Maintenance Associate

Description

Consider a career that allows you to make a positive impact on others’ lives while enhancing your own. The Greater Cleveland Food Bank, the largest hunger relief organization in Northeast Ohio, provided over 50 million meals in 2024 to those in need across Cuyahoga, Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake, Ashland, and Richland counties.

Greater Cleveland Food Bank Mission Statement: “Together with our community, we provide nutritious food and essential resources so our neighbors facing hunger can thrive.”

Join the Greater Cleveland Food Bank team and experience a supportive culture of continuous learning and development. We offer competitive pay and excellent benefits, including:

• Paid Time Off and Holiday Pay beginning day one
• Low-cost medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Generous retirement plan
• Wellness programs
• Childcare assistance
• Tuition and Student Loan assistance
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Life insurance

This position coordinates and implements duties that address the building(s) & associated equipment by performing preventive and corrective maintenance, exterior grounds maintenance, identifying and correcting safety issues, and maintaining sanitation and pest control. This position performs minor maintenance, electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, HVAC, refrigeration, and plumbing procedures. The position also requires working knowledge of material handling equipment, including the ability to diagnose equipment issues, perform routine maintenance, and coordinate necessary repairs with outside service vendors.

Position notifies Facilities Manager on the need for major repairs though contractors. Performance of the following duties is done personally.

Requirements

include the following. This list is not all-inclusive, and other duties may be assigned.

• Maintains buildings and grounds by performing routine painting, lighting replacement, floor care, moving office furniture/equipment and other related maintenance activities such as minor plumbing and electrical. Maintenance to include but not limited to replacement or repair of fixtures (e.g. wall switches and outlets, incandescent and fluorescent bulbs and tubes, ballast, electrical outlets and receptacles, fuses, wiring, etc.) using appropriate hand, power, electrical test multi-meters and specialty tools.
• Performs trouble shooting, scheduled/unscheduled emergency maintenance and repairs of electrical, mechanical facilities (e.g. garage and roll up doors, compactors/balers stretch wrapper) and controls for HVAC/refrigeration (e.g. cleaning, replacing filters, lubrication, belt replacement.) Notifies Facilities Manager concerning need for major repairs or additions to lighting, HVAC and refrigeration equipment. Assists the Facilities Manager with planning projects and soliciting bids from outside contractors.
• Plans, coordinates, and performs preventive maintenance and general repairs on material handling equipment, including forklifts, reach trucks, and powered pallet jacks. Communicates directly with warehouse personnel and appropriate lift truck technicians to identify equipment concerns, troubleshoot issues, and determine repair needs. Performs repairs within the scope of training and qualifications or coordinates necessary repairs with outside service vendors. Monitors repair progress and verify completion to minimize equipment downtime and maintain safe operations.
  
  Performs monitoring of grounds conditions and performs maintenance activities such as trimming hedges, removing weeds, and raking and disposing of leaves and refuge. Assists with snow removal and applies salt as needed.
• Conducts routine inspections of buildings, grounds, and facility equipment to identify maintenance…