What are the responsibilities and job description for the Maintenance Mechanic II position at Dartmouth Health?
Responsible for all routine and preventative maintenance duties for all campus locations related to basic trades such as carpentry, plumbing, and basic electrician work. A hospital maintenance mechanic is responsible for installing, maintaining, repairing, and inspecting mechanical equipment and electrical systems.
- Responsible for inspecting equipment and facilities for proper operation and working conditions, maintaining routine equipment inspections and repairs as necessary, and reporting more serious problems to their shop leadership for further instructions or maintenance scheduling.
- Responsible for ongoing facility maintenance and completing repairs on equipment, plumbing, heating and wiring, troubleshooting machinery and performing routine preventative maintenance, ensuring compliance with safety procedures and regulations, inspecting buildings to confirm safety standards.
- Performs routine preventative maintenance and repairs on a wide variety of facility equipment.
- Evaluates and makes recommendations to supervisor regarding the condition of equipment that may need to be repaired or replaced to prevent costly downtime in the future.
- Reports any unsafe situations or practices to the supervisor.
- Evaluates the nature of reported problems, determines the most effective method for corrective measures, affects the needed corrections, provides necessary follow-up, and completes all required documentation.
- Responds to fire alarms and resets the system. Responds to the loss of electrical power, water, medical air, and medical vacuum and other life safety equipment.
- Investigates complaints and observations regarding poor or damaged equipment and attempts to remedy the problem while providing the necessary documentation to keep equipment histories current.
- Make recommendations to department leadership on spare equipment to have available to ensure prompt completion of work orders and preventative maintenance tasks.
- Evaluates effectiveness of day-to-day workflows and reports back to department leadership any recommendations.
- Maintains a clean and safe working environment at all times.
- Participates in on-call rotation support.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned.
- High School Diploma or equivalent (GED) is required.
- 2 years’ experience in working in a Healthcare setting.
- 2 years of mechanical, technical and computer experience required.
- Excellent organization, written and oral communication skills.
- Some experience with operations and maintenance of building mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems, computer software required.
- Some knowledge with reading blueprints, schematic diagrams, and equipment manuals required.
- Some knowledge of air quality, OSHA, hazardous materials and other related environmental issues that could affect health care facilities required.
- Valid driver’s license with a clean driving record required in accordance with DH’s Driver Disqualifications Guidelines.
- Obtain ASHE Health Care Physical Environment Worker Certification within 90 days of hire.
- MECH Certification required within 1 year of hire.
- Obtain OSHA 10 within 1 year of hire.