Master Mechanic

Under the general supervision of the Facilities Supervisor, repairs and performs routine maintenance to hospital machinery and equipment, such as patient stretchers, wheel chairs, wheeled carts and equipment, laundry equipment, motor vehicles, and power operated doors. Repairs and fabricates machinery and equipment parts. Performs a variety of duties to temporarily replace or assist trades and craft personnel in maintenance, repair and construction work;

monitor physical plant and perform maintenance functions alone on evening, night and weekend shifts and perform duties relating to tool and materials management as assigned. Is part of the snow team; removes snow using a shovel, snow blower, snow plow, and small engine powered pushers and loaders. Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization’s values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done. The core Success Factors include:
Instill Trust and Value Differences Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate RESPONSIBILITIES:

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Observes mechanical devices such as pumps, motors, systems, equipment, etc. in operation to determine cause of trouble. Coordinates time of repair with affected personnel and requisitions materials needed. Repairs malfunctioning equipment or machinery by; dismantling devices to gain access to, and removing and replacing defective parts and adjusting parts of devices and control instruments. Installing special functional and structural parts or modifications.

Tests performance after repair is completed. Welds, brazes, solders; burns, and operates hand and powered tools. Operates sheet metal shear and lathe. Performs electronic repairs by troubleshooting control circuits on personnel/object sensors at power operated doors, etc., ensuring compliance with TJC regulations as well as local safety codes. Repairs or fabricates machinery and equipment parts, using metalworking tools, duplicates or designs parts based on need, use, size, and frequency of use.

Performs inspections, routine maintenance, major and minor repairs on all laundry machinery, automatic doors throughout the complex, wheelchairs, stretcher tables, carts of all types and sizes, vehicles, ground equipment, and snow plow equipment. Assembles, cleans, inspects, tests mechanical and electrical repairs in stretcher shop, garage and also out in the field. Perform a variety of trade tasks temporarily replacing or assisting carpenters, electricians, plumbers, plasterers and other trade personnel.

Monitor physical plant and perform maintenance while alone on evening, night, weekend and holiday shifts. Maintain the capacity of recognizing problems and of operating the mechanical and building systems, and maintain the knowledge and capability to perform all departmental standard operating procedures. Independently evaluate problems and either correct them or initiate appropriate action to correct them. Perform clean up duties on work sites;

replace light bulbs and patient call cords; move materials, furniture and equipment; free clogged toilets and sinks by non-powered means; remove snow; change filters; service vacuum, oxygen, air and nitrous oxide patient outlets; lay floor tiles; paint and perform a variety of other duties as required by work order, emergency calls or direct assignment. Answer telephone calls, prepare work request forms, log request and track time required to perform jobs (person hours) for quality and…