Maintenance Technician

We are seeking a Maintenance Technician to join our community committed to delivering outstanding service. As a Maintenance Technician, you will play an important role in all phases of Maintenance that meets or exceeds Buckner quality, service, and hospitality standards. Join our team and inspire happiness in the lives of others! 

What you'll do:

• Preparing painting surfaces by washing walls, repairing holes, sanding, or removing old paint. Fill holes and interstices with putty or other filler.
• Clean metal surfaces and exterior walls with a metal scraper and steel wool brush to remove dirt, rust and scale. Remove old paint by applying paint remover.
• Removes fixtures such as door knobs and light switch covers to prevent over paint.
• Repairs holes in drywall using spackling compound or other materials.
• Measure, cut, fit and fasten drywall panels to wood or metal structures.
• Prepares joints with proper drywall corners, floats, and textures.
• Tapes joints, holes, and uses spackling to float joints, sands joints to a smooth finish even with surrounding drywall.
• Applies appropriate texture to surfaces according to instructions and/or to match surrounding drywall

 What you’ll bring:

• High school diploma or G.E.D. preferred; minimum of one year related experience preferred.
• Ability to understand and follow basic oral and written instruction.
• Ability to use up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and /or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and /or up to 20 pounds of force continuously to move objects.
• Work deals mostly with objects, equipment and/or machines where the seeing job is at or within arm’s reach. Depth perception and field of vision (peripheral) are of some importance.
• Ability to stand, wall, climb stairs and ladders; and push and pull equipment. Ability to move heavy materials and equipment. Crouches, kneels, stoops, reaches, and turns over 75% of shift.
• Ability to recognize difference in sound generates by equipment or machinery which may indicate operating problems or safety concerns.
• Ability to work under close supervision performing routine, standardized tasks. Some initiative and judgment involved in providing assistance to others wherever required.
• Ability to perform tasks with due consideration for residents in vicinity and ability to cooperate and work with other employees. Ability to learn to adjust and operate electric-powered equipment. ability to work with hand and tools.
• Requires proficient ability to speak, read and write English.

 The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the essential functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job.