What are the responsibilities and job description for the Facility Maintenance Technician position at DCH Health System?
Responsible for maintaining DCH buildings, equipment and grounds.
WORK CONTEXT
- Maintains and improves buildings, equipment and grounds.
- Emergency repairs, scheduled repairs, preventative maintenance, and inspections.
- Provision of reliable utilities.
- Regulatory compliance of buildings, equipment and grounds.
- Ordering parts and materials.
- Attend all scheduled classes and meetings.
- Complete 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.
- Must adhere 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.
- Must adhere to all DCH Health System policies and procedures.
- All other duties as assigned.
- High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent is preferred but not required.
- 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 preferred. Two years’ experience in area of primary assignment preferred.
- Must possess a valid Alabama driver’s license and be eligible for insurance coverage as a driver of company vehicle on DCH insurance policy is preferred but not required.
- Must be able to read, write legibly, speak, and comprehend English.
WORK CONTEXT
- 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.