Maintenance Mechanic - Lake View Hospital

The Maintenance Mechanic performs corrective and preventative maintenance, operates assigned machinery and equipment, tests equipment and systems and constructs and modifies equipment and systems as directed. Also responsible for transporting supplies, equipment and waste, as well as maintaining outside grounds.

• MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education : High school diploma or general education degree (GED).

• Experience : Three (3) years job-related experience.
• Licensure / Certification / Registration : Class C Boiler's License; or initial acquisition of Special Engineer License within ninety (90) days following date of hire and must obtain a 2nd Class C (2-C) Boiler's License prior to the expiration of the initial Special Engineers License or within fifteen (15) months of hire into this position if a Special Engineers License was already possessed on and has been maintained since the date of hire. Once Boilers License has been obtained the Special Engineers license is no longer required.
• PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education : Two (2) years Technical or Trade School

• Experience : Previous experience with heating, ventilation, air conditioning, plumbing; AND / OR previous related experience in a health care setting.
• Licensure / Certification / Registration : Class C Boiler's License
• KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

READING - Basic : Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.

• WRITING - Basic : Ability to write simple correspondence.
• SPEAKING - Basic : Ability to speak simple sentences.
• MATHEMATICAL SKILLS - Intermediate Skills : Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals and to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw or interpret bar graphs to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• REASONING ABILITY - Intermediate Skills : Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND ENVIRONMENT

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Moderate physical effort (lift / carry up to fifty (50) pounds). Frequent, prolonged standing / walking. Pushes, pulls or moves / lifts heavy equipment and / or supplies. Considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling and crouching.

Stand - Continuously Over 2 / 3 (5.5 – 8 hours)

• Walk - Continuously Over 2 / 3 (5.5 – 8 hours)
• Sit - Frequently 1 / 3 to 2 / 3 (2.5 – 5.5 hours)
• Use hands to finger, handle, or feel - Continuously Over 2 / 3 (5.5 – 8 hours)
• Reach with hands and arms - Continuously Over 2 / 3 (5.5 – 8 hours)
• Stoop, Squat, Kneel, or Crouch - Continuously Over 2 / 3 (5.5 – 8 hours)
• Bending-repetitive forward - Continuously Over 2 / 3 (5.5 – 8 hours)
• Talk or hear - Continuously Over 2 / 3 (5.5 – 8 hours)

LIFTING REQUIREMENTS

Up to 10 pounds - Continuously Over 2 / 3 (5.5 – 8 hours)

• Up to 25 pounds - Continuously Over 2 / 3 (5.5 – 8 hours)
• Up to 35 pounds - Frequently 1 / 3 to 2 / 3 (2.5 – 5.5 hours)
• Up to 50 pounds - Occasionally Under 1 / 3 (1-2.5 hours)

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Wet or humid conditions (non-weather) - Occasionally Under 1 / 3 (1-2.5 hours)

• Work near moving mechanical parts - Frequently 1 / 3 to 2 / 3 (2.5 – 5.5 hours)
• Fumes or airborne particles - Occasionally Under 1 / 3 (1-2.5 hours)
• Toxic or caustic chemicals - Occasionally Under 1 / 3 (1-2.5 hours)
• Outdoor weather conditions - Occasionally Under 1 / 3 (1-2.5 hours)
• Extreme cold (non-weather) - Occasionally Under 1 / 3 (1-2.5 hours)
• Extreme heat (non-weather) - Occasionally Under 1 / 3 (1-2.5 hours)
• Risk of electrical shock - Occasionally Under 1 / 3 (1-2.5 hours)
• Vibration - Occasionally Under 1 / 3 (1-2.5 hours)
• Typical Noise Level - Loud Noise (examples : manufacturing department, large earth-moving equipment)
• WORKING CONDITIONS

Exposed to loud or noisy equipment. Exposed to hazards of steam and heat.

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