Maintenance Staff

- 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