General Maintenance Technician II — Night Shift 8:30 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.

Arkansas Children's Hospital•Springdale, AR

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Arkansas Children's is a tobacco-free workplace and requires flu vaccines. This position is designated as safety sensitive and cannot be filled by a candidate who is a current user of medical marijuana. The General Maintenance Technician II provides general maintenance of the hospital, including repairs and additions to wall, floor, and ceiling systems. They are responsible for maintaining all doors, locks, and closers, and for making, installing, or contracting for more complex signs. The role involves checking and prioritizing work orders, communicating with nursing personnel for scheduling repairs in patient areas, and performing general maintenance tasks. This includes painting, maintaining records of paint usage, and ensuring compliance with hospital signage policy, ADA, and other codes. The technician also receives materials, verifies quality and quantity, and submits recommendations for repairs and replacements. They serve as a liaison with the General Maintenance Foreman, ensuring plant machinery operates within design specifications and monitoring systems via local indicators and building automation. Maintaining assigned equipment, possessing knowledge of machines and repair procedures, and understanding emergency response procedures are also key aspects of this role. The technician will monitor systems, document alarms, repair equipment, and perform assigned maintenance duties.

Requirements

2 years of relevant experience
HS Diploma or GED may substitute for 2 years of work experience
No education requirements

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or GED or equivalent
Boiler Operator License - Arkansas Department of Labor Boiler Operator's License

Responsibilities

Checks and prioritizes work orders on a daily basis and completes them within a reasonable length of time.
Communicates with Lead Nursing personnel in order to schedule repairs within patient units/rooms when necessary.
General Maintenance work may entail repairing or adding walls, floors, and ceilings, cutting keys or installing new cylinders, maintaining list of all doors with assigned key numbers, painting and maintaining records of what colors and finishes were used where, makes and/or installs signs in accordance to hospital signage policy, federally mandated ADA, state, and city codes.
Receives materials, verifying quality, quantity, pricing, and completed material safety data sheets (MSDS) are supplied. Signs packing slips and delivers them to assigned person by end of shift.
Submits recommendations for repairs/replacements to Foreman according to budget planning.
Serves as liaison with General Maintenance Foreman reporting pending repairs as necessary.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Ensures all plant machinery is operating within design specs and takes appropriate action if not. Continuously monitors local indicators and building automation system to ensure proper operation of machinery and a stable supply of utilities.
Maintains assigned equipment in proper working order.
Maintains knowledge of machines and their operating characteristics; maintains knowledge required to make repairs.
Possesses intimate knowledge of emergency response procedures for all plant equipment/utilities, and demonstrates the ability to carry out procedures.
Monitors systems, documents alarms/unusual events, repairs equipment and/or systems.
Performs assigned maintenance duties.