Job Code/Title: Maintenance Worker

General Hours of Work: Monday – Friday (8am-5pm)

Exempt/Nonexempt: Non-Exempt (hourly) 1.0 FTE

Department: Facilities

Reports To: Executive Director

Revision/Review Date: March 15, 2023

SUMMARY: This role will be responsible for maintaining both the Luverne and Worthington SWMHC facilities and grounds.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• 3-5 years of maintenance/handyman experience

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

REQUIRED PHYSICAL ABILITIES:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear.
• The employee frequently is required to walk; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell.
• The employee is frequently required to sit and climb or balance.
• The employee will occasionally be lifting up to 60 pounds with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 40 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

REQUIRED COMMUNICATION/MATHEMATICAL/REASONING SKILLS:

• Must possess the required level of skills and abilities to read, write, speak, and apply mathematical concepts and sound reasoning to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities of this job.
• Must be able to perform basic operations on a computer within the Windows operating system.
• This position requires problem solving skills, critical thinking skills, and the ability to multi-task.

RESPONSIBILITIES, EXPECTATIONS & STANDARDS:

• Commitment to the daily application of SWMHC’s mission, to serve patients, their families and our community.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
• Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations and standards associated with all applicable governing bodies.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• May be exposed to communicable diseases when working in a health care environment.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to sharps or cuts and toxic or caustic chemicals.
• The employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts and risk of electrical shock.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, compression, impact, fumes or airborne particles, outside weather conditions, and risk of radiation.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS: The individual must be able to work the hours specified above. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required to perform the essential functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions, so long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.