Facilities Assistant - Part Time

## Description

Maintenance Assistant / Facilities Assistant - Part time

Join our community as a part-time Facilities Assistant, where you can make a lasting impact on the lives of our treasured residents by ensuring their home remains safe, comfortable and well-maintained. This shift is for Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays with a flexible schedule. Weekends and holidays are required.

**Essential Functions**

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ensures residents’ comfort by responding to work orders in a positive, timely manner.
• Monitors temperatures of hot water and refrigerators to ensure safety for residents.
• Paints rooms and touch-ups as assigned.
• Repairs roof, floors, and walls as assigned.
• Assists in moving residents to different rooms.
• Maintains grounds that reflect an open, welcoming impression to individuals passing by and entering the building.
• Handles, manipulates and properly stores maintenance, housekeeping, and lawn chemicals following safety policies and procedures.
• Constantly looks for unsafe items and removes appropriately.
• Uses safety and infection control policies and procedures in all duties.
• Maintains confidentiality of residents’ personal information in and out of the community and protects and supports residents’ rights.
• Assists in the final inspection of resident’s apartment before move-in to ensure all appliances, heater, air conditioner, light bulbs, tub/shower and toilet are in working order. Ensures cleanliness of carpets, walls, floors, cabinets, and appliances. Follows up as required.
• Maintains a professional appearance by wearing clean, pressed uniform and a demeanor that encourages a positive nurturing environment for the residents, families, vendors, and guests.
• Ensures adequate daily coverage for meal service by communicating with the Culinary Services Director and/or Host/Hostess, to include taking resident orders for meals, providing drink refills according to residents’ / guests’ requests, assists with the cleaning, resetting and preparation of the dining room in-between mealtimes.
• Works on special projects and other duties as assigned.

**Managerial Breadth/Scope of Job**
#### There are no supervisory requirements for this position.
## Qualifications
**Knowledge/Skills/Abilities**

• Demonstrates a SERVANT heart and attitude by following our Mission Statement.
• Must be knowledgeable of the location of the MSDS sheets on hazardous materials and able to understand the guidelines.
• Knowledge of local, state, and federal regulatory systems for safety and facilities management.
• Maintains a positive customer service environment and practices honesty and integrity in all aspects of performance.
• Communicates with residents, families, visitors and staff in a positive manner using excellent customer service skills.
• Ability to make minor and major repairs and paint.
• Must possess interpersonal skills to communicate with residents and staff.
• Must show compassion and genuinely care for the elderly and disabled.
• Must be able to work independently and prioritize workload as emergencies arise.
• Must be able to effectively communicate with vendors, contractors, and emergency personnel.
• Knowledge of use of hand tools, tractors, lawn equipment, carpet cleaners, and other housekeeping and maintenance equipment.
• Must maintain a current driver’s license and comply with all requirements of our Auto Policy.

**Education/Experience**

High school diploma or equivalent preferred.

**Working Environment/Physical Requirements**

Moderate physical activity is required by handling objects up to 50 pounds occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently. Must be able to bend, stoop, and handle bulky objects. Must be able to work inside and outside in extreme weather conditions.

*Applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.*