Maintenance Assistant

Maintenance Assistant (Maintenance)

Join the incredible team at Cooper River Post Acute
, a premier 176-bed skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility located in beautiful Mount Pleasant, SC!

At Cooper River, we're committed to providing exceptional care while fostering a supportive, team-focused environment where our employees thrive. We value compassion, excellence, and the relationships we build with our residents, their families, and each other.

Pay: 24.50/HR

Do you love fixing things, solving problems, and keeping everything running smoothly? Are you the person everyone calls when something needs to be repaired? If so, we'd love to have you join our team!

Our nursing home is looking for a Part-Time Maintenance Assistant who takes pride in creating a safe, comfortable, and welcoming environment for our residents and staff. Every repair you make helps improve someone's day!.

• Perform routine maintenance and repairs throughout the facility
• Troubleshoot electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and general maintenance issues
• Complete preventative maintenance tasks
• Assist with room renovations and equipment repairs
• Help maintain the building and grounds
• Respond to maintenance requests with a positive attitude and excellent customer service

• General maintenance experience preferred
• Basic knowledge of plumbing, electrical, painting, and carpentry
• Ability to lift, bend, climb ladders, and work independently
• Dependable, motivated, and a team player
• A heart for serving our senior residents

• $24.50/hr
• Employee Appreciation Events
• Opportunities for Growth & Advancement
• Supportive, family-like work environment

If you're looking for more than just a job and want to make a real difference while using your skills every day, we'd love to meet you!

The primary purpose of your job position is to maintain the grounds, facility, equipment in a safe and efficient manner in accordance with current applicable federal, state, and local standards, guidelines and regulations, our established policies and procedures, and as may be directed by your supervisor, to assure that a successful maintenance program is maintained at all times.

• Ensure that maintenance schedules are followed as outlined for respective shift or area.
• Report all accidents/incidents to your supervisor no matter how minor they may be. (
  
  NOTE:
  
  Such occurrences must be reported on the shift in which they occur.)
• Coordinate daily maintenance services with nursing services when performing routine assignments in resident living areas.
• Other related duties may become necessary or as directed by your supervisor, department director, and/or administrator.
• Agree not to disclose resident's protected health information and promptly report suspected or known violations of such disclosure to the Administrator
• Attend departmental and staff meetings as directed or called.
• Perform specific tasks in accordance with daily work assignments.
• File complaints/grievances with your supervisor.
• Receive and follow maintenance schedule/instructions from your supervisor and as outlined in our established maintenance policies and procedures.
• Perform routine maintenance on grounds, parking areas, driveways, etc., by cutting, trimming, policing, sweeping, etc., as necessary/directed.
• Perform routine maintenance and repair on the facility and equipment to include plumbing, plastering, electrical, carpentry, mechanical, etc., as directed, in accordance with established procedures.
• Clean windows and screens as directed.
• Replace burned out light bulbs, to include exit lights, overhead lights, fluorescent lights, room call lights, etc., and perform cleaning duties wherever necessary.
• Service heating and cooling units/systems, as specified by the manufacturer, and in compliance with established policies and procedures
• Perform unscheduled maintenance tasks as directed.
• Ensure maintenance supplies have been replenished in work areas as necessary.
• Ensure that the facility and its equipment is properly maintained for resident comfort and convenience.
• Report equipment malfunctions or breakdowns to your supervisor as soon as possible
• Follow established safety precautions when performing tasks and when using equipment and supplies.
• Assist others in lifting heavy equipment, supplies, etc., as directed or requested
• Ensure that equipment is cleaned and properly stored at the end of the shift.
• Maintain the confidentiality of all resident care information including protected health information.
• Report known or suspected incidents of unauthorized disclosure of such information.
• Inform residents when it is necessary to move his/her personal possessions.

This position has no supervisor responsibilities

Must possess, as a minimum, a 10th grade education

Must possess the ability to make independent decisions, to follow instructions, and to accept constructive criticism.

Ability to deal…