Maintenance Technician - PT

Maintenance Technician

The principal duty of all employees is to assist in the mission of the Church in the Diocese of Fort Worth. This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

General

Position Summary:

The Maintenance Technician will help to provide adequate maintenance and preventive maintenance on all equipment, buildings, and grounds, to ensure safety for all people, including staff and visitors, and to extend the life and appearance of these items.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Be familiar with the weekly schedule and who will be using the facility.
• Check all areas of the facility, parking lots and grounds.
• Communicate safety issues that cannot be readily fixed to Facility Manager
• Responsible for all other projects, tasks, etc., as assigned.
• Installation, and minor repairs of electrical appliances, valves, gas stoves, hot water heaters, sinks, commodes, hand basins, kitchen appliances, heating and cooling systems, sewer lines, irrigation sprinklers.
• Help with a variety of installations, repair and renovation to buildings including but not limited to electrical fixtures and switches, and semi-skilled tasks in construction, repair and maintenance of wooden structures and articles.
• Make minor repairs where needed to the plumbing, electrical, HVAC, furniture, fixtures and equipment.
• Will assist in scheduling and performing preventative maintenance
• Assists as backup for HVAC scheduling and monitoring
• Removing snow and ice from roadways, parking lots ramps and walkways.
• Monitoring vendors to ensure their quality of service remains professional and meets the requirements as stated in their contracts.
• Responsible for coordinating with the lawn company in maintenance and upkeep of grounds
• Does rough painting and rough concrete laying and patch plastering. Removes and replaces defective motors and valves.
• Moving and transporting furniture, books, misc. items from buildings as needed
• Be responsible for all equipment, tools and other equipment.
• Assist other areas related to overall maintenance of the system when assigned.
• The above does not exhaust duties. Other duties may be requested from time to time from the Business Manager and Facilities Manager.

Supervision Given and/or Received:

• Received: moderate supervision given to this position from Parish Pastor, Facilities Manager and/or Business Manager
• Given: this position provides feedback and guidance to the Parish Administrative staff, volunteers, and/or vendors upon advice and consent of the Parish Pastor

Internal Contacts:

• Diocese Pastors, Priests, Business Managers, and employees.

External Contacts:

• Parishioners, diocese vendors, local, state, and federal agency representatives, and auditors.

Working Conditions and/or

Physical Requirements:

• Required to work some nights and weekends.
• This position works in a typical office environment but is subject to stress due to the evolving and quickly expanding business needs, tight deadlines and heavy workloads.
• Lifting:
  Safely lifting 35 lbs. on a regular basis, 50 lbs. on an occasional basis.
• Balancing:
  Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces.
• Standing:
  Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Walking:
  Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Use of Fingers:
  Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling.
• Grasping:
  Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm and being able to turn a key and doorknob and operate work tools.
• Communicating:
  Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Conveying detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, clearly, and quickly.
• Repetitive Motions:
  Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• Visual Acuity:
  Close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and…