Maintenance Repair Specialist

Nisqually Indian Tribe; Olympia (WA); On-site; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Nisqually Indian Tribe in Olympia, WA is seeking a Maintenance Laborer to assist the maintenance crew with home upkeep, repairs, and rehabilitation tasks. You will help carpenters, painters, and lead workers, prepare surfaces, and ensure tools and materials are ready in daily operations.

Required are a valid Washington driver’s license, reliable transportation, personal hand tools, and 2+ years of related experience.

Qualifications

• Must be able to follow instruction.
• Must be versed in safety standards in working around hand tools as well as power tools and equipment.
• Able to communicate and deal tactfully with other employees and homebuyers/renters.
• Ensure Housing Program property being utilized is secured at the end of each day.
• Must have reliable and excellent daily work attendance; punctuality in getting to work.
• Able to work with a crew as part of a team, and independently in the field as necessary.

Responsibilities

• Assist maintenance carpenters, painters, and other maintenance workers and lead person with all aspects of home maintenance/repairs; assist painters with both painting, masking, preparing of surfaces and clean-up.
• Pick up materials from suppliers when needed.
• Perform duties, such as shovel work, hauling materials to point of work from on-site locations, disposing of waste material, cleaning up warehouse locations as well as job sites.
• Undertake all maintenance/rehabilitation work projects as assigned by a lead person or designated maintenance worker.
• Attend training to further job skills as required.
• Other related labor duties as may be assigned in the process of home maintenance, modernization and rehabilitation.

Skills

Instruction following

Safety standards

Communication

Property security

Attendance

Teamwork/independence

Tools

Personal hand tools

Power tools safety

Job description

Please note: NSORNA Nisqually's Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act requires all individuals who have ever been convicted of a sex offense to register with our Public Safety Department. This is true whether or not you have to register with another jurisdiction.

NATURE OF WORK

Performs a range of tasks both independently and with the Maintenance crew. This includes assisting maintenance carpenters, lead persons, painters and other crew members with tasks, accessing materials and laying them out for task, performing secondary functions to support completion of the task, and cleaning up job sights.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Assist maintenance carpenters, painters, and other maintenance workers and lead person with all aspects of home maintenance/repairs; assist painters with both painting, masking, preparing of surfaces and clean-up.
• Pick up materials from suppliers when needed.
• Perform duties, such as shovel work, hauling materials to point of work from on-site locations, disposing of waste material, cleaning up warehouse locations as well as job sites.
• Undertake all maintenance/rehabilitation work projects as assigned by a lead person or designated maintenance worker.
• Attend training to further job skills as required.
• Other related labor duties as may be assigned in the process of home maintenance, modernization and rehabilitation.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Ability to follow instruction
• Must be versed in safety standards in working around hand tools as well as power tools and equipment
• Able to communicate and deal tactfully with other employees and homebuyers/renters
• Ensure Housing Program property being utilized is secured at the end of each day
• Must have reliable and excellent daily work attendance; punctuality in getting to work
• Able to work with a crew as part of a team, and independently in the field as necessary

Minimum Qualifications

• Must have a Washington State drivers license and be insurable
• Must have reliable transportation
• Must have personal hand tools
• 2+ years experience and knowledge in all laborer-related residential maintenance and remodel tasks
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds or more

Salary: $20.05 per hour