Maintenance Specialist
Maintenance Specialist
UNION COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION, INC.
Work Location- Based in Union County; serves Union, Anson, and Richmond
Program- Head Start/Early Head Start/NC PreK
Reports to: Director of Children and Family Services
FSLA- Exempt
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SUMMARY
Responsible for planning and implementing routine and necessary maintenance, maintaining grounds and facility operations for all Head Start buildings throughout the three county service areas. Directs and coordinates operational activities of maintenance staff across the three counties, by performing the following duties:
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Primary
- Develops and maintains a routine, preventative, written maintenance plan for all facilities (indoors and outdoors).
- Schedules any needed building repairs or service in a timely manner.
- Checks all billings to verify that charges are correct for work completed by outside service providers.
- Coordinates training for custodial staff on use of maintenance equipment and supplies.
- Makes any needed repairs on buildings or vehicles or schedule outside repairperson if needed.
- Orders maintenance supplies for all facilities and delivers to sites, as needed.
- Coordinates and supervises routine floor maintenance in all facilities.
- Conducts annual safety inspections of all facilities to insure health, safety, and well-being of children and staff.
- Monitors buildings regularly to ensure compliance with Head Start Performance Standards and North Carolina Day Care Licensing regulations.
- Maintains organized, written logs on maintenance and repairs of all faculties.
Secondary
- Attends all scheduled pre-service and in-service trainings, as well as staff meetings.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
FACILITIES, MATERIALS, AND EQUIPMENT
Provides a physical environment that is conducive to learning and reflective of the different stages of development of children.
Provides for the maintenance, repair, safety, and security of all Head Start facilities, materials, and equipment.
Maintains an environment free of toxins, including cigarette smoke, pesticides, herbicides, and other air pollutant, as well as soil and water contaminants.
Conducts an annual safety inspection to ensure that each facility’s space, light, ventilation, heat, and other physical arrangements are consistent with the health, safety, and developmental needs of children.
Provides and arranges sufficient equipment, toys, materials, and furniture to meet the needs and facilitate the participation of adults and children.
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
Preferred: Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; Required: and three to five years' related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra.
REASONING ABILITY
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS
Employee must pass an annual physical, TB screening, submit to random drug screenings.
OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Incumbent must demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of building and landscape maintenance and a working knowledge of transportation and planning. Employee must be able to operate with proficiency power tool and hand tools associated with general maintenance and landscape management; and operate a desktop computer, related software, printer, copier, fax, and phone.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
Incumbent must possess/maintain or obtain/maintain within 90 days of employment a current CDL and a valid drivers' license.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and peripheral vision.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; risk of electrical shock; and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
SPECIFICATION
The information presented indicates the general nature and level of work expected of employees in this classification. It is not designed to contain, or to be interpreted as, a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and objectives required of employees assigned to this job.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Union County Community Action, Inc. (UCCA) provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Union County Community Action, Inc. (UCCA) complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Union County Community Action, Inc. (UCCA) expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Union County Community Action, Inc. (UCCA)’s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.