Maintenance Technician

HarborChase of Palm Beach Gardens•Palm Beach Gardens, FL

just now•Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Technician receives and follows maintenance schedules and direction from the Director of Maintenance, with a primary focus on providing a safe and clean environment for residents, associates, and visitors. This role involves performing routine maintenance on community grounds and parking areas, including policing, sweeping, and blowing as necessary. Key responsibilities include the upkeep of floors, such as carpet cleaning, deodorizing, sanitizing, stripping, sealing, and waxing tile floors, as well as daily inspection of hallways for needed carpet cleaning. Community trash removal is performed at the start of each workday. The technician is expected to perform all duties at a reasonable pace, ensuring safety and attention to detail. Routine maintenance and repair throughout the community are required, covering tasks such as plumbing, replacing bulbs, checking and replacing A/C filters and fuses, electrical work, carpentry, and mechanical repairs. The technician must report equipment malfunctions or breakdowns, hazardous conditions, and supply shortages to the supervisor immediately. All maintenance items must be kept in a safe area to prevent injuries. The position is subject to recall after hours and requires being on-call for weekends and holidays in the event of a maintenance emergency. Proper authorization is required prior to entering any apartment. All on-the-job injuries must be reported according to company procedure. When interacting with residents and/or family members, the technician must be mindful of Resident’s Rights to Privacy and resident confidentiality. The ability to work in a safe and alert manner and to take ownership for the safety of associates and residents is essential. Any medication that might impair the associate’s ability to perform the job safely or competently must be disclosed. Non-essential functions include leading by example, exhibiting CORE Values through servant leadership, possessing a passion to work with senior citizens, encouraging teamwork, promoting company philosophy, attending required community meetings, completing all required courses in adherence with HRA University, being prompt and able to perform duties on a regular, predictable basis, and understanding how to report a missing person using the Safe Return program or equivalent, if applicable. All associates are responsible for maintaining a safe and secure environment for all community residents.

Requirements

High school diploma
One-year experience in a related field
Able to communicate effectively with all levels of management, associates, residents, family members, and outside contacts
Must know how to use a wide variety of maintenance equipment that are necessary tools of performing the job at hand
Must be patient and able to work with ill, disabled, or emotionally upset senior residents within the community
Willing to work beyond normal working hours to get a problem solved or job completed
Requires a Level 2 background screening through the Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse (for Florida Companies)

Responsibilities

Receives and follows maintenance schedule and direction from the Director of Maintenance with the focus on providing a safe and clean environment for residents, associates and visitors
Performs routine maintenance on community grounds and parking areas by policing, sweeping, blowing, etc. as necessary
Performs upkeep of floors including carpet cleaning, deodorizing and sanitizing in a timely manner as to allow time for other duties
Strips, seals and waxes tile floors as necessary
Inspects hallways daily for needed carpet cleaning
Performs community trash removal at start of each work day
Performs all duties at a reasonable pace allowing for safety and attention to detail
Performs routine maintenance and repair throughout the community as directed to include: plumbing, replacing bulbs, check and replaces A/C filters and fuses, electrical, carpentry, mechanical, etc.
Reports equipment malfunctions or breakdowns to supervisor
Report all hazardous conditions to supervisor or appropriate manager immediately
Notifies supervisor of shortage or supplies
Ensure that all maintenance items are kept in safe area to prevent injuries to residents, associates, and visitors
Subject to recall after hours and to be on-call for weekends and holidays in the event that a maintenance emergency arises
Obtains proper authorization prior to the entry of any apartment
Reports all on-the-job injuries according to company procedure
When interacting with residents and/or family members, is mindful of the Resident’s Rights to Privacy and resident confidentiality
The ability to work in a safe and alert manner
The ability to take ownership for associate’s safety and the safety of the residents
Must disclose any medication that might impair associate’s ability to perform the job safely or competently
Leads by example exhibiting the CORE Values through servant leadership
Must possess a passion to work with and around senior citizens
Encourages teamwork and promotes company philosophy
Attends required community meetings as required
Completes all required courses in adherence with HRA University
Is prompt and able to perform the required duties of the position on a regular, predictable basis
Becomes familiar and understands how to report a missing person using the Safe Return program or equivalent, if applicable
Maintains a safe and secure environment for all community residents