What are the responsibilities and job description for the Maintenance Technician position at El Castillo Retirement Residences?
Summary
The Maintenance Technician will perform preventative maintenance around the campus to prolong the life of the equipment, machinery, and mechanical systems and perform grounds keeping to try and keep the facility looking good, safe, and comfortable for all residents and staff. They have in-depth knowledge of how various mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems work so that they can identify how to repair them in case of breakdowns. They should be familiar with occupational safety and health standards to ensure that the facility is a safe place to work
Job Duties and Responsibilities
- Maintain and repair grounds daily, such as leaf removal, trash pick-up, sweeping, parking line painting, garage cleaning, and eliminating any risks of slips trips and falls
- Maintain a clean and organized work area while completing work orders
- Install appliances and kitchen components such as faucets, dishwashers, ranges, refrigerators, and micro hoods
- Perform minor fixes such as repairing broken locks, filling gaps on walls, installing blinds, installing towel bars, install wall mount televisions, hanging pictures/artwork etc.
- Minor plumbing such as installing bathroom and kitchen faucets, installing toilets, replacing shower cartridges, replacing garbage disposals, running a small drain cleaning machine to clear out clogged drains, occasional digging for pipe repair, and installing washing machines and dishwashers, and reporting any major plumbing issues to director
- Minor electrical such as replacing switches, outlets, and light fixtures, replacing ballasts for lights, camera replacement and replacing breakers and reporting any major electrical issues to director
- Minor HVAC such as replacing thermostats, zone valve replacement, test hvac equipment daily, replacing relays and transformers that correlate to the hvac system and reporting and major HVAC issues to director
- Summer seasonal duties such as taking care of the pool, testing pool chemicals, cleaning the pool, and getting pool certified if needed
- Winter seasonal duties include arriving early to shovel snow, and apply ice melt, locating problem areas and block off or clear area for safe travels for walking residents and staff
- Work directly with the renovation crew to complete apartment turn overs such as painting, installing wall plates, telephone jacks, cable jacks, running telephone and cable wiring to designated areas for wall mount televisions
- Utilize computer/ Tablet to receive daily work orders
- Walking extensively throughout the campus and finding and repairing problems with the equipment or building without a work order needed
- Assist residents with television or internet problems
- Undertake activities of pest control such as spraying insecticide
- Learn all locations of water, electric, gas, and sprinkler shut offs
Work Environment:
- Physically active job. Must be able to be on feet 8 hours a day – inspecting campus, monitoring teams, evaluating systems Prolonged periods standing and walking.
- Must be physically able to climb ladders, bend, or crawl into awkward spaces.
- Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds at a time
Preferred Qualifications
- Proven experience as a maintenance technician
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Must be well-organized and have the ability to prioritize tasks
- Basic understanding of electrical, plumbing, hydraulic and other mechanical systems
- Knowledge of general maintenance processes and methods
- Working knowledge of hand and power tools, common household appliances and devices
- Manual dexterity and problem-solving skills
- Good physical condition and strength with a willingness to work overtime
- High school diploma or equivalent; Certificate in HVAC, plumbing or relevant field will be a plus