Maintenance Specialist

Overview

Since 1972, CJE Senior Life, a non-profit organization guided by Jewish values, has been a trusted leader in senior services, dedicated to helping older adults live life to the fullest. Rooted in a mission of respect, compassion, and advocacy, CJE serves as a vital resource for individuals and families navigating the aging journey, offering personalized support that fosters independence, wellness, and dignity.

As one of the most comprehensive senior service organizations in the Chicago area, CJE provides an integrated network of care through our Hub for Care Coordination. This holistic model ensures older adults receive the support they need—physically, emotionally, and socially—with services tailored to their evolving needs.

Our wide-ranging programs include affordable senior housing and assisted living, home-delivered meals, transportation, legal services, adult day services and respite care, care management and coordination, counseling and support groups for older adults and caregivers, Holocaust Community Services, and lifelong learning and engagement opportunities.

At CJE Senior Life, we are proud to offer meaningful career opportunities for professionals who are passionate about enriching the lives of older adults. Our team members contribute to a mission-driven culture rooted in Jewish values and a commitment to excellence.

The Affordable Housing Maintenance Specialist maintains, operates, repairs, and services equipment, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, machinery, physical structures, plumbing, electrical systems, and grounds to ensure safe, healthy, and efficient environments and building operations for designated buildings. This role coordinates services with other Affordable Housing maintenance staff and provides back-up coverage when the assigned Exclusive Head Janitor is unavailable. When assigned, this position also works with outside vendors/contractors to ensure they are in the correct location and working on the correct equipment.

• Ensures an environment of Safety First.
• Stops work if a contractor or other employee does not have safety cones and/or caution tape to denote a work hazard, or is not working safely.
• Plans and coordinates work assignments with Affordable Housing Exclusive Head Janitors, contractors, and other designated service providers.
• Establishes work priorities and communicates to supervisor to ensure the efficient use of resources.
• Manages expenses in a cost efficient/fiscally responsible manner.
• Reports irregularities in pricing and products.
• Creates and closes out work orders within CMMS and maintains appropriate documentation for preventive maintenance, compliance, and safety issues.
• Maintains and improves the quality and integrity of the Agency standards through team discussion and work activities.
• Participates in Agency work groups or task teams relating to impacting the program or services when assigned.
• Provides feedback to ensure that assigned areas are maintained in accordance with standards.
• Services, operates, and maintains facility heating, cooling, electrical, plumbing, kitchen, and other mechanical equipment, and physical systems and structures following prescribed procedures.
• Visually inspects and tests machinery and equipment.
• Listens for unusual sounds from machines, equipment, or building systems to detect malfunction and discusses machine operation variations with supervisory staff to diagnose problems for repair.
• Performs routine repairs to building systems and structures, machinery, equipment, or grounds.
• Installs new or repaired parts on broken or worn equipment.
• Cleans and lubricates shafts, bearings, gears, and other parts of machinery.
• Performs preventive maintenance on equipment and building systems and structures.
• Assembles, installs, and maintains mechanical systems, repairs and replaces gauges, valves, and related parts.
• Understands how to operate building HVAC controls.
• Works with Managers and Exclusive Head Janitors in the annual unit inspection process as well as physical inspections performed by regulatory agencies.
• Cleans carpeting in common areas of assigned buildings in accordance with standards consistent with proper, established, and accepted industry practices.
• Performs daily and weekly cleaning, vacuuming and washroom cleaning as assigned, cleans window glass.
• Uses prescribed chemicals safely and does not introduce non-standard cleaning chemicals.
• Uses mix stations for accurate cleaning chemical dilutions.
• Shovels sidewalks free of snow.
• Digs holes for planting; performs minor tree pruning as required.
• Assembles furniture and equipment as needed.
• Reports problems and discrepancies in equipment and building functions.
• Other tasks as assigned.

• High school diploma or GED is required.
• A minimum of 2 years of related experience in healthcare, hospital, and similar settings is required.

• Medical Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Employee Life Insurance
• Long Term & Short Term Disability Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Tuition…