Maintenance Staff

Lydia Home Association Inc; Evanston (IL); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Lydia Home Association Inc. is seeking a facilities maintenance worker in Evanston, IL. The role covers preventive maintenance across buildings, equipment, and grounds, ensuring safety, security, and regulatory compliance.

You will perform carpentry, electrical, plumbing, and general repairs while maintaining logs and responding to emergencies as needed. Candidates should have a high school diploma or GED, and experience in construction or facilities maintenance with specialized plumbing,

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required
• Experience in general construction or facilities maintenance
• Specialized experience with plumbing, electrical, and HVAC maintenance
• Familiarity with cleaning products and equipment
• Mechanical skills and attention to detail

Responsibilities

• Establishes and follows preventive maintenance schedules for buildings, equipment, and grounds
• Ensures safety, security, and fire regulations compliance for facilities
• Makes recommendations for major repairs and purchases to supervisor
• Performs carpentry, electrical, plumbing, painting, and basic repairs as needed
• Cleans external areas and maintains grounds; completes maintenance logs and incident reports
• Keeps workplace clean and safe; available on-call in evenings and weekends for emergencies

Skills

Plumbing maintenance

Electrical maintenance

HVAC maintenance

Mechanical skills

Attention to detail

Lifting 50-100 lbs

On-call readiness

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Description

• Establishes, monitors, and carries out preventative maintenance procedures and schedules for buildings, equipment and grounds.
• Ensures buildings and equipment meet safety, security, fire regulations, and policies.
• Makes recommendations for major repairs and purchases to the supervisor.
• Performs carpentry, electrical, painting, mechanical, and plumbing maintenance and repairs such as repairing furniture, constructing shelves, installing switches, replacing plugs, and other basic appliance repairs. Applying paint and other finishes, repairing drywall, disassembling, and reassembling equipment, replacing finishing material such as linoleum.
• Cleans external areas such as entranceways, sidewalks, and parking lots using manual and power brooms, rakes, shovels, and other equipment to remove dirt, leaves, snow, and other refuse.
• Performs minor gardening and lawn maintenance tasks, including mowing, weeding, pruning, and watering.
• Completes and maintains related records such as maintenance logs and security incident reports.
• Performs other related duties as required.
• Maintains a clean and safe workplace.
• Availability to be on-call during evenings and weekends, as needed, to respond to maintenance emergencies.
• Must support the mission of Lydia Home.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED certificate
• General construction or prior facilities maintenance
• Specialized experience with plumbing, electricity, and HVAC maintenance
• Familiarity with common cleaning products and equipment
• Mechanical skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to regularly lift items over 50-100lbs.
• Valid IL driver’s license
• Ability to pass background checks