Maintenance Technician

The Broward Partnership; Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

The Broward Partnership is seeking a Maintenance Technician to install, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain facilities and equipment in a safe and scheduled manner. The role includes transporting clients to activities, loading/unloading donated goods, and assisting with moving clients into their homes.

You will also be responsible for plumbing, carpentry, electrical work, and coordinating maintenance with clients at the Homeless Assistance Center.

Qualifications

• Education: high school diploma or GED required.
• Experience using power tools and equipment required.
• Must have a valid drivers license and safe driving record.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs with appropriate gear.

Responsibilities

• Install, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain facility and equipment.
• Provide safe transportation for clients in agency vehicles to appointments.
• Load and unload products when picking up or delivering donated goods and assisting clients moving into their homes.
• Coordinate and supervise work completed by clients residing at the Homeless Assistance Center.

Skills

Power tools

Valid drivert's license

Heavy lifting

Safety mindset

Education

High school diploma or GED

Craft apprenticeship or maintenance experience preferred

Job description

The Maintenance Technician installs, troubleshoots, repairs, and maintains facility and

equipment according to safety, forecasting and preventive maintenance schedule and systems.

The Maintenance Technician provides safe transportation for clients in agency vehicles to

various appointments within the community. The Maintenance Technician assist with loading

and unloading products when picking up or delivering donated goods and assisting clients

moving into their own homes. The Maintenance Technician coordinates and supervises work

completed by clients residing at the Homeless Assistance Center.

II. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Maintains grounds and landscape areas in order to ensure they are presentable, clean

and safe.

2. Performs a variety of maintenance work in order to ensure a clean, safe environment for

the clients, staff, and visitors. Minimizes major repair/replacement costs and extends the

useful life of equipment and fixtures.

3. Maintains a variety of landscape and construction related equipment and performs

preventative maintenance in order to ensure that the equipment operates safely and

appropriately when needed.

4. Provides emergency and / or unscheduled repairs of equipment, ensuring minimum

disruption of daily activities.

5. Moves a variety of furniture and related items in order to relocate/rearrange work

stations/offices, set up for meetings, activities and events.

6. Performs a variety of plumbing, mechanical, carpentry, and basic electrical work.

7. Maintains floors and waxes on a regular basis.

8. Diagnoses problems replaces or repairs parts, tests and make adjustments.

9. Uses a variety of hand power tools, electric meters and material handling equipment in

10. Coordinates and supervises maintenance and janitorial work that is completed by clients

residing at the Homeless Assistance Center.

11. Manages and coordinates emergency and/or scheduled repairs of equipment, ensuring

minimum disruption of daily activities.

12. Detects faulty operations, defective material and reports those and any unusual

situations to proper personnel.

13. Transports clients to and from activities and appointments. Ensures safety of clients by

following all traffic rules and observing safe driving habits.

14. Picks up and delivers products to and from specified locations. Maintains an organized

and efficient loading and unloading system, including sorting donated goods at the

Homeless Assistance Center.

15. Demonstrates sufficient manual dexterity and strength to organize, package, lift and carry

materials weighing up to 50 pounds.

16. Adheres to preventive maintenance schedule in an attentive manner.

17. All job requirements listed indicate the minimum level of knowledge, skill, and or ability

deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently. This job description is not to be

construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements.

Employees will be responsible to perform any other job-related instructions/tasks given

by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodations.

III. AGENCY EXPECTATIONS OF EMPLOYEE:

• All employees are expected to adhere to Agency Policies and Procedures.
• All employees are expected to dress appropriately and professionally.
• All employees are expected to attend required and/or assigned Agency trainings.
• All employees are expected to be courteous, polite and friendly both to our clients and to

their fellow employees.

• All employees are expected to consistently report to work on time prepared to perform the

duties of their position

V. QUALIFICATIONS:

Education/Experience: A high school diploma or GED is required. Completion of a craft

apprenticeship, or an equivalent number of years of maintenance experience preferred. May be

required to respond to emergency calls as needed and work a flexible schedule. Ability to climb,

lift, push, pull, move heavy items (equipment, furniture, tools, etc.). Experience using power tools

and equipment required. Must have a valid driver’s license and safe driving record and be able

to lift up to 50lbs with appropriate gear.

V. WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met

by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable

accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential

functions. Sufficient manual dexterity and strength to organize, package, lift and carry materials

weighing up to 50 pounds.

The Maintenance Technician works in settings of Broward Partnership, including offices,

classrooms, group rooms as well as being involved in other areas of Broward Partnership

programs both on and off campus. In addition, the position is active in the community as

situations warrant, representing Broward Partnership.