General Maintenance Staff

InVision Human Services; Wexford (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

InVision Human Services is seeking a General Maintenance Staff member to perform maintenance and repair activities at residential and commercial locations. The role involves troubleshooting and executing preventive maintenance, as well as coordinating with Facilities Supervisors and other team members.

A strong candidate will have prior experience in facilities maintenance, solid communication skills, and proficiency in tools and technologies used for the job. This work is crucial for maintaining health and safety standards within our facilities.

Qualifications

• One year's experience in residential or commercial facilities maintenance.
• Excellent verbal communication skills and computer proficiency with Microsoft Outlook (email).
• Basic knowledge in carpentry, plumbing, electricity, and mechanical tasks.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on residential home sites.
• Assess and report on household systems: HVAC, appliances.
• Secure resources necessary for the completion of assigned tasks.

Skills

Problem solving

Critical thinking

Communication skills

Education

High School diploma or GED

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Basic carpentry tools

Plumbing tools

Electrical tools

Job description

Position Overview

The General Maintenance Staff performs a variety of maintenance and repair activities including preventive maintenance for our residential and office site locations. The General Maintenance Staff will receive maintenance requests from Facilities Supervisors, Facilities Administrative Assistants, and the Maintenance Team Leader to support all facility activities. This position will be responsible for proactively troubleshooting, diagnosing, and executing preventive and corrective maintenance on residential home sites.

Essential Functions

• Provide maintenance solutions that meet health/safety standards for residential and commercial locations as assigned. Including but not limited to: windows, doors, door locks, plaster, drywall, and other building structures, light fixtures, and minor plumbing
• Repairs/Installs electrical wiring, electrical fixtures, and equipment.
• Assess and report on household systems: HVAC, appliances.
• Secures resources necessary for the completion of the assigned tasks.
• Serve as point-person with outside vendors and provides recommendations to the Facilities team.
• Performs preventive maintenance on residential and commercial locations.
• Completes household licensing preparation in accordance with DPW Reg. 6400.
• Completes new residential site property assessments.
• Correct any newly identified health/safety issue(s) whether or not the issue was previously reported to the Facilities team.

Education and/or Experience

One year’s experience in residential or commercial facilities maintenance. Excellent verbal communication skills and computer proficiency with Microsoft Outlook (email) are required. High School diploma or GED required.

Other Requirements

• Ability to write reports and business correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from Facilities Manager and other staff.
• Computer proficiency with Microsoft Outlook (email) is required.
• Problem solving and critical thinking are utilized on a regular basis.
• Maintains accurate accounting for all expenditures in accordance with policy and procedures.
• Informs Facilities Supervisor to spend monies in excess of the budget.
• Basic knowledge and experience in carpentry, plumbing, electricity, and mechanical tasks.
• Employee will perform routine manual labor tasks with work site clean-up completed.
• Employee may be asked to perform other duties or tasks not identified in the list, but which are within the competence of someone with the above skills.
• InVision may acquire specialized tools (rental, purchase) as deemed necessary by the Facilities Manager. Complex jobs may be sourced to specialist vendors for completion.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, or hear and frequently uses hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands/arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and stoop, kneel or crouch, and may lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus. Employee must seek assistance or use appropriate devices when lifting or carrying items over 50 lbs.

All job requirements listed indicate the minimum level of knowledge, skills, and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently. This job description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. Employees may be required to perform any job-related function as directed by their supervisor.