Maintenance Specialist

Employee Classification: Non-Exempt/Hourly

Department: Maintenance

Shift: 1st with mandatory after hour on-call rotations

Schedule: M-F with occasional weekends

Total hours required per week: 40

General Purpose

The Maintenance Specialist is responsible for keeping Meta House facilities in a safe and presentable condition. They must repair and upkeep damaged areas of facilities and perform preventative maintenance.

Essential Functions of the Job

• Assure facilities and equipment meet all appropriate codes and regulations.
• Perform required grounds maintenance activities including, but not limited to, mowing, weeding, raking, snow shoveling, plowing, and policing litter.
• Perform routine indoor maintenance activities including, but not limited to, carpentry repairs, plumbing repairs, electrical repairs, carpet/tile installation, and painting
• Move and store furniture and equipment
• Maintain company vehicles, making sure they are road safe
• Inspect grounds for and clean up litter
• Purchasing of supplies as delegated by Facilities Manager
• Staff maintenance on-call phone on a rotating basis. Respond to facilities-related emergencies, as necessary, outside regular business hours.

Marginal Functions of the Job

• Driving from site to site
• Other duties may be periodically or permanently assigned

Qualifications and Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred
• Must have driver’s license, safe driving record, and vehicle insurance
• Minimum of three years’ experience in apartment maintenance or similar field
• Skill in several general areas of maintenance including, but not limited to: electrical, plumbing, painting, dry walling, HVAC, or minor construction

Other Skills Required

• Able to use a variety of hand and power tools
• Comfortable working around recovering clientele

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

• All Meta House staff are required to provide proof of vaccination for MMR, Varicella, and annual flu shot.
• Adherence to a non-smoking work environment.

Able to:

• Tolerate occasional hot or cold days.
• Able to stand for prolonged periods
• Lift and up to 50 pounds on a regular basis and 75 pounds on occasion.
• Ascend and descend stairs using feet and legs.
• Bend, stoop, twist, squat, and kneel to perform essential functions.
• Reach overhead, and at or below shoulder level.
• Read and enter text or data into a computer or other system.
• Seize, hold, grasp, turn, or otherwise work with hands.
• Touch, pick, punch or otherwise working with fingers.
• Hear, understand, and distinguish speech and/or other sounds in order to communicate with clients and/or colleagues.
• Express or exchange ideas by means of spoken word to impart oral information to clients or the public and convey detailed spoken instructions to others accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• See clearly at approximately 20 inches or less including use of computers or tablet.
• Visually identify clients and others for reasons including, but not limited to security, presence in the building, and medication dispensing.
• Exposure to various cleaning chemicals
• Exposure to loud noises such as lawn mowers, snow blowers, drills, etc.
• Visually inspect facilities
• Fine motor dexterity to hold and operate hand and power tools safely
• Valid Wisconsin driver’s license required.
• Ability to operate agency vehicle for work related duties.
• Ability to operate agency 15 passenger van.
• Access to personal vehicle for work purposes.
• Ability to use personal vehicle for work related duties.
• Auto insurance coverage with the following limits: 100k per person bodily injury/300k per accident bodily injury limit/100k property damage liability (required for employees using their personal vehicle for work or for employees transporting clients in their personal vehicle).