Basic Function: The Maintenance Worker is responsible for maintaining buildings and grounds that provide clean, safe, efficient and attractive locations across all Inspire sites. 

MAINTENANCE

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Maintains buildings including general and preventative maintenance, painting, and minor plumbing, carpentry, and electrical repairs, furniture assembly and other basic building repairs as needed. 
• Maintains accessibility and safety of grounds including lawn and yard care, playground maintenance, walkway access, and snow removal/salting. 
• Maintains tools and equipment and ensures preventative maintenance. 
• Transports office supplies and interoffice mail, replaces or relocates equipment, loads/unloads deliveries, stores supplies, and provides set-up for special use of buildings. 
• Maintains inventory and ensures availability of facilities supplies across sites. 
• Coordinates with Facilities Manager for the purpose of completing projects and work orders efficiently and on time, in keeping with quality and safety standards of the department. 
• Provides Security checks and oversight of buildings and grounds, including response to alarms (burglar and fire). 
• Assists in providing general task support for teachers as needed. Provides set-up for special use of buildings and activities. 
• Assists with transport of interoffice mail if needed. 
• Opens and closes buildings on an as needed basis. 

CUSTODIAL:

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Cleans and upkeeps floors, windows, walls, ceilings and light fixtures. 
• Throughout the workday, responds to spills including cleaning bodily fluids and disinfecting. 
• Cleans and sanitizes restrooms, restock bathrooms with toilet paper, soap and paper towels. 
• Collects refuse and recyclables for disposal. 
• Assists with cleanup of grounds, including lawns, yards, and playground. 
• Ensures cleanliness of parking areas and walkways. 
• Responsible for following inventory control and proper use of department and agency supplies. 
• Ensures prompt response to paging system requests. 
• May be assigned additional tasks and hours during periods of emergency coverage. 

Additional Functions:

• Adheres to safety policies and procedures. Ensures that individuals in need of support/students/families and agency staff are in a safe environment. Encourages co-workers to follow safety policies and procedures. Reports any potential unsafe conditions to Facilities Manager and/or Safety Committee. 
• Follows current policies and procedures regarding privacy, security and corporate compliance. Adheres to all department policies and procedures. 

Qualifications: High School Diploma, GED or equivalent with 3 years’ experience in building maintenance. In addition, the following is preferred: 

• Basic knowledge of general maintenance, carpentry, plumbing, electrical, painting, floor stripping and waxing. 
• Knowledge of different cleaning products and tools. 
• Strong organizational skills. 
• Positive attitude with professional demeanor. 
• Ability to remain calm and exercise sound judgment when engaged in stressful situations and time constraints. 
• Strong initiative and ability to work independently as well as work collaboratively with others in a team environment.
• Be professional in appearance, attire, attitude and communication. 
• Ability to perform basic math; read and follow instructions; and understand oral and written instructions. 
• Requires travel between all building locations. Also requires occasional or evening work. 
• Valid NYS Driver’s License required. 

Physical Demands: The usual and customary methods of performing the job’s functions require the following physical demands: heavy lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling; frequent climbing and balancing; frequent stooping, kneeling, crouching, and/or crawling; and significant fine finger dexterity. The job is performed under some temperature extremes. 

Environment: The noise level is usually moderate to loud.