Maintenance Worker

Community Healthcare Network Inc•New York, NY

3d•$0 - $47,513

About The Position

The Maintenance Worker supports the Facilities Department with the overall maintenance of facilities and equipment and with minor construction. The role independently addresses repairs and reviews operational items as necessary, including minor electrical and maintenance repairs. It also supervises construction activities and helps enforce organizational policies and procedures relating to safety, construction, and other operations at healthcare centers. Under Facilities Management direction, the Maintenance Worker helps keep the central office, clinics, and satellite offices compliant with funding-source requirements and local, state, and federal codes, including OSHA regulations. The position handles preventive maintenance, equipment and utility work, work-request coordination, contractor oversight, staff training, and inventory activities. It may also involve driving a mail van to clinics, hospitals, or other locations as directed.

Requirements

Three years of related work experience.
Valid driver license and good driving record.
Written and spoken communication skills.
Good interpersonal skills when interacting with staff, patients, and visitors.
Familiarity with computer systems and ability to use electronic facilities management software.
Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to define problems and resolve them quickly.
Ability to communicate easily and interact cordially with people from varied socioeconomic, cultural, and religious backgrounds.
Ability to stand, walk, or sit for extended periods; hear within the normal range; and use finger and hand dexterity to manipulate objects.
Ability to perform some heavy lifting and considerable equipment moving.
Vision abilities including close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Ability to work with possible exposure to viruses, disease, and infection from patients and specimens.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or GED equivalent preferred.
Continued education through technical and managerial seminars, workshops, and participation in agency in-services.

Responsibilities

Coordinate work needed to maintain compliance with funding-source regulations and local, state, and federal codes, including OSHA regulations.
Troubleshoot minor electrical, structural, plumbing, and equipment repair or replacement issues.
Perform preventive building maintenance, including caulking windows and doors and repairing or replacing broken windows.
Review work requests, set priorities, delegate work, and ensure work progresses and is completed safely.
Install, move, repair, and remove building equipment and utilities.
Assist in overseeing outside contractors.
Provide training to new and existing employees.
Keep the work area and equipment clean and orderly and follow prescribed safety regulations.
Conduct semiannual physical inventories of fixed assets and supplies in coordination with the Finance Department.
Conduct in-service classes for staff as assigned.
Comply with Employee Health Service requirements.
Facilitate related services for health center clients while respecting confidentiality and privacy.
Drive the mail van to clinics, hospitals, or other locations as directed when required.
Perform other duties as assigned.