Maintenance - Maintenance Technician III

Maintenance - Maintenance Technician III

Madrid, IA 50156, USA

Posted Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 7:00 AM

• Accurately diagnoses and solves problems with cost effective, long-term solutions.
• Listens to and understands the needs of residents and staff requesting assistance.
• Coordinates and monitors the quality of maintenance work being performed by outside contractors.

• Completes maintenance service requests in a timely manner.
• Quickly and correctly identifies the issue or problem behind the service request.
• Recommends and implements the most efficient solution to address the maintenance issue.

• Completes maintenance work on the facility, including performing electrical, HVAC, plumbing, and other related tasks.
• Assembles, delivers and installs furnishings and equipment for resident care.
• Assists with grounds work, including lawns, landscaping, snow removal, recycling, debris removal and other tasks.

• Establishes and maintains a preventative maintenance program for facilities and equipment under their responsibility.
• Implements changes in maintenance procedures to proactively address recurring issues.

• Maintains building safety systems, ensuring compliance with all assisted living, local, city, state and federal guidelines.
• Keeps accurate, detailed and timely maintenance records for all activities.
• Responsible for keeping the WHC facilities in compliance with OSHA Standards for employee safety.

• Identifies opportunities for process improvement and cost reduction in the maintenance of the WHC's equipment and facilities.
• Assists with the implementation of process improvement initiatives.

• High School Diploma; technical degree in a related field preferred.
• Relevant experience with assisted living, multi-family or commercial property.
• Must be able to read, speak and write fluent English.

• This is an hourly position, which means you must be able and willing to work weekends and holidays as required/needed.
• Regular attendance is required.
• Must be able to work weekends and holidays as needed.

• Must demonstrate effective communication skills with staff, residents and family; must be able to communicate information as well as ascertain the needs of residents and family.
• Must be able to do many different functions, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure.
• Must be able to work under stress when confronted with critical or unusual situations.
• Must be able to work in situations requiring staying within an exact set of limits, tolerances, or standards.

• Influenza Vaccine:
  The influenza vaccination is required by all employees, students, interns & contract workers within 2 weeks of "hire date", unless an influenza vaccination waiver form from a physician is on file.
• Sit, walk, stand: approximately- 90% of the shift is spent walking and standing, alternating between the two activities, when performing the essential duties of this job. Approximately 10% of an average working shift is spent sitting. This is time spent with maintenance documentation, etc. This individual will generally be assigned to an assisted living facility or multiple facilities.
• Lift, carry, push, and pull:
  This individual will be required to perform physical tasks on a consistent basis. The frequency of the need for such tasks depends upon the workload and maintenance needs.
• Assists:
  Physical exertion requirements may vary from 20# to 160#
• Push and pull:
  Larger equipment or equipment on carts require up to 50# of force to move. Force to push/pull a resident in a wheelchair ranges form 5-50#. All lifting, carrying and/or pushing/pulling will be done in a manner that conforms to good health and safety practice. Lifting or transfers in excess of 50# of force should be performed with the assistance of another coworker.
• Bend, stoop, squat, kneel, crouch, crawl:
  Will frequently need to bend, stoop and squat throughout shift, when performing…