Temporary Maintenance Assistant

Ciena Healthcare; Ovid Township (MI); On-site; USD 20,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Ovid Healthcare Center in Ovid, MI is seeking a Maintenance Worker/Assistant to perform a variety of tasks that keep the facility clean, safe, and compliant with policies and regulations. You will handle mechanical, electrical, and patient-care equipment maintenance, including emergency power systems and essential appliances.

Minimum one year of physical plant experience in an institutional setting is preferred, with high school diploma or equivalent and vocational training options.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate competence in applying mechanical and technical concepts to facility repair and maintenance projects.
• Able to maintain essential mechanical, electrical and patient care equipment in safe operating condition.
• Experience with building and safety codes as they apply to facilities.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate competence in applying mechanical and technical concepts to facility plant repair and maintenance projects.
• Maintain essential mechanical, electrical and patient care equipment in safe operating condition.
• Diagnose and repair equipment malfunctions.
• Apply building and safety codes to facility procedures to ensure quality standards.
• Conduct scheduled maintenance throughout the physical plant and for all equipment.
• Maintain and test the emergency power system to ensure power availability to entrances, exits, alarms and life support systems.
• Maintain essential equipment such as boiler room equipment and refrigerators in safe operating condition.
• Test facility hot water system temperatures in essential locations.
• Inspect, test, and maintain the call system to ensure a functioning communication system throughout rooms and facilities.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Technical concepts

Facility maintenance

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Vocational training in skilled trade

Job description

Ovid Healthcare Center
9480 E M 21
Suite 200
Ovid, MI 48866, USA

• On-site
• Travel Required : No
• Rate : $18 USD per hour
• Maintenance
• Full-Time
• Requisition #: MAINT003460

Description

The Maintenance Worker/Assistant performs various duties to maintain a clean and safe environment for patients, staff and visitors. Maintenance services are provided in accordance with facility policies and procedures and in compliance with state and federal laws and regulations to enhance resident comfort and enhance the quality of life.

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate competence in application of mechanical and technical concepts to facility plant repair and maintenance projects.
• Able to maintain all essential mechanical, electrical and patient care equipment in safe operating condition.
• Technical knowledge and analytic ability to diagnose and repair equipment malfunctions.
• Able to apply building and safety codes to facility situations and maintenance procedures and to establish criteria to assure that services provided meet acceptable standards of quality.
• Conducts scheduled maintenance throughout physical plant and for all equipment.
• Maintains and tests the emergency power system to ensure availability of power to all entrances, exits, fire detection alarms and extinguishing equipment, and life support systems in the event of electrical supplies are interrupted.
• Maintains all essential equipment (e.g., boiler room equipment, nursing unit/medication room refrigerators, kitchen refrigerator/freezer, laundry equipment) in safe operating condition.
• Tests facility hot water system on regular basis to evaluate water temperatures in essential locations of facility.
• Inspects, tests, and maintains resent call system to ensure a functioning communication system from rooms, toilets and bathing facilities.

Education and/or Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Minimum of one (1) year physical plant and equipment experience in an institutional environment.
• Vocational training in skilled trade or other relevant training preferred.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• None

We are a national organization of skilled nursing, subacute, rehabilitative, and assisted living providers dedicated to achieving the highest standards of carein Michigan and Ohio.

We serve our residents with compassion, concern, and excellence, believing that every one of them is a unique person who deserves our best each day that we care for them. Joinus,ifyou have a passion for improving the livesof those around you and working with others who feel the same way.

Travel Required

No . Onsite

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