Job Description

Job Location Mill Basin Early Childhood Center - Brooklyn, NY 11234 Position Type Full Time Education Level GED or Equivalent Salary Range $16.50 - $21.97 Hourly

Job Shift Day Job Category Facilities

Birch Family Services is a leading provider of education, employment, and community support services for individuals with autism and developmental disabilities and their families in New York City. Every year, the organization supports more than 2,000 people across 31 locations in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx. From preschool to graduation, employment, housing, and beyond, Birch Family Services provides fully integrated programs and services to support individuals in achieving their goals across their lifetime.

Work in a school building setting that serves students with developmental disabilities. Successful applicants will be required to successfully clear a background check and fingerprinting in order to work around students.

The maintenance worker is responsible for maintaining the school building in a clean, orderly, safe condition as outlined in Birch's Health and Safety Facility Checklist. The maintenance worker performs heavy cleaning duties such as cleaning floors, shampooing rugs, washing walls and glass, and removing the rubbish. Duties may include tending furnace and boiler, performing routine maintenance activities, providing handyman services within the residences as needed, notifying management of the need for repairs, and cleaning snow and debris from sidewalks.

Essential Functions

• Troubleshoots minor maintenance problems involving electrical, structural, plumbing and equipment repair or replacement.

• Performs preventive building maintenance duties (i.e., caulks windows & doors, repairs/replaces broken windows, etc.).

• Performs routine plumbing repairs (i.e., unstopping toilets & sinks, fixing water leaks & leaking faucets, etc.)

• Performs routine minor electrical repairs (i.e., changing light bulbs; replacing ballasts & light fixtures, etc.)

• Maintenance assignments will include travel to & from various Birch facilities and supply stores (i.e., Home Depot, Lowes, etc.)

• Purchases supplies, equipment and materials necessary to complete projects.

• Assembles and moves furniture, hangs pictures and bulletin boards, moves and sets up tables & chairs, etc.)

• Steam cleans & shampoos carpets; strips, seals and polishes floors

• Repairs and replaces door knobs or locks, repairs door closures, patches holes in walls and paints interior and exterior surfaces.

• Ensures that all hazardous conditions are addressed in a timely manner (i.e., snow removal; gathering and removing trash from the premises; debris removal, etc.).

• Ensure all hazardous conditions are reported and repaired on a timely basis.

• Move furniture, deliveries, packages and other large items as required.

• Promptly communicate any facilities or maintenance issues with the building administrator or designee.

• Attend to all weather-related tasks including, but not limited to, managing walk-off mats, snow removal, spreading ice melt on sidewalks, etc.

• Perform other duties as required by management team

Qualifications

Educational Requirements

High School Diploma/ GED

Two (2) or more years of building maintenance experience

Skills and/or Experience Required

• Minimum of 2-4 years experience working in a construction site, handyman role and or related field and preferably experience in a school, residential, health or treatment related setting preferred.
• Demonstrated competency in written, verbal and computational skills to document records pertaining to the physical plant operations.
• Should have the ability to work a flexible schedule if needed to accommodate working on the properties occupied by the individuals.

EEO Statement

Birch Family Services provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Birch Family Services complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.Birch Family Services expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Birch Family Services’ employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.