Maintenance Technician

Job Title:

Maintenance Technician

FLSA Status:
Non-Exempt

Reports to:

Chief Financial Officer

The maintenance technician positions performs routine building maintenance for all YWCA locations.

• Performs routine maintenance on building interior and exterior. This may include but not limited to: drywall, plaster, painting, floor care, plumbing, basic electrical, on call response, event setup, evacuation/shelter in place drills, grounds policing.
• Works in a safe manner and recognizes unsafe situations. Takes appropriate action to ensure safety of themselves and others in building.
• Work with heights, confined spaces (crawl spaces), and other limited work areas.
• Employee must possess a valid driver’s license and private transportation with insurance complying with minimum agency standards.
• Attend staff meetings and trainings as required and/or assigned.
• Commitment to the YWCA mission of Eliminating Racism and Empowering Women.
• Other related duties as required and/or assigned.

• Possesses a high school diploma or GED.
• Building maintenance experience preferred.
• Ability to prioritize incoming requests.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and act quickly in an emergency.
• Ability to pass child abuse/neglect and criminal background screening.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds, routinely.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including weekends.
• Ability to work from heights, with proper safety equipment provided.
• Must be 18 years or older to apply.
• Access to private transportation, valid driver’s license with insurance complying with minimum agency standards.

• Forty (40) hour workweek with flexibility regarding days/times to accommodate other shifts, as needed.
• Indoor working environment protected from weather conditions and contaminants other than normal cleaning supplies. Minimal outdoor work, such as maintaining sidewalk clear of debris, anticipating and ensuring snow and ice removal/treatment, and trash disposal.
• On-call responsibilities are required.

• Standing for long periods, bending, stooping, and lifting up to 50 pounds.
• Repetitive hand/arm motion.
• Ability, on a consistent basis, to perform activities requiring cooperation, instruction, or speaking with others.
• Ability to communicate effectively in person with program participants, donors, volunteers and staff.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items over 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

The successful individual will demonstrate the following:

• Behave Ethically:
  Understand ethical behavior and professional boundaries and ensure your own behavior is consistent with professional ethical standards.
• Build Relationships:
  Establish and maintain positive working relationships with others both internally and externally to achieve the organization’s goals of empowering women and eliminating racism.
• Communicate Effectively:
  Speak, listen, and write in a clear, thorough, and timely manner using appropriate and effective communication tools and techniques.
• Focus on Clients Needs:
  Anticipate, understand, and respond to needs of consumers.
• Make Decisions:
  Assess situations to determine the importance, urgency and risks and make clear decisions that are timely and in the best interests of consumers and the organization.
• Organization:
  Set priorities, develop a work schedule, monitor progress towards goals, and track details/data/information/activities.
• Technological Aptitude:
  Understand software applications and maintain skills necessary to effectively perform key responsibilities through the use of company-utilized programs.

*** YWCA St. Joseph 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, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristics protected by the federal, state, or local laws***