Maintenance Technician I - Riverfront 10930

Colorado Coalition for the Homeless • Quinte West, ON

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) is dedicated to preventing homelessness and creating lasting solutions for individuals and families across Colorado. CCH advocates for and provides a continuum of housing and services to enhance the health, well-being, and stability of those they serve. Their philosophy centers on the belief that everyone has a right to adequate housing and healthcare, and they work to remove barriers to these rights. CCH fosters strong, caring, and trauma-informed communities by integrating housing, healthcare, and supportive services. They advocate for social and racial equity, inclusion, and diversity, challenging the status quo. Excellence is pursued through continuous quality assurance, innovation, and professional development, while resources are used judiciously and effectively.

Under general supervision, the Maintenance Technician I will perform a variety of semi-skilled maintenance duties, including inspection, diagnosis, troubleshooting, and repair across all CCH residential communities. This role involves becoming familiar with the diverse systems and practices within the department. Duties include managing work orders, general maintenance, electrical, plumbing, carpentry, appliance installation/repair, custodial functions, and completing unit turnovers, all while ensuring adherence to safety and operational standards. As experience grows, tasks will become more diversified and require less direct supervision.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent education.
• Valid driver's license required. (This requirement may be waived, if necessary, based on overall candidate experience and current needs of the business.)

Nice To Haves

• Prior customer service experience working with homeless or low-income population preferred.
• Previous hands-on maintenance experience highly preferred, especially in an apartment or multi-family setting.
• Certifications in professional skilled areas of property maintenance preferred.

Responsibilities

• Performs a variety of semi-skilled duties involving inspection, diagnosis, troubleshooting, maintenance, installation, testing, monitoring, repair, and servicing of equipment, components, building facilities, and other items.
• Identifies and implements effective courses of action to complete a diversity of daily assigned work tasks.
• Ensures timely and accurate completion of resident work orders, active and preventative maintenance tasks, maintaining detailed records/logs of all actions.
• Coordinates work assignments with other team members, residents, or departments as needed.
• Communicates with the team, property manager, tenants, and/or other invested parties on the status of work in progress and/or completed.
• Operates necessary manual and electric tools and equipment, chemicals, and supplies.
• Maintains the facilities storage area/shop area in a neat and organized fashion.
• Ensures the consistent application of OSHA safety standards (e.g., hazardous materials, PPE, confined space entry, fire & emergency planning, lockout/tagout).
• Performs unit turnovers and/or evictions, including pre-walks of units prior to resident move-out, communicating the scope of work and timeline to the property manager, executing turn actions, including possible furniture/item removal and basic custodial functions.
• Assists in keeping the common areas of the community presentable, including trash removal and custodial duties.
• Operates and inspects CCH vehicles for transit to facilities for their respective duties/assignments.
• Strict adherence to confidentiality policies according to resident's rights regulations and courtesy.
• Assists the Maintenance Supervisor and Community Manager on special maintenance projects.
• Observes all sections of the CCH property maintenance plan.
• Responds to any and all emergency situations as necessary.
• Reports unusual and/or extraordinary circumstances regarding the property and/or residents to the property manager.
• Maintains a work environment marked by respect for others, reflecting values of cultural competency, building workforce diversity, and fostering cooperation and teamwork.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Choice of HMO or PPO health insurance coverage options: full-time employees contribute only 1% of their earnings for their own HMO health coverage and no more than 4% of their earnings for coverage of eligible dependents.
• Same-and opposite-sex domestic partner coverage.
• Choice of dental insurance or discount plan.
• Vision insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts for health care / dependent care / parking expenses.
• Free basic life and AD&D insurance coverage.
• Employee Assistance Program, a problem-solving resource available to you and your household members.
• Dollar-for-dollar retirement plan matching contributions up to 5% of earnings with 3-year vesting.
• Extensive paid time-off, including 9 holidays, 12 days of sick leave, and three weeks of vacation for new full-time employees in their first year.
• Benefits effective the first of the month following date of hire.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED