Senior Mechanic / HVAC

DCH Health System•Tuscaloosa, AL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for maintaining DCH buildings, equipment and grounds. This role involves a variety of tasks including emergency repairs, scheduled repairs, preventative maintenance, and inspections to ensure the reliable provision of utilities and regulatory compliance of buildings, equipment, and grounds. The position also requires ordering parts and materials, attending scheduled classes and meetings, and completing all required logs and records. Adherence to DCH Standards, including performance, patient and employee satisfaction, financial standards, and DCH Behavioral Standards, is crucial. The role emphasizes creating positive relationships, ensuring the safety of patients, visitors, and employees by identifying and reducing unsafe practices and risks, and utilizing electronic mail, time and attendance software, learning management software, and the intranet. All DCH Health System policies and procedures must be followed, and other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Primary assignment areas may include one or more of the following: Electrical, plumbing, HVAC, carpentry, locksmith, welding and/or painting.
Two year technical degree directly applicable to primary assignment and two years’ experience in area of primary assignment. Or five years’ experience relevant to primary assignment area or with Engineering Services at a DCH Facility.
Must be able to read, write legibly, speak, and comprehend English.
Daily communication with others, either face-to-face, by telephone, radio or other forms of communication.
Possible exposure to human body fluids, disease, infection, chemicals and/or hazardous materials, voltages, steam, pressurized air or fluids.
Requires possible intermittent wearing of common protective or safety equipment.
Will be assigned to an eight hour shift. May be required to work relief for other shifts and/or participate in weekend coverage. Could be subject to modified scheduled work hours.
Must be available for participation in on-call rotation schedule.
Heavy work. Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
Climbing stairs, ladders, and scaffolding, and working at heights above thirty (30) feet.
Perform tasks requiring bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, walking, reaching, handling, fingering, and feeling, working in a confined space, and working within extreme temperature ranges.
Good manual dexterity.
Good communication skills.
Must be able to perform the duties with or without reasonable accommodation.
Hearing and vision must be normal or corrected to within normal range.
Physical presence onsite is essential.

Nice To Haves

High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent is preferred but not required.
Possession of a valid Alabama driver’s license and acceptance for insurance coverage as a driver of company vehicles on DCH insurance policy is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Maintains and improves buildings, equipment and grounds.
Performs emergency repairs, scheduled repairs, preventative maintenance, and inspections.
Ensures provision of reliable utilities.
Ensures regulatory compliance of buildings, equipment and grounds.
Orders parts and materials.
Attends all scheduled classes and meetings.
Completes all required logs and records.
Maintains performance, patient and employee satisfaction and financial standards as outlined in the performance evaluation.
Performs compliance requirements as outlined in the Employee Handbook.
Adheres to the DCH Behavioral Standards including creating positive relationships with patients/families, coworkers, colleagues and with self.
Performs essential job functions in a manner that ensures the safety of patients, visitors and employees.
Identifies and reduces unsafe practices that may result in harm to patients, visitors and employees.
Recognizes and takes appropriate action to reduce risks and hazards to promote safety for patients, visitors and employees.
Requires use of electronic mail, time and attendance software, learning management software and intranet.
Adheres to all DCH Health System policies and procedures.
Performs all other duties as assigned.