Maintenance Assistant

Company: The Laurels of Defiance
Location: Defiance
Posted on: April 19, 2025

Job Description:

Are you a skilled maintenance technician with strong customer service skills and a can-do attitude? We want you to join our team!
The Laurel Health Care Company offers one of the leading employee benefit packages in the industry. This includes:

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• Comprehensive health insurance - medical, dental and vision
  
• 401K with matching funds
  
• , a voluntary benefit that allows associates at our facilities the ability to access their pay when they need it.
  
• Paid time off (beginning after six months of employment) and paid holidays
  
• Flexible scheduling
  
• Tuition reimbursement and student loan forgiveness
  
• Free CNA/STNA certification
  
• Zero cost uniforms
  
  
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  • Legacy,our new virtual community and rewards & recognitions program
    
    When you work with Laurel Health Care Company, you will join an experienced, hard-working team that values communication and collaboration.
    Why just work, when you can help shape a legacy?
    The Maintenance Worker/Assistant performs various duties to maintain a clean and safe environment for patients, staff and visitors. Maintenance services are provided in accordance with facility policies and procedures to enhance resident comfort and enhance the quality of life.
    
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    • Demonstrate competence in application of mechanical and technical concepts to facility plant repair and maintenance projects.
      
    • Demonstrates interpersonal skills to interact with facility staff and residents to answer questions and to make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
      
    • Able to apply building and safety codes to facility situations and maintenance procedures
      
    • Conducts scheduled maintenance throughout physical plant and for all equipment.
      
    • Maintains and tests the emergency power system to ensure availability of power.
      
    • Maintains all essential equipment (e.g., boiler room equipment, nursing unit/medication room refrigerators, kitchen refrigerator/freezer, laundry equipment) in safe operating condition.
      
    • Able to respond to change productively and to handle additional tasks/projects as assigned. Able to respond to needs of facility 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
      
      Education and/or Experience:
      
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      • High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
        
      • Minimum of one (1) year physical plant and equipment experience in an institutional environment.
        
      • Experience in: electrical, plumbing, general carpentry,dry wall repair
        
      • Vocational training in skilled trade or other relevant training preferred.
        
        Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
        
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        • None
          
          or acceptable exemption required #IND123

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