Junior Maintenance Technician

Hope House; Crownsville (MD); On-site; USD 23,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Hope House Treatment Center is seeking a Junior Maintenance Technician in Crownsville, MD, to support interior and exterior tasks. This full-time role reports to the Facilities Supervisor and involves basic maintenance, groundskeeping, and timely repairs to keep facilities safe and welcoming.

Ideal candidates have plumbing knowledge, basic tools experience, and good communication. The position emphasizes reliability and professional conduct in a nonprofit setting.

Qualifications

• Basic plumbing knowledge and ability to shut off water mains.
• Experience with basic hardware tools and electrical equipment.
• Lawn care basics: operate lawn mower, weed eater, leaf blower.
• Good communication ability.
• Willing to learn and adapt in a maintenance role.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates maintenance activities with Facilities Supervisor.
• Performs routine maintenance and lawn care tasks.
• Reports needed repairs promptly.
• Responds to work orders and inspections in a timely manner.
• Maintains maintenance log and schedules routine tasks.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Basic plumbing

Hardware tools

Lawn care

Communication

Willingness to learn

Job description

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Junior Maintenance Technician

Full-time Regular Manual Labor Crownsville, MD, US

Salary Range: $17.00 To $19.00 Hourly

Hope House Treatment Center is a non-profit dual diagnosis treatment center with locations in Crownsville and Laurel, Maryland. We are dedicated to providing men and women who are battling drug and alcohol addictions with the means to become healthy and productive citizens, equipped with the tools for a life of sobriety and recovery. We are staffed by a caring, experienced team of professionals that include addiction trained nurses, a physician, certified counselors, associate counselors, and treatment aides. We provide medical and nursing care twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Hope House Treatment Center is seeking a Junior Maintenance Technician to support projects, both exterior and interior.

JOB SUMMARY: The Facility Maintenance Technician will assist in various maintenance tasks and grounds keeping for the designated worksite. The Facility Maintenance Technician will work under the supervision of the Facilities Supervisor to ensure all building concerns and repairs are completed in a timely manner consistently with the organization’s clean and organized appearance.

FACILITY MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN JOB DUTIES:

• Coordinates on facility maintenance activities with the Facilities Supervisor
• Performs basic maintenance and lawn care activities.
• Identifies facility problems and reports needed repairs to Facilities Supervisor in a timely fashion.
• Responds to work orders in a timely manner.
• Responds to items identified in monthly internal inspections in a timely manner.
• Assists with weekly and/or monthly inspections of all equipment not requiring outside inspections to include but not limited to:
  • Fire Extinguishers
  • Vacuum Cleaners
  • Safety/Emergency Lighting
  • Plumbing
  • Fire Doors
  • Any other identified equipment
• Records all maintenance activities in the facility maintenance log. Schedules regular maintenance as required.
• Other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Basic plumbing knowledge: ability to shut off water mains, unclog clogged plumbing, etc.
• Experience with basic hardware tools and electrical equipment, such as: screw drivers, channel locks, tape measures, hammers, levels.
• Lawn care basics: Ability to operate a lawn mower, weed eater, leaf blower.
• Good communication ability
• Willing to learn

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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk.

Hope House is looking for professionally minded individuals that will uphold our corporate values including unconditional kindness and professionalism. We have been in business for over thirty years, experiencing continual growth and name recognition in the field of drug and addiction rehabilitation.