TECHNICIAN TIER 1

MERCER VALVE CO INC•Oklahoma City, OK

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Performs entry level maintenance work including grounds keeping, cleaning, and maintaining Mercer Valve facilities. Essential job functions include removing and replacing faucets, drains, working on commercial toilets and urinals, patching, taping, and finishing sheetrock for painting, stripping and waxing floors, changing filters, belts, motors, and verifying oil levels. The role involves working with pressure bearing systems with air and liquid, following Lock Out Tag Out procedures, removing and replacing switches, plugs, and light bulbs, and diagnosing basic electrical problems. The technician is expected to support a clean work environment, observe and follow all safety rules, attend safety trainings, maintain documentation, follow work orders, move building furniture, perform maintenance of building, sidewalks, and parking areas (including snow and ice removal), handle and relocate waste supplies for recycling or disposal, and work with all types of ladders. The position also requires using company vehicles, forklifts, golf cars, and riding lawn mowers to complete tasks, ensuring prompt and professional response to work order requests, performing regular maintenance on tools and equipment, and routine groundskeeping tasks such as mowing, weed eating, edging, trimming trees and hedges, pruning plants, pulling weeds, cleaning up litter, emptying outside trash receptacles, and applying chemicals like weed killers and fertilizer. Employees may be required to work more or less than 40 hours/week as part of their regular schedule based on production needs.

Requirements

Ability to drive a company vehicle is required.
Ability to operate a golf car is required.
Ability to use a ladder is required.
Ability to operate a riding lawn mower is required.
Ability to use grounds keeping equipment such as lawn mowers, edgers, weed eaters, leaf blowers, hedge trimmers, etc. is required.
Ability to use grounds keeping tools such as clippers, trimmers, shovels, etc. is required.
Ability to use computers and a company email account.
Ability to operate company smart phone and write and respond to text messages.
Ability to read and follow both verbal and written instructions.
Ability to understand and follow all Safety policies and guidelines as required by the job.
Ability to walk/stand/stoop for several hours daily, including walking between buildings in various weather conditions.
Ability to regularly lift/push/pull objects within safety limits.
Attention to detail and dedication to maintaining facilities.
Ability to use hand/power tools such as hammers, wrenches, screwdrivers, saws, power screwdrivers, and drills.
Ability to work independently or as part of a team.
Ability to communicate effectively with supervisors, co-workers, and contractors.

Nice To Haves

Ability to operate a forklift is preferred.
Ability to operate a scissor lift is preferred.

Responsibilities

Remove and replace faucets, drains, work on commercial toilets and urinals.
Patch, tape, finish sheetrock for painting.
Strip and wax floors.
Change filters, belts, motors, and verify oil levels.
Work with pressure bearing systems with air and liquid.
Ability to follow required Lock Out Tag Out procedures.
Remove and replace switches, plugs, light bulbs, etc.
Ability to diagnose basic electrical problems.
Support a clean work environment.
Observing and following all safety rules, attending safety trainings as necessary.
Maintain documentation and follow work orders accordingly, ensuring all documentation is filled out completely.
Move building furniture when needed.
Performs maintenance of building, sidewalks, and parking areas, which includes snow removal and ice removal.
Handling and relocating of waste supplies such as pallets, wood crates, metal chips for the purpose of recycling or disposal.
Works with all types of ladders.
Using company vehicles, forklifts, golf cars, and riding lawn mowers to complete tasks.
Ensures that work order requests are responded to promptly and professionally.
Perform regular maintenance on tools, equipment to include cleaning, storage and inventory.
Routine mowing, weed eating, and edging of all OKC Mercer lawns is required.
Trimming trees and hedges on company grounds is required.
Pruning plants and pulling weeds in flower beds on company property is required.
Cleaning up litter and emptying outside trash receptacles is required.
Performing routine lawn treatments including the application of chemicals such as weed killers and fertilizer is required.