Facilities Technician 1

This position is to assist the facility supervisor to provide support in the buildings, to keep up the support system, including but not limited to bathrooms, break rooms, common areas, moniting contractors on projects, and report back to the lead technician. all facility fit-up/ renovations/alterations and servicing of furniture and facility-related equipment, grounds keeping, and move coordination by direction of the lead or supervisor, the understanding of OSHA safety, must be flexible on hours and days. Callouts to the facility can also be expected during off-hours. Overtime may be required on occasion.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Understanding of maintenance programs, warranty maintenance programs, and energy management programs for: facilities, interior and exterior building components, mechanical components, furnishings, fixtures, landscaping, etc. Responsible for completing work order activity to include: internally generated work requests and projects. This includes responding to and rectifying any facility maintenance requests either by providing the maintenance and handyman services or utilizing contract services as required for maintaining the building structure and services.
•  Performs regular facility inspections/audits, including all common areas and storage rooms, identifying any facility deficiencies or follow-up work. Will provide written reports to supervisor/Manager outlining required maintenance complete with recommendations for work.
• Grounds keeping: trash removal: Maintenance on: vehicles, equipment, and tools.
• Respond to: any bathroom- flooding, broken water pipes or fixtures,support equipment failures.
• Assignments to weekend projects are required, monitoring contractors, and facility control during power outages.

Education and work experience

• Must have a minimum of 5 years of experience in Facility maintenance.
• A knowledge of various building codes a plus, rules, regulations, and the operational procedures pertaining to the repair, maintenance, and construction of buildings, machines, and equipment.
• Able to organize and process information in a logical, prioritized order, managing time effectively to accomplish tasks within stated or published deadlines.
• Ensures the work assigned is completed within set guidelines
• Follows required OSHA’s applicable safety procedures and ensures personal, public, and co-worker safety when completing tasks.
• Maintain records, daily work sheets for record keeping.
• Ensures that equipment, workspaces, and tools supplied by the company are used for their intended purposes and are maintained in safe working order.
• Exercises respectful and courteous communication and interactions with co-workers, contractors, consultants, suppliers, and all other members of our staff.
• Manages own time effectively and ensures the immediate supervisor is kept informed of activities and progress of work.
• Exercise discretion, confidentiality, and attention to detail.
• Ensure regular work attendance and timely reporting for the start of the shift.
• Carry out duties in a manner that ensures personal health and safety as well as the safety of others.
• Ability to work in a team environment with minimum supervision.
• Receptive to change, can adapt to changing circumstances, and make suggestions for improvement.
• Ability to estimate materials and supply needs.
• Ability to communicate effectively with the Manager, Corporate Building Services, and the Building Operator.
• Thorough knowledge of the occupational hazards and corresponding safety precautions necessary for the safe performance of assigned duties.
• Ability to estimate materials and supply needs.

Supervision

• This position has several direct reports from Facilities crew members.

Working conditions

• Office-based role, fast-paced work environment
• This position must be able to respond to after-hour emergencies and be available to work non-core hours or overtime to complete various projects without interruption to operations.

• An understanding of the electrical system and how to diagnose issues.
• Good understanding of the operation of commercial buildings.
• Knowledge of A/C systems, compressed air systems, vacuum pumps, and BAS systems.
• Must have their own hand tools, a list will be provided. Also needed item not provided, steel toe boots or OSHA approved safety shoes with harden toe protection.
• Manufacturing of products background is a plus.
• Use of CAD software is a plus but not a requirement for the position