Facilities Maintenance Technician

Responsibilities

• Stay Proactive: Keep a close watch on all facility systems and utilities, ensuring everything is running smoothly. You’ll be the go‑to person for identifying maintenance needs and addressing them promptly.
• Safety First: Conduct regular checks on water temperatures and sprinkler system pressures to ensure compliance with health and safety standards. Your vigilance will help maintain a safe environment for everyone.
• Maintenance Maestro: Jump in to assist with general facility maintenance and repairs whenever needed. Whether it’s carpentry, plumbing, or painting, your skills will keep our facilities in top shape!
• Schedule Like a Pro: Coordinate and manage preventative maintenance appointments for tasks that require outside expertise, ensuring minimal disruption to our programs and staff.
• Document with Precision: Conduct periodic facility walk‑throughs and document necessary repairs. Your attention to detail will help us maintain our high standards.
• Team Player: Maintain strong professional relationships with contractors and vendors, ensuring effective communication and collaboration for all maintenance projects.
• Emergency Ready: Conduct quarterly and yearly testing of fire alarms and sprinkler systems. Your preparedness will help keep our facilities safe and compliant.
• Prioritize Wisely: Assess and prioritize tasks based on urgency and importance, ensuring that critical repairs are addressed promptly.
• Stay Updated: Keep your knowledge current on all facility maintenance best practices and compliance requirements to excel in your role at Newport Academy.
• Flexibility is Key: Be ready to adapt and take on additional tasks as needed to support our mission and the needs of the facility.

• High school diploma or GED
• Two plus years’ experience in facilities maintenance

Pay Range for this position $22.82 to $29.66 per hour based on education and experience

• Medical/Dental/Vision
• Company paid life insurance
• Voluntary STD/LTD
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• 401k
• PTO/Sick

Newport Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Newport Healthcare provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Newport Healthcare is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity, including providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with a disability. Applicants with a physical or mental disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process please email acco for assistance.