Maintenance Technician

Position: Maintenance Technician

Department: Facilities Services

Location: Facilities Operations Building

Hours: Monday-Friday, 7:30am-4pm; some flexibility required

FLSA: Non-exempt

Workers Comp. Code:

Milton Academy is an independent college preparatory K–12 school, boarding and day in grades 9–12, located eight miles south of Boston.

Milton Academy cultivates in its students a passion for learning and a respect for others. Embracing diversity and the pursuit of excellence, we create a community in which individuals develop competence, confidence and character. Our active learning environment, in and out of the classroom, develops creative and critical thinkers, unafraid to express their ideas, prepared to seek meaningful lifetime success and to live by our motto, "Dare to be true."

Summary of Position:

The Maintenance Technician performs general repairs in support of the physical plant and building operations across the school’s campus. The individual performs planned and work-order driven maintenance and mechanical inspections of equipment utilizing results-oriented strategies to ensure continuing operation. The technician should have experience and technical skills with preventive maintenance and system operations to assess and implement service requirements. The individual in this position must work collaboratively with the Facilities Services team and have a customer service orientation to working with students, faculty, and staff. A valid driver’s license and the ability to pass an insurance and driver’s record check is required.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

1. Performs general repairs of physical plant buildings and grounds, such as sheetrock, plastering, painting, carpentry, glass, and screen repairs.
2. Assists in the preventative maintenance and repairs of buildings both commercial and residential. Including but not limited to general repairs, belt adjustments, oiling, greasing and cleaning of equipment or replacement of various types of mechanical and electrical equipment.
3. Advises owner/representative of preventive maintenance inspections performed and corrective actions to be taken. Suggests additional service/renovation requirements.
4. Performs preventive maintenance on various mechanical and electrical equipment.Performs re-lamping both indoor and outdoor lighting fixtures.
5. Conducts daily/weekly tours of entire campus, including mechanical spaces, tenant/public areas, roofs and building grounds to ensure that there are no outstanding deficiencies.
6. Respond to service calls/tenant request for HVAC, plumbing, lighting, escorts, general carpentry & painting duties, key making, picture hanging, safely move furniture and equipment as needed, and provide support or assistance when needed.
7. Communicate with the owner, owner’s representative, or supervisor on the work performed and present status of the work orders.
8. Stays abreast of changes (safety and code) in their respective field of expertise through seminars and other educational means.
9. Provides information for input to client work order tracking system to initiate work orders for unscheduled jobs, develop materials lists for ordering, an may be required to provide technical support for projects.
10. Responds to emergencies and traces, troubleshoots and repairs problems; may wear a pager and/or carry a shop radio for rapid response.
11. Conducts general housekeeping to mechanical/electrical rooms including sweeping, mopping and painting.
12. Other duties as assigned.

Supervision to be received: This position reports to the Associate Director of Buildings Operations and Utilities, with day-to-day direction provided by the Building Maintenance Manager.

Supervision to be exercised: There are no direct reports for this position. That said, the successful candidate must collaborate with other technicians and trades, as well as external vendors.

Education/Certification/Licensure

Required: Valid driver’s license and ability to pass an insurance and driver’s record check

Preferred: Certification from a technical school

Experience

Required: A minimum of 3 years of related experience or training

Preferred: 5 years of related experience or training

Physical Abilities:

Required:

• Must be physically able to move around the Milton Academy campus without restriction.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.
• The employee is frequently required to stand; walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit and climb or balance on ladders, staging, and power platforms.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 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.
• Must be comfortable working in various environmental conditions, such as unconditioned spaces and outdoor environments.
• Must be able to distinguish sounds and communicate effectively to diagnose equipment and coordinate with team members.
• Adherence to safety protocols, including wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), is essential.

Other required experience and abilities:

Required: Ability to be flexible and work collaboratively. Ability to prioritize multiple projects and tasks in a fast-paced work environment. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Must understand issues of confidentiality. Must be receptive to supervision and professional development.

All interested internal candidates must complete an application for promotion or transfer and forward to your supervisor as soon as possible.

The essential functions and basic skills have been included in this job description; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. This position description is subject to change at any time.

An equal opportunity employer, Milton embraces diversity and the pursuit of excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race (including natural and protective hairstyle), color, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy related condition), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, religious creed, physical or mental disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, ancestry, citizenship, national or ethnic origin or any other status protected by applicable law.