Maintains, tests, repairs and modifies heating, ventilating, air conditioning, refrigeration and related temperature controls and assists with monitoring utility systems to ensure full and efficient operations.
- Maintains current daily logs, preventive maintenance records and equipment repair files in order to comply with local, state and federal regulatory requirements.
- Conducts preventive maintenance and performs equipment safety checks.
- Computes job costs and order parts, equipment, supplies, and materials.
- Maintain passing grades in all vocational classes taken.
Benefits
- Comprehensive suite of Total Rewards
- Benefits and well-being programs
- Competitive compensation
- Generous retirement offerings
- Programs that invest in your career development
- Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
- Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
- Incentive pay for select positions
- Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
- Paid Time Off programs
- Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
- Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
- Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
- Educational Assistance Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
High school or GED
