Maintenance Tech (Preventative Maintenance)

The historic Seelbach Hilton is looking for someone to help maintain the beauty of the hotel!

Essential Functions

• Must have good mechanical ability and be willing to learn and take direction from trade mechanics.
• Skill in the use of basic hand and electric tools and familiarity with parts and materials is required.
• This individual must be able to work in hot, cold, and wet conditions and be able to stoop, kneel, crawl and climb on all types of surfaces.
• Requires the lifting of tools, equipment or materials weighing up to 75 lbs.
• Use of ladders and climbing on equipment up to 30 feet high will be required to maintain equipment.
• Grasping, lifting, and holding tools and having good finger dexterity is required.
• Clean and paint all mechanical spaces.
• Must have the visual ability to identify and match colors for painting color coded steam pipes and identifying color coded electrical wires, and the ability to perform duties in confined spaces and awkward positions.

Specific job knowledge, skill, and ability

The individual must possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities and be able to explain and demonstrate that he or she can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, using some other combination of skills and abilities.

• Basic knowledge of skilled trade activities in plumbing, carpentry, electrical and mechanical work and painting.
• Basic mechanical aptitude for operation and repair of hotel equipment.
• Skill in the use of a variety of skilled trade tools (including both hand and electric tools).
• Basic English language communication and mathematical skills to communicate with co-workers, fully comprehend job assignments and perform accurate, simple arithmetic functions.
• Ability to move and work throughout the hotel for the duration of shift.
• Ability to perform tasks requiring bending, stooping and kneeling.
• Ability to push and pull objects or materials weighing up to 100 lbs.
• Ability to climb stairs and ladders, working at heights up to approximately 30 feet for extended periods of time, with the ability to extend arms, often overhead.

Qualifications

• Must have 3 to 5 years experience in this field
• Able to paint, put up wallpaper, and repair wallpaper
• Minor plumbing and electrical repair experience

This shift is a primary day shift Tuesday to Saturday