What are the responsibilities and job description for the Maintenance Worker position at YMCA Of Southern Nevada?
About The Ymca
Established locally in 1944, the YMCA of Southern Nevada is one of the region's longest-serving and most-respected nonprofit organizations. We are committed to helping people of all ages, abilities, backgrounds, and income levels - ensuring everyone has the opportunity to reach their full potential with dignity and that no one is turned away due to the inability to pay. From childcare to senior programs; sports to education; fitness centers to chronic disease management; and swim lessons to feeding the hungry, the Y is truly for all in its cause of holistically strengthening the foundations of this community.
Position Summary
The YMCA of Southern Nevada is looking for a facility maintenance worker. You will care for the facility and grounds to present a clean, inviting, and orderly space for both members and staff. You will be responsible minor repairs and maintenance issues.
Responsibilities
Benefits
At the YMCA of Southern Nevada, we're committed to providing a superior work environment that offers challenges, flexibility, and fun. We have been repeatedly recognized as a Nevada Top Workplace by the Las Vegas Review Journal. As an employee you'll receive the following benefits:
Our mission and core values are brought to life by our culture. In the Y, we strive to live our cause of strengthening communities with purpose and intentionality every day. We are welcoming: we are open to all. We are a place where you can belong and become. We are genuine: we value you and embrace your individuality. We are nurturing: we support you in your journey to develop your full potential. We are determined: above all else, we are on a relentless quest to make our community stronger, beginning with you. We are service driven: we go above and beyond to keep people coming back and apply a listen-first and solution-oriented approach to resolving conflicts. We are safety focused: we are proactive in keeping everyone safe and respond promptly to incidents as a team.
Work Environment & Physical Demands
QUALIFICATIONS
Established locally in 1944, the YMCA of Southern Nevada is one of the region's longest-serving and most-respected nonprofit organizations. We are committed to helping people of all ages, abilities, backgrounds, and income levels - ensuring everyone has the opportunity to reach their full potential with dignity and that no one is turned away due to the inability to pay. From childcare to senior programs; sports to education; fitness centers to chronic disease management; and swim lessons to feeding the hungry, the Y is truly for all in its cause of holistically strengthening the foundations of this community.
Position Summary
The YMCA of Southern Nevada is looking for a facility maintenance worker. You will care for the facility and grounds to present a clean, inviting, and orderly space for both members and staff. You will be responsible minor repairs and maintenance issues.
Responsibilities
- Performs minor repair and maintenance issues, light plumbing repairs and minor electrical issues, paint/patch repairs etc.
- Reports major problems to Director of Facilities.
- Performs custodial functions as needed e.g. cleaning and maintaining all indoor and outdoor spaces of the facility.
- Maintains inventory of equipment and supplies needed for maintenance/clean-up of building areas.
- Assists with setting up and teardown for facility events as needed.
- Performs all other duties as assigned.
- Adhere to policies related to boundaries with consumers.
- Attend required abuse risk management training.
- Report suspicious or inappropriate behaviors and policy violations.
- Follow mandated abuse reporting requirements.
- Adhere to job specific abuse risk management responsibilities.
- Maintenance employees and volunteers-ensure unused rooms and closets remain locked; routinely monitor high-risk locations (locker-rooms and bathrooms), etc.
Benefits
At the YMCA of Southern Nevada, we're committed to providing a superior work environment that offers challenges, flexibility, and fun. We have been repeatedly recognized as a Nevada Top Workplace by the Las Vegas Review Journal. As an employee you'll receive the following benefits:
- 10 Paid holidays
- Generous PTO plan that increases with years of service
- Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life insurance
- 10% Retirement Contribution* and access to our 403(b) retirement savings account
- Free YMCA Family Membership and program discounts
- Join a supportive team and an organization recognized as a Nevada Top Workplace
- Make a meaningful impact in your community
- Automatic retirement contributions are made to employees 21 years or older after contributing 1,000 hours of service in each of two years.
Our mission and core values are brought to life by our culture. In the Y, we strive to live our cause of strengthening communities with purpose and intentionality every day. We are welcoming: we are open to all. We are a place where you can belong and become. We are genuine: we value you and embrace your individuality. We are nurturing: we support you in your journey to develop your full potential. We are determined: above all else, we are on a relentless quest to make our community stronger, beginning with you. We are service driven: we go above and beyond to keep people coming back and apply a listen-first and solution-oriented approach to resolving conflicts. We are safety focused: we are proactive in keeping everyone safe and respond promptly to incidents as a team.
Work Environment & Physical Demands
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made.
- You will need to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and talk or hear. You will need to reach with hands or arms. You will also need to stand; walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
- The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 35 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- You will occasionally work in high, precarious places and with explosives and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold, extreme heat, and vibration.
- You will work in both indoor and outdoor environments, frequently near moving mechanical parts and exposed to fumes or airborne particles and risk of electrical shock. The noise level is usually high.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Valid Nevada's driver's license
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
- Three years' related experience and/or training
- Or two years' experience as a custodian or janitor and basic knowledge and skills related to position
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively with customers or employees of organization.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
- American Red Cross CPR/ First Aid for Professional Rescuers Certification within 30 days of hire.
- Minimum age of 21