Facilities Technician - Engineering Grounds

Hartford HealthCare; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Hartford HealthCare is seeking a Facilities Maintenance Technician for its Hartford, CT campus. The role performs general preventive maintenance and repairs to multiple areas of the facility, ensuring safety and reliability of equipment and spaces.

You will complete work orders, document status, operate landscaping and winter equipment, and support a team with independent initiative. Hartford HealthCare values hands-on contributors who take pride in keeping our facilities clean, safe, and

Qualifications

• 1 year of general building maintenance experience.
• At least 2 years horticulture experience in retail/wholesale/grounds keeping.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• CT driver's license required.
• Ability to operate standard landscaping power equipment.
• Experience with winter plowing preferred.
• Ability to work as a team and independently.

Responsibilities

• Completes work orders and documents appropriate information on completed work and/or documents the status of equipment in order to maintain appropriate records for regulatory agencies.
• Utilizes materials (wood, metal, concrete, plastics, composites) to fit and install glass windows, pictures, ceiling tiles, perimeter rail systems, wood trim and moldings, medical hardware stations, fire extinguishers, eye wash stations and other projects.
• Performs general outside maintenance (mowing lawns, weeding, raking leaves, trimming bushes, snow removal and ice control tasks).
• Perform minor plumbing repairs and replacements of faucets, toilets and flush valves.
• Performs the decorative application to walls, ceiling and other structures which include scraping, sanding, filling holes and cracks, removing /replacing outlet and switch covers, masking and applying paint or wall covering to surfaces based on manufacturing specifications.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Skills

General maintenance

Horticulture

Interpersonal skills

Driver's license

Power equipment

Winter maintenance

Teamwork

Job description

Location Detail: 65 Retreat Ave - HH E&L Bld (10060)

Work where every moment matters.

Every day, more than 40,000 Hartford HealthCare employees come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut's most comprehensive healthcare network.

Hartford Hospital is one of the largest and most respected teaching hospitals in New England. We are a Level 1 Trauma Center that provides cutting edge treatment to its patients. This is made possible by being home to the largest robotic surgery center in the Northeast and the Center for Education, Simulation and Innovation (CESI), one of the most-advanced medical simulation training centers in the world. When hospitals cannot provide the advanced care, expertise and new treatment options their patients require, they turn to us.

Job Summary

Performs general preventive maintenance and repair of various areas around the facility.

Job Responsibilities

• Completes work orders, documents appropriate information on completed work and/or documents the status of equipment in order to maintain appropriate records for regulatory agencies
• Utilizes materials (wood, metal, concrete, plastics, composites) to fit and install glass windows, pictures, ceiling tiles, perimeter rail systems, wood trim and moldings, medical hardware stations, fire extinguishers, eye wash stations and other projects
• Performs general outside maintenance (mowing lawns, weeding, raking leaves, trimming bushes, snow removal and ice control tasks (shoveling & salting)
• Perform minor plumbing repairs and replacements of faucets, toilets and flush valves
• Performs the decorative application to walls, ceiling and other structures which include scraping, sanding, filling holes and cracks, removing /replacing outlet and switch covers, masking and applying paint or wall covering to surfaces based on manufacturing specifications
• Perform other related duties as required.

Qualifications

• 1 year’s general building maintenance
• Requires at least two years of horticulture experience in a retail, wholesale, or grounds keeping environment.
• Good interpersonal skills.

Ct driver’s license required.

• Must be able to operate standard landscaping power equipment.
• Ability to operate Winter machinery such as Bobcat.
• Experience with winter plowing preferred.
• Ability to work as a team and independently.

We take great care of careers.

With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers exciting opportunities for career development and growth. Here, you are part of an organization on the cutting edge - helping to bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education to countless men, women and children. We know that a thriving organization starts with thriving employees-- we provide a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance. Every moment matters. And this is your moment.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action employer, the organization will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and veteran or disability status.