Maintenance Worker

Southeast Community Health Systems•Independence, LA

2h•Onsite

About The Position

The essential duties of a Maintenance Worker are to perform routine and preventive maintenance and repair procedures on buildings, mechanical equipment, and utility systems. This role involves a variety of tasks including minor repairs, cleaning, inspecting and maintaining light coverings, ensuring soap and sanitizer dispensers are full, monitoring and testing emergency lights and fire extinguishers, and maintaining logs. The position also requires ensuring infection control requirements are met, moving furniture and equipment, performing basic custodial duties, and completing annual functions like floor buffing and waxing. Outside custodial duties such as trash and debris removal are also part of the job.

Requirements

High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred.
Ability to work with cleaning machines & tools.
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
May be required to compose simple correspondence.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
May be required to solve mathematical computations and create miscellaneous drawings and schematics.
Ability to apply common understanding to carry out written or oral instructions.
Valid Louisiana Driver's.

Responsibilities

Perform minor repairs of buildings & equipment as applicable and needed.
Make recommendations for major repairs of building & equipment as applicable and needed.
Cleans and inspects light coverings and remove bugs or debris.
Maintains records of scheduled maintenance procedures.
Ensures all soap and sanitizer dispensers are full and in working condition.
Monitors and test emergency lights monthly and annually, schedule service, maintain logs.
Monitors fire extinguishers monthly, schedule annual service and maintain logs.
Monitor exit lights, schedule repairs as applicable, maintain logs.
Ensure infection control requirements (janitorial care) are met.
Move furniture and equipment, setup and breakdown cubicles as needed for cleaning.
Identify projects that require higher skilled crafts’ services.
Ensure cleanliness of designated areas within facilities by performing basic custodial duties (cleaning, sweeping, mopping, etc.)
Ensure annual functions (floor buffing, waxing, etc.) is completed according to schedule
Performs outside custodial duties such as removal of trash and debris as required.
Other duties as assigned.