Maintenance Helper

Planned Companies; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401K with employer match

Job summary

Planned Companies is seeking a Maintenance Technician to perform preventative maintenance, repairs, and inspections on mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems at a site in Arlington, VA.

The role requires 3+ years of relevant experience, strong technical skills across plumbing, electrical, and carpentry, and reliability to handle emergency situations. Bilingual ability is preferred. This is a full-time, on-site position with a Monday–Friday schedule.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years’ experience in a similar role.
• Requires strong plumbing, electric and carpentry experience.
• Bilingual is preferred; solid interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring preventative maintenance of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing equipment and repair as required; contact outside contractor when needed.
• Checking boiler and hot water heaters for leaks and reporting changes to management.
• Scheduling extermination procedures as necessary.
• Maintaining social areas or amenities as needed.
• Assuring walkways are clear and/or salted during inclement weather.
• Inventorying mechanical/maintenance supplies.
• Troubleshooting tripped breakers, leaking pipes, and water intrusion.
• Executing general repairs to the building (doors, fixtures, light carpentry, etc.).
• Maintaining logs and inspections of operating equipment (chillers, pumps, towers).
• Inspecting rooftop exhaust fans and cooling towers.
• Replacing light fixtures and electrical components as required.
• Assisting building management with projects and other duties.

Skills

Plumbing

Electrical

Carpentry

Communication skills

Job description

Planned Companies –Maintenance Helper – Job Description

Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm (1-hour lunch)

Pay: $25.00

Location: Arlington, VA

Summary

Planned Companies’ clients’ properties are kept clean, secure, and welcoming with a variety of equipment requiring routine inspection, maintenance, and repair. To ensure our cleaning, security, and concierge teams provide the best service Planned Companies Maintenance Services (PMS) is hiring a Maintenance Technician to join the team.

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• Ensuring preventative maintenance of all mechanical, electrical, and plumbing equipment and repair of such equipment as required; contact outside contractor when required.
• Checking boiler and hot water heaters for leaks and reporting to management.
• Scheduling extermination procedures as necessary.
• Maintaining social areas or amenities as needed.
• Assuring walkways are clear and/or salted during inclement weather.
• Inventorying mechanical/ maintenance supplies.
• Troubleshooting tripped breakers, leaking pipes, and water intrusion.
• Executing general repair of the building included but not limited to doors, filter changing, installation of floor covering, light carpentry.
• Maintaining a log keeping and visible inspection of all operating equipment, including chiller, cooling tower, water heaters, pumps and fan coil units.
• Inspecting rooftop exhaust fans, cooling tower, domestic water drives.
• Ensuring trash removal and maintaining trash area are organized.
• Replacing light fixtures, branch switches, receptacles, and sockets when necessary.
• Adjusting of locks and latches on doors, windows, and lockers
• Removal and replacement of all blown light bulbs
• Painting and plastering as required.
• Maintaining daily records of work performed
• Reporting necessary work to be done by outside mechanics, maintain a record when such work is completed.
• Assisting building management with all projects and all other job duties as requested

Requirements:

• Minimum of 3+ years’ experience in a similar role.
• Requires strong plumbing, electric and carpentry experience.
• Solid interpersonal skills, along with excellent communication skills. Bilingual is preferred.
• Good listener and able to accurately transmit information.
• Reliable, highly organized, attention to detail, courteous, friendly, hardworking, and professional.
• Eager to learn and take on additional responsibilities.
• Extremely dependable and reliable, must be flexible to work during emergency situations.

Benefits

• Full-time employees (defined as working 30 or more hours per week) are eligible for medical, dental, vision and other ancillary benefits.
• All employees (full-time and part-time) are eligible to participate in the company’s 401K which has an employer match.

Planned Companies is an equal opportunity employer. Planned Companies does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other reason prohibited by law in the provision of employment opportunities and benefits.