Facilities Tech II

Our team is hiring for a full time, 80 hours per pay period, Facilities Technician II position! This position's schedule is Monday-Friday 7:30a-4:00pm with weekend/holiday on-call rotation every 5 weeks. Astera Health offers a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, life and retirement. We also support work-life balance through benefits such as paid time off, and long-term disability and our employee wellness initiative.

Essential Duties:

• Maintains transmission of light, heat service utilities, and power sources to provide uninterrupted service. May include upkeep, repair, and minor renovations of buildings and grounds and equipment not cared for by the using departments under special contracts.

• Assists the Assistant Director, Facilities Management in providing technical advice and assistance concerning improvements of hospital plant and grounds. May include establishing priority for repairs and utility projects, and planning, programming maintenance repairs or improvements of building structure, parking lots, grounds, drainage systems and utilities.

• Assures that safe work practices and facility safety procedures are being followed. Assures that the facility is in compliance with all appropriate governing agencies for health facilities, i.e., OSHA, NFPA, Joint Commission, etc.)

• Maintains exterior surfaces, such as sidewalks, parking lots and all of Astera Health’s grounds. Includes keeping sidewalks clear of obstructions: such as snow, ice and other tripping and slipping hazards. All walking areas are highly maintained by shoveling walks, fire exit paths away from buildings and sanding all slippery surfaces.

• Operates, monitors, maintains boilers and pumps used for heating the building.

• Operates, monitors and ensures repairs as needed on all systems and ancillary equipment, including refrigeration, air handling, motors and wiring for comfort, food preservation and fire protection; so that breakdowns do not occur during crucial times of need and normal operation.

• Maintenance of buildings, grounds, and equipment including the functions of carpentry, painting, plumbing, electrical work, air conditioning, gardening, furniture repair, plastering, masonry, welding, and many others to keep up appearance and function of its useful life.

• May be assigned to miscellaneous functions such as plant planning and supervision of refuse collection and disposal, insect and rodent control, trucking and chauffeuring as needed for continued operations.

Core Competencies:

• Proficient in general building maintenance including:
  • Operating hand tools
  • Operating power tools
  • Reading blueprints
  • Basic electricity
  • Basic Mechanics
  • Heat and cooling system basics
  • Programmable logic controller operations
  • Basic plumbing
  • Basic carpentry
• Ability to effectively operate standard office equipment and software
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrates a high degree of commitment to customer service excellence
• Possess cross-cultural sensitivity
• Ability to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders, building strong relationships
• Ability to perform tasks both collaboratively and independently
• Demonstrates concern for patients of all ages, visitors, and co-workers.
• Maintains confidentiality of information and privacy compliance

Physical Requirements

Heavy Duty: exerting 50-100 pounds of force occasionally or 25-50 pounds of force frequently, or 10-20 pounds of force constantly to move objects, including the human body (based on U.S. Department of Labor data). Must be able to operate a motor vehicle. The following physical activities are required to perform the job

Occasionally (up to 33% of work time): Standing, sitting, lifting, pushing, pulling, kneeling, crouching, smelling, color vision.

Frequently (34-66% of work time): Walking, carrying, stooping, reaching, handling, fingering, talking, hearing, near acuity vision.

Required Qualifications:

Education:

• Furthered education within related facilities management field (i.e. technical college, stationary steam engineering class and plant and building maintenance); Or combined years of relevant education and experience to perform the essential duties of this position.

Licenses/Certifications:

• Minnesota 2nd Class C Boilers License, or ability to obtain the Minnesota 2nd Class C Boilers License within 18 months of employment.
• Valid driver’s license

Experience:

• Three years’ experience in building maintenance and/or operation of plant; Or combined relevant education and experience to perform the essential duties of this position.