Cumberland Heights

Maintenance Specialist/Equine Caretaker

Cumberland Heights  •  Tennessee (Onsite)  •  8 days ago
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CUMBERLAND HEIGHTS

We are looking for you! Do you want to be a part of the team that transforms lives? Cumberland Heights is more than a campus on 177 acres, it’s a community. Our mission is providing the highest quality care possible for persons and families who are at risk for or who are suffering from the disease of chemical dependency. Treatment encompasses the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of recovery by offering a safe, loving and healing environment, combining professional excellence and the principles of the Twelve Steps.

Cumberland Heights Foundation offers a comprehensive benefits program, which includes:

· Medical, Dental and Vision effective 1st day of month following 28 days of employment

· Employer Contribution for Health Saving Account or Health Reimbursement Account

· 401K with Company match and eligibility after 90 days of employment

· Paid Time Off (PTO) accrual beginning day (1) one and up to 20 days of PTO the first year

The maintenance/equine caretaker is responsible for maintenance of buildings, equipment, horses, and grounds at Cumberland Heights to ensure the safe and efficient operation of the facility.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:

  1. Performs scheduled preventive maintenance on facilities equipment.
  2. Performs maintenance tasks in the areas of painting, carpentry, groundskeeping, and horse care.
  3. Ensures that maintenance tasks are completed according to established safety procedures and guidelines.
  4. Maintain lawns and fields.
  5. Pick up and dispose trash and debris in assigned areas using rakes, brooms and blowers.
  6. Operate blower for cleaning sidewalks, driveways and roadways of snow, gravel and small debris.
  7. Maintain all parking gates, security booths and parking equipment, as needed.
  8. Catch, halter and lead horse to barn or other location.
  9. Feeding and watering horses on a daily schedule.
  10. Groom horses.
  11. Cleaning stalls and maintain all areas of the barn.
  12. Ability to learn and identify general procedures for equine care.
  13. Recognize equine signs of distress and follow emergency protocol
  14. Maintain clean tack and other supplies/equipment, checking for unsafe/worn equipment and replace as needed.
  15. Assist with safety in equine group therapy.
  16. Maintain appropriate professional boundaries with current and former clients, client family members and referral sources.
  17. Comply with company’s code of conduct.
  18. Ensures that a welcoming, safe and healing environment is maintained for each patient and family throughout the continuum of care.
  19. Recommends ways to improve the quality and delivery of services.
  20. Protects the confidentiality of patient and company information.
  21. Reacts productively to change.
  22. Available for alternate, evening and weekend schedules and shifts may be required to meet client needs, state and regulatory agency requirements and business necessity.
  23. Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED is required.
  • Minimum of two (2) years’ experience in equine and groundskeeping experience (carpentry, carpentry, plumbing, painting, mechanical, HVAC, painting, low voltage, equipment operations).
  • Basic computer skills including Microsoft (Outlook, Work and Excel)
  • Ability to problem-solve, analyze, and interpret information associated with equipment.
  • Ability to physically make repairs where equipment is located.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to effectively speak, read and write in English.
  • Ability to interact with co-workers in a collaborative and courteous manner while providing guidance, instruction, and training.
  • If recovering, one year of verifiable abstinence required with two years preferred; active participation in a twelve-step program preferred.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

  • Position is in a warehouse setting and outdoors utilizing maintenance skills that involves associated risks or discomforts requiring safety precautions.
  • Position requires frequent contact with people in crisis, including those who are emotionally volatile and may require additional safety precautions.
  • Position is subject to varying shifts for 24-hour operations, including maintenance and operation of critical equipment.
  • Ability to lift and/or push pull up to 50 lbs. multiple times a day; move around campus on uneven and rural terrain.
  • Ability to speak, hear, see, sit, walk, stoop, climb, balance, kneel, crawl, crouch, stand, reach, and use fine/gross motor skills.
Cumberland Heights

About Cumberland Heights

A nonprofit alcohol and drug treatment center founded in 1966, Cumberland Heights provides high-quality, outcome-oriented care — steeped in tradition and driven by cutting-edge clinical practices.

OUR FOCUS

Cumberland Heights' mission is to transform lives, giving hope and healing to those affected by alcohol or drug addiction.

Although best known for our 177-acre main campus on River Road in Nashville, we offer addiction treatment at outpatient recovery centers throughout Tennessee, at the state-of-the-art Arch Academy for struggling teen boys, and at our Still Waters 12-Step immersion

retreat locations for men and for women.

At each location, Cumberland Heights' dedicated staff provides expert medical care, family support, and effective psychosocial therapies. And our comprehensive approach spans the entire continuum of care, from initial treatment to extended care services and relapse prevention.

WORKING AT CUMBERLAND HEIGHTS

We believe that our people are our most important resource, and that every employee contributes to the overall well-being of our patients and to Cumberland Heights’ growth

and success. Cumberland Heights fosters a work environment where the quality of life is enhanced, individual aspirations are fulfilled, and the “Spirit of Cumberland Heights” is strengthened, one day at a time.

LEARN MORE ABOUT JOINING OUR TEAM

https://www.cumberlandheights.org/substance-abuse-treatment-jobs/

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
201-500 employees
Headquarters
Nashville, TN
Year Founded
1966
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