Maintenance Technician I

Hotel Equities Group, LLC•Colorado Springs, CO

About The Position

The Maintenance Technician I maintains, repairs, and cleans hotel areas and equipment and assists other trade mechanics to help ensure the hotel is safe and well maintained. The role performs preventive and corrective maintenance on facility equipment, production machines, guest rooms, and public areas, along with a variety of mechanical, electrical, plumbing, carpentry, painting, and related tasks. The technician reads manuals and work orders, diagnoses equipment issues, repairs or replaces parts, tests and adjusts equipment, and reports faulty operations or unusual conditions to appropriate supervision. The position also involves receiving deliveries, treating water and sewage systems, cleaning mechanical spaces and HVAC components, and completing other duties or projects assigned by a supervisor. The role requires basic trade knowledge and mechanical aptitude, effective communication and coordination skills, and the ability to learn from and take direction from trade mechanics. Work takes place throughout the hotel and may involve confined spaces, awkward positions, heights, and hot, cold, or wet conditions. The position is active and requires frequent standing, walking, climbing, bending, kneeling, crawling, and lifting or moving tools, equipment, and materials. Employees must use personal protective equipment when work presents a health or safety risk.

Requirements

Basic knowledge of skilled trade activities in plumbing, carpentry, electrical and mechanical work, and painting.
Basic mechanical aptitude for operating and repairing hotel equipment.
Skill using a variety of skilled-trade tools, including hand and electric tools.
Basic English communication and mathematical skills to communicate with coworkers, understand assignments, and perform accurate simple arithmetic.
Basic mathematical skills and considerable calculator skill to prepare moderately complex calculations accurately.
Ability to listen effectively, speak English clearly with customers and team members, and prepare complex written reports.
Coordination skills for determining the time, place, and sequence of operations or actions.
Ability to analyze information and make effective judgments.
Maintain a neat, clean, and well-groomed appearance.
Completion of a craft apprenticeship or an equivalent number of years of education and production maintenance experience.
Proof of authorization or eligibility to work in the United States.
High school diploma or equivalent.
Ability to move and work throughout the hotel for the duration of the shift and perform tasks involving bending, stooping, and kneeling.
Ability to push and pull objects or materials weighing up to 100 pounds.
Ability to climb stairs and ladders and work at heights up to approximately 30 feet for extended periods, including extending arms overhead.
Good mechanical ability and willingness to learn and take direction from trade mechanics.
Ability to work in hot, cold, and wet conditions and stoop, kneel, crawl, and climb on different surfaces.
Ability to lift tools, equipment, or materials weighing up to 75 pounds; frequently lift or move items over 75 pounds.
Ability to grasp, lift, and hold tools and demonstrate good finger dexterity.
Ability to stand, walk, bend, kneel, stoop, crouch, crawl, and climb throughout the day; regularly talk and hear.
Close, distance, color, and peripheral vision; depth perception; and ability to adjust focus.
Use personal protective equipment when required for work duties that may pose health or safety risks.

Responsibilities

Install and maintain production machines and facility equipment.
Assist trade mechanics with repairs and maintenance.
Change filters on supply air fans and fan coil units; grasp hand tools and adjust and maintain equipment.
Clean and paint mechanical spaces, including color-coded steam pipes and electrical wire.
Clean ceiling diffusers, return air registers, and toilet exhausts, using a ladder or lift when needed.
Perform preventive maintenance in hotel guest rooms, public areas, on machines, equipment, and facilities.
Perform emergency, unscheduled, and scheduled production-equipment repairs.
Perform simple machinist duties and mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, troubleshooting, and repair work on production machines.
Read and interpret equipment manuals and work orders to complete maintenance and service tasks.
Diagnose problems, replace or repair parts, and test and adjust equipment.
Perform plumbing maintenance and carpentry functions.
Use hand and power tools, electric meters, and material-handling equipment.
Identify faulty operations and defective materials and report them and unusual situations to proper supervision.
Follow safety regulations and keep work areas clean and orderly.
Clean and wash chilled water and steam coils; punch tubes and clean cooling towers.
Receive deliveries and add chemicals to treat water and sewage systems.
Complete other duties and special projects assigned by the supervisor, including errands to pick up parts.