Maintenance Assistant

Purpose: Assists the Maintenance Department to ensure that the facility is safe, attractive and well maintained.

Minimum Eligibility Requirements: * Relevant work experience (2 plus years preferred). * Must be able to communicate effectively with residents, families, staff, vendors and general public.

* Must have compassion for and desire to work with the elderly.

* Must have basic reporting and organizational skills.

* Must be capable of maintaining proper attendance.

Essential Functions: * Care for the routine maintenance needs of the facility and its residents as if they were your own home and family.

* Assist the Administrator with fire and life safety training and drills.

* Respond to resident/Administrator/staff requests for maintenance through maintenance reports and log system.

* Ensure 24-hour repair/response time for all daily maintenance requests.

* Minor repairs.

* Facility must be mechanically sound, safe, and well maintained.

Interiors must be neat, paint and wall coverings clean, sound and chip/scratch free.

Maintenance Director will have a keen sense of detail with regard to these items.

Patching, painting and repair will be a major part of the maintenance program as well as carpet/floor care and maintenance.

* Grounds, building exterior and interior, signage are maintained year-round.

Beds and lawns will be weeded and trimmed.

Season foliage is also part of exterior maintenance plan.