What are the responsibilities and job description for the Part-Time Maintenance Assistant position at The Ashton on the Plaza?
Find your joy here, at Ashton on the Plaza, a Sonida Senior Living community! We offer a comprehensive benefit package to include competitive wage/salary, health and dental insurance, 401k with company match & much more!
Ashton on the Plaza, a premier retirement community in Kansas City, MO, provides quality care to residents in an Assisted Living and Memory Care community.
Maintenance Assistant Responsibilities include:
Interacts with residents, families, staff, and other visitors to the community in a pleasant, respectful and courteous manner.
- Always acts as a positive representative of the community.
- Recognizes that residents and families are in fact customers to the business and endeavors to do everything possible to make their residency enjoyable.
- Recognizes that the words "No" or "can't-do-it" do not display the professionalism or customer service that is expected and must be removed from the working vocabulary.
- Performs daily light bulb walk around/inspection ensuring that all public area light bulbs are operable and working.
- Performs general maintenance on a daily basis responding to resident request through the established work order program repairing plumbing, appliance issues.
- Performs general maintenance on a daily basis for the building to include HVAC, plumbing, electrical and kitchen equipment issues.
- Maintains organization of all storage and equipment areas.
- Performs daily and as assigned painting projects for all common and office areas.
- Prepares empty apartments to new condition for new occupants within the 5 days turnaround requirement as established by Sonida Senior Living (SSL).
- Maintains exterior grounds ensuring that all debris is picked up daily around community, gutters and landscaping as well as removing snow & salting as weather dictates.
- Daily removes garbage from the building.
- Assists in the preventative maintenance program.
- Assists with the transportation of guests if required and may be asked to drive.
- Ensure that resident work order requests are completed in the 24hour requirements.
- Relieves front desk breaks as requested.
- Responds to resident emergencies as requested.
- Maintains uniform appearance, always respectable condition.
- Works productively at all times with a minimum of supervision.
Qualifications:
Education and Experience:
Skill/ knowledge requirements:
- Experience in janitorial/maintenance work preferred; familiarity with techniques of minor repair and maintenance for structural, electrical, plumbing, security and heating and cooling systems required. Experience in building safety and hazard reduction helpful
- Twelve (12) plus years of education preferred.
- Meet continuing education requirements and certifications on job classification and position, including state requirements.
Skill/ knowledge requirements:
- Ability to communicate and work with all levels of the Company’s management staff and Community Department Managers and Community Team Members effectively.
- Maintains acceptable attendance record/follows work schedule.
Behaviors
Preferred- Thought Provoking: Capable of making others think deeply on a subject
- Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
- Loyal: Shows firm and constant support to a cause
- Innovative: Consistently introduces new ideas and demonstrates original thinking
- Leader: Inspires teammates to follow them
- Functional Expert: Considered a thought leader on a subject
- Enthusiastic: Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest
- Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
- Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity
Motivations
Preferred- Self-Starter: Inspired to perform without outside help
- Work-Life Balance: Inspired to perform well by having ample time to pursue work and interests outside of work
- Peer Recognition: Inspired to perform well by the praise of coworkers
- Growth Opportunities: Inspired to perform well by the chance to take on more responsibility
- Job Security: Inspired to perform well by the knowledge that your job is safe
- Goal Completion: Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks
- Flexibility: Inspired to perform well when granted the ability to set your own schedule and goals
- Ability to Make an Impact: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization
- Entrepreneurial Spirit: Inspired to perform well by an ability to drive new ventures within the business
- Financial: Inspired to perform well by monetary reimbursement
