Maintenance Technician - Winnipeg, Canada - The Link: Youth and Family Supports

The Link: Youth and Family Supports
The Link: Youth and Family Supports
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Winnipeg, Canada

2 weeks ago

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About The Link:
Youth and Family Supports


For more than 90 years, The Link has helped youth and families on a journey to healing, hope, and better lives.

The organization is dedicated to walking alongside children, youth, and families as an inclusive community, strengthening and empowering a sense of being, pride, and purpose.

With over 15 diverse programs, The Link has a community of caring staff that work together to provide support through a 24-hour crisis line, youth resource centers, emergency shelters, mobile crisis teams, specialized foster care, healing homes, job readiness supports, and Skills4Life.

With a strong foundation within the community and a focus on connection, unity, and compassion, the organization provides a vital link for youth and families in the province of Manitoba.


About the Opportunity
***Reporting to the Facilities Manager the Maintenance Technician participates in the work of a team performing general maintenance, landscaping, facility and infrastructure maintenance and repair. The Maintenance Technician works with a team to complete assigned tasks, using equipment, maintaining records, upholding exceptional quality, ensuring individual and team safety. The Maintenance Technician participates in performing various building maintenance tasks, landscaping and horticultural functions, and equipment operation, including responsibility for procurement of materials, work orders, and record-keeping for each project. Work is supervised by the Facilities Manager for adherence to instructions and established standards.

Duties are varied.

Following established service plan, procedures and policies with some judgment required to determine the most appropriate of a limited number of alternatives.

Non-routine or unusual situations are referred to the supervisor.


PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Duties and responsibilities of the Maintenance Technician include but are not limited to:

  • Complete daily tasks assigned by Supervisor.
  • Ensure materials are available and onsite as required.
  • Provide onsite training support to new members of the team.
  • Ensure compliance with applicable safety regulations at all times.
  • Ensure initial quality inspections and ensure all work is completed correctly to the level of quality specified in the scope and that any work that does not meet quality standards is rectified.
  • Yard maintenance including but not limited to cutting/trimming grass, picking up garbage, spreading soil, raking.
  • General maintenance including but not limited to patching and painting, furniture moving, cleaning.
  • Follow Workplace Health and Safety procedures. and ensure the worksite is orderly and maintained.
  • Limit use of work and personal devices during hours of work, appropriately finding time to respond to work related texts and calls when safe to do so.
  • Build professional relationships that are supportive, nonjudgmental, and value differences in cultural and ethnic backgrounds and lifestyles.
  • Other duties as related to the position and as reasonably assigned by the supervisor, or as circumstances dictate, all within the context of The Link's Mission, Vision, and Guiding Principles as well as a strong and progressive customer service and community service orientation.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Ability to read and interpret documents and construction drawings.
  • Ability to work collaboratively within a team, with other community and related organizations to achieve The Link's goals and objectives.
  • Emergency First Aid and CPR Level C, or willingness to obtain.
  • Satisfactory Criminal Record Check with Vulnerable Sector Search, a clear Child Abuse Registry check with acceptable Prior Contact checks, and a clear Adult Abuse Registry check, all done within the last 3 months.
  • Access to a personal vehicle for work is required.
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Working /environmental conditions

  • Potential for exposure to unfavourable conditions such as small spaces, smells, rodents and bedbugs.
  • Challenging situations with medium to highrisk individuals in some work environments.

Physical, visual and auditory requirements.

  • Ability to perform medium work exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 40 pounds of force frequently and up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
  • Ladder use, scaffolding and carrying items up and down stairs.
  • Ergonomic requirements may include: pushing, pulling, crawling, lifting, and carrying heavy objects, crouching, bending, standing, stooping, reaching, grasping, kneeling, climbing, balancing, walking, running, reaching above shoulder, and twisting the body.
  • Repetitive motions.
  • Standing for continuous periods of time.
  • Use of fingers to grasp, move, feel, or assemble small objects.
  • Distinguish visual differences between colors, shades, depth perception and brightness.
  • Speaking clearly in conversation or with instructions to a coworker, supervisor, or customer.
  • Potential for exposure to unfavourable conditions
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