Maintenance/Transportation Technician

Under general supervision from the Maintenance Manager, the Maintenance/Transportation Technician duties include overall custodial, building and grounds maintenance, repair functions and serves as backup to the Transportation Driver. The Maintenance/Transportation Technician will perform janitorial and maintenance duties at all Clover facilities.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides maintenance and minor repairs to plumbing, electrical, HVAC and sprinkler systems; may perform routine carpentry work.
• Washes windows, screens, sills, woodwork, doors, desks, walls, and ceilings.
• Orders and stocks needed materials and supplies.
• Cleans, sweeps, mops, scrubs, waxes, and polishes floors by hand or machine; cleans carpet, upholstery and furniture.
• Cleans and sanitizes rest rooms, dusts and vacuums rooms, and locks and unlocks doors; moves equipment and furniture.
• Collects and disposes of waste, maintains outside sidewalks, and assists in keeping outside premises in an orderly condition.
• Performs some repairs and maintenance of buildings by patching walls and doors, painting walls and trim, and replacing fixtures and partitions; replaces damaged ceiling and floor tiles, repairs carpet.
• Facilitate and monitor contractors, vendors and agency inspectors as they perform applicable task within the facilities. 
• Drives agency’s vehicles to perform assigned tasks.
• Adheres to all job-related safety regulations which includes the proper use of PPE (personal protective equipment).
• Setting up and taking down tables, chairs and other related inventory for events, meetings, classes and programs, etc.).
• Must work emergency overtime as required.
• Flexibility to work different hours as the work situation warrants. (Please note that all schedules are reviewed periodically and may be subject to change).
• A member of Facilities Operations Essential Personnel responsible for participation in pre, post- hurricane and other emergency events.
• In the absences of the Transportation Driver, transport participants to and from the agency each day, to grocery store each week, and to medical appointments and to field trips as needed. 
• Performs related work as required

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Knowledge of cleaning and waxing compounds, heating and ventilating equipment, irrigating systems, floor buffers and custodial equipment, and basic tools utilized in building maintenance; considerable knowledge of maintenance and repair work; thorough knowledge of proper safety techniques and procedures.
• Skill in the operation of a variety of hand tools.
• Ability to safely and appropriately use the agency bus lift and assist participants entering and exiting agency vehicles.
• Maintain a clean driving record and able to pass a drug test annually or as otherwise required.
• Ability to understand and carry out routine oral and written instructions, make routine decisions independently, sustain long periods of light to moderately heavy physical activity, and work harmoniously with others.
• Adheres to agency policies and procedures. 

EDUCATIONAL AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• High school diploma/GED and/or training and minimum two (3) year experience in custodial, building maintenance or general labor. 
• Possess and maintain a valid Louisiana driver’s license.
• Possess and maintain a valid CDL with Passenger Endorsement (P).
• Two years’ experience driving a bus as public transportation or in a social service setting.
• Ability to learn and safely use the lift on agency buses.

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 reach with hands and arms, stand, talk or hear; walk; and use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls. The employee is regularly required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

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 occasionally works near moving mechanical parts. The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, and toxic chemicals. The employee is occasionally exposed to risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderately loud.