Facilities Assistant II (on-call Per-diem)

Covenant House New Jersey; Newark (NJ); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Covenant House New Jersey is seeking multiple per-diem Facilities Assistants to provide essential maintenance and repair services across several properties. This role includes tasks such as managing equipment, assisting with inventory, and supporting fundraising events. Candidates will need to be available for varying shifts, including afternoons and nights when necessary.

Qualifications

• Experience with routine maintenance of physical plants.
• Ability to operate powered and non-powered tools.
• Strong emphasis on safety and operational protocols.

Responsibilities

• Handles routine maintenance and repairs for multiple properties.
• Assists with inventory control and accountability.
• Provides support for events, including heavy lifting and setup.

Skills

Maintenance

Inventory Control

Safety Procedures

Heavy Lifting

Tool Operation

Job description

The Facilities Assistant II (Per-diem) provides services related to maintaining and repairing several Covenant House properties.

Responsibilities:

• Handles routine maintenance and repairs of equipment and physical plant of several Covenant House NJ properties.
• Serves as part of the Facilities team responsible for assisting with maintaining all agency buildings, equipment, and inventory.
• Assists with the maintenance requests process.
• Assists with Snow removal.
• Assists with inventory control and accountability of all equipment and supplies throughout multiple sites.
• Maintains inventory count of supplies and equipment.
• Assists in handling the shipping and receiving of purchased items.
• Safely and properly handles all agency property, including tools and equipment.
• Assists housekeeping with heavy lifting, equipment cleaning, and maintenance of closets, tools, and equipment.
• Handles minor vehicle maintenance, including weekly review of each vehicle as by the established maintenance checklist.
• Transports agency vehicles for repair, service, and cleaning.
• Assists with fundraising event set up, delivery, and disassembling. Event assistance may be conducted outside normal work hours.
• Operation of powered and non-powered tools.
• Follows all safety procedures.
• Carries out other duties as assigned.
• Required to check emails daily.
• Required to attend Child Protection and other annual Mandatory training.
• May be required to work occasional weekends.
• All other duties assigned by the management staff.

This position is an on-call as needed Per-diem position. We are hiring multiple people to work available day shifts. Applicants may be needed to work afternoon or night events when needed.