Maintenance Assistant

White Acres Assisted Living; El Paso (TX); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Life insurance

Vision insurance

Job summary

White Acres Assisted Living in El Paso, TX is seeking a full-time maintenance technician focused on safety, reliability, and resident comfort. The role involves performing routine preventive maintenance, safety inspections, and coordinating work orders to keep facilities compliant and functional for residents and staff.

You will maintain electrical and mechanical systems, manage supplies, and help prepare resident rooms for admissions or discharges while upholding company standards and a caring,

Qualifications

• High School diploma.
• Knowledge of laundry/housekeeping/maintenance procedures.
• Minimum of 2 years work experience in long-term care preferred.

Responsibilities

• Performs regular safety inspections and weekly walk-throughs of high‑risk areas.
• Follows Life Safety and Preventative Maintenance tasks in TELS and documents via fax/email.
• Prepares monthly preventive maintenance schedule and allocates time for duties.
• Maintains center profile and equipment records with replacement parts details.
• Keeps required logs in line with Life Safety Manual and OSHA.
• Performs routine maintenance and repairs and triages work orders in TELS.
• Monitors electrical and mechanical equipment and cleans/adjusts devices.
• Ensures adequate maintenance supplies are stocked and ready.
• Prepares resident rooms for new or discharging residents.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Skills

Laundry experience

Housekeeping

Maintenance

Safety compliance

Education

High School diploma

Job description

Job Type: Full-time
*Full-time employees are eligable for benefits*

Benefits

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Vision insurance

Your Job

We believe that nursing is a work of the heart. To provide the best resident care, we promote a culture that is both employee and patient based. We build on trust, compassion and strong communication. We reward our employees with competitive wages, raises and bonuses. Come join our family today! Call us at [phone] or walk in at 7304 Good Samaritan Court, El Paso, TX, USA for on-the-spot interviews!

Principal Responsibilities

• Performs regular, scheduled safety inspections. Performs weekly walk-through inspections of high-risk areas.
• Follows all prescribed Life Safety and Preventative Maintenance tasks in TELS as required for federal, state, local, and corporate compliance. Fax/ email documentation as required.
• Prepares a monthly schedule, based on calendar days, for performance of preventive maintenance, striving to allot part of each day to these duties.
• Develops center profile and physical plant history by maintaining complete documentation of all maintenance activities including accurate records of all replacement parts and materials used.
• Maintains required logs/documentation on following in accordance with the Life Safety Manual and OSHA
• compliance including, but not limited to: fire alarm test reports, smoke/heat detectors, sprinkler inspections, emergency generator logs, range hood suppression systems, fire extinguishers, hood and duct cleaning, door locking devices, water temperatures, water hardness, fire and smoke wall dampers, fire and smoke doors, fire drills, disaster drills, door alarm drills, flame spread certification, boiler vessel certification, elevator certification, facility service contracts, medical waste manifests, confined space documentation, survey documentation, material safety data sheets, lock out/tag out program.
• Performs all routine maintenance and repair work as required, but not limited to:
• Performs daily rounds through entire center and uses acquired information to assist in establishing work priority.
• Picks up work order requests daily and establishes work priority; work orders are submitted and tracked electronically through the TELS system.
• Maintains electrical and mechanical equipment in good working order; Adjusts functional parts of devices and control instruments, lubricates and cleans parts, as needed. Cleans/changes filters as required based on environment of center.
• Lubricates potty chairs, wheelchairs, shower chairs, wheeled geri-chairs, drug carts, etc.; Repairs outdoor chairs and benches; Reports serious failures and problems to Administrator.
• Investigates causes of wall/door/frame damage, which might be contributed to protruding bolts or etc. on carts, dollies, or chairs and repair problems.
• Checks light bulbs and exit lights, room temperatures, circuit breakers, temperature in all cooler and freezers, and nurse call system and makes all necessary adjustments and repairs.
• Ensures that an adequate supply of maintenance supplies is maintained to perform daily tasks.
• Prepares resident rooms for new and/or discharging residents.
• Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or assigned at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications

• High School diploma.
• Knowledge of laundry/housekeeping/maintenance procedures.
• Minimum of 2 years work experience in long-term care preferred.

White Acres Assisted Living provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.