Maintenance Assistant

Desert Springs Healthcare; Hobbs (NM); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k

Dental Insurance

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

Vision Insurance

Job summary

Desert Springs Healthcare in Hobbs, NM is seeking a Maintenance Assistant (PRN) to oversee facility upkeep, ensuring safety, sanitation, and orderliness. Reports to Plant Supervisor or Operations Manager and ensures compliance with state regulations.

The role requires a high school diploma and knowledge of maintenance procedures; 2 years in long-term care is preferred but not required. Benefits may apply for full-time staff, and duties include safety inspections and preventive maintenance

Qualifications

• High School diploma.
• Knowledge of laundry/housekeeping/maintenance procedures.
• Minimum of 2 years work experience in long-term care preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Performs regular, scheduled safety inspections.
• Follows Life Safety and Preventative Maintenance tasks in TELS with documentation.
• Prepares a monthly preventive maintenance schedule.
• Maintains center profile and records of maintenance activities.
• Maintains logs/documentation per Life Safety Manual and OSHA compliance.
• Performs daily rounds to set work priority.
• Receives and prioritizes work orders tracked through the TELS system.
• Maintains electrical and mechanical equipment in good working order; lubricates and cleans parts.
• Reports serious failures to Administrator and investigates root causes.
• Investigates causes of wall/door/frame damage.
• Checks light bulbs, exit lights, temperatures, circuits, and nurse call system; makes repairs.

Skills

Maintenance procedures

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

Job Type: PRN
*Benefits available for full-time employees*

Benefits

• 401 (k)
• Dental Insurance
• Health Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Vision Insurance

Your Job

Come for the job but stay for the challenge! We are looking for a friendly a long-term committed Maintenance Assistant who will oversee the maintenance of the facility to ensure a sanitary, attractive, and orderly condition; in good repair, free from hazards such as those caused by electrical, plumbing, ventilation, heating and cooling systems. Reports to Plant Supervisor or Operations Manager and ensures state compliance.

Qualifications

• High School diploma.
• Knowledge of laundry/housekeeping/maintenance procedures.
• Minimum of 2 years work experience in long-term care preferred but not required.

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 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.
• Lubricates chairs, and benches; Reports serious failures and problems to Administrator.
• Investigates causes of wall/door/frame damage.
• 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.

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