Maintenance Mechanic III - Laundry/Linen Service

Position Details

Lakeland Regional Health is a leading medical center located in Central Florida. With a legacy spanning over a century, we have been dedicated to serving our community with excellence in healthcare. As the only Level 2 Trauma center for Polk, Highlands, and Hardee counties, and the second busiest Emergency Department in the US, we are committed to providing high-quality care to our diverse patient population. Our facility is licensed for 910 beds and handles over 200,000 emergency room visits annually, along with 49,000 inpatient admissions, 21,000 surgical cases, 4,000 births, and 101,000 outpatient visits.

Lakeland Regional Health is currently seeking motivated individuals to join our team in various entry-level positions. Whether you're starting your career in healthcare or seeking new opportunities to make a difference, we have roles available across our primary and specialty clinics, urgent care centers, and upcoming standalone Emergency Department. With over 7,000 employees, Lakeland Regional Health offers a supportive work environment where you can thrive and grow professionally.

Active - Benefit Eligible and Accrues Time Off

Work Hours per Biweekly Pay Period: 80.00

Shift: Monday - Friday

Location: 1324 Lakeland Hills Blvd Lakeland, FL

Pay Rate: Min $27.82 Mid $34.78

Position Summary

The Maintenance Mechanic III-Laundry Specialist demonstrates the commitment to the vision, mission and goals of Lakeland Regional Health, modeling the values and culture of caring. This position is responsible and accountable for providing superior and outstanding patient, customer and associate care by providing and performing a variety of skilled maintenance duties, including inspection, repair and preventive maintenance services to all commercial laundry equipment; working knowledge of systems, equipment and components throughout the commercial laundry environment.

Position Responsibilities

People At The Heart Of All We Do

• Fosters an inclusive and engaged environment through teamwork and collaboration.
• Ensures patients and families have the best possible experiences across the continuum of care.
• Communicates appropriately with patients, families, team members, and our community in a manner that treasures all people as uniquely created.
  
  

Safety And Performance Improvement

• Behaves in a mindful manner focused on self, patient, visitor, and team safety.
• Demonstrates accountability and commitment to quality work.
• Participates actively in process improvement and adoption of standard work.
  
  

Stewardship

• Demonstrates responsible use of LRH's resources including people, finances, equipment and facilities.
• Knows and adheres to organizational and department policies and procedures.
  
  

Standard Work: Maintenance Mechanic III

• Must always be focused on the daily commercial laundry production needs pertaining to patient, customer, and associate care in our facilities, specifically daily arising repairs (work orders) and emergent situations.
• Must interact with patients, visitors, doctors and LRH associates in a professional and respectful manner. Must be able to immediately address issues and communicate the work that will need to be completed or has been completed.
• Must inspect and test commercial laundry equipment, and facility components for proper operation and working condition as indicated in preventive maintenance (PM) procedures, complete assigned PM’s by their due date and maintain and complete the proper documentation associated with those PM’s.
• Must execute the service and repairs to commercial laundry support systems including the linen chute, overhead linen, and belt conveyance systems.
• Must service and make repairs to all commercial laundry equipment, including fans, motors, thermostats, dampers, air valves, pneumatic lines, steam lines and regulating controls, replace filters, and fluids as necessary, and maintain routine records of repairs
• Must perform routine electrical maintenance, re-lamping, ballast replacements and replacement or alteration of circuit wiring, switches and mechanisms.
• Must perform general plumbing maintenance, associated with potable and sanitary water systems and fixtures.
• Must perform basic carpentry work including ceiling tile replacement, fixture mounting and picture hanging.
• Must perform basic wall/floor repair, and finishing techniques, to include patching, painting, floor tile replacement, and other general repair skills.
• Must perform any other duties as assigned to fulfill basic patient and staff needs to maintain safety and functionality of all hospital systems and work requests.
• Must complete required documentation to meet regulatory agency requirements including all work orders, preventive maintenance, inspection, and testing records.
  
  

Competencies & Skills

Essential

• Physical dexterity with normal sight and hearing.
• Must be able to interpret, and read electrical schematic diagrams, and have knowledge of testing and troubleshooting systems and equipment circuit boards and controls.
• Must be able to understand and program PLC ladder logic in order to trouble shoot, or program equipment, and system upgrades.
• Must be able to pass a technical proficiency test as determined by the management team.
• Must possess and maintain a valid Florida driver’s license.
• Must be able to adapt to a variety of changing duties as required to support all departments in the hospital and off-site facilities.
• Knowledge of OSHA safety practices.
• The use of hand tools and power tools related to commercial laundry maintenance.
• Knowledge of the applicable codes, methods, materials, tools and equipment used in the commercial Laundry, Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing trades.
• Commercial laundry, Mechanical, electrical and plumbing troubleshooting ability and the ability to perform preventative maintenance, routine servicing, rebuilding, and repair of that equipment.
• General knowledge of commercial laundry support systems.
• Must be proficient in the use of computers and diagnostics for the purpose of troubleshooting
  
  

Nonessential

• Local, State and Federal regulatory compliance knowledge. Calibration and commissioning of various commercial laundry mechanical systems.
• Welding, brazing, and soldering abilities.
• The calibration and commissioning of various commercial laundry mechanical systems.
  
  

Qualifications & Experience

Other information:

Experience Essential

• A minimum of four (4) years of experience in comparable trade work is required.
• Large commercial laundry facility maintenance experience.
• Customer/patient service experience.
  
  

Experience Preferred

• Previous healthcare laundry facility maintenance experience.
  
  

Certifications Essential

High School diploma or equivalent.

Licenses Essential

• Valid State of Florida driver’s license.
  
  

License Preferred

• Technical or Trade licensure.