🔧 Join Our Team as a Facilities Technician I! 🏥

📍 Big Bend Health | Multiple Locations

🚗 Travel Required | 📞 On-Call Rotation | 🛠️ Hands-On Facilities Role

Are you a skilled maintenance professional who enjoys solving problems, working with your hands, and keeping facilities operating at their best? Big Bend Health is looking for a Facilities Technician I to help maintain our locations, support our staff and patients, and ensure our facilities remain safe, functional, and welcoming. 💙

✨ What You'll Do

🏢 General Facility Maintenance

• Perform routine maintenance and repairs
• Respond to work tickets and service requests
• Repair doors, cabinets, shelving, drywall, hardware, and fixtures
• Keep facilities safe, clean, and operational

❄️ HVAC & Building Systems

• Complete preventive maintenance and filter changes
• Monitor and troubleshoot HVAC systems
• Respond to temperature and comfort concerns
• Coordinate advanced repairs when needed

🚰 Plumbing & Electrical

• Address basic plumbing and drain issues
• Repair and replace fixtures
• Perform lighting maintenance and basic electrical troubleshooting
• Follow all safety procedures and reporting requirements

🔨 Carpentry & Building Repairs

• Painting, patching, drywall repairs, and minor carpentry
• Ceiling tile replacement
• Furniture, cabinet, shelving, and hardware repairs

📋 Preventive Maintenance

• Conduct routine inspections
• Complete scheduled maintenance tasks
• Document work and identify future repair needs

🦺 Safety & Regulatory Support

• Assist with OSHA and life-safety compliance
• Support healthcare facility readiness
• Identify hazards and promote a safe environment

🛏️ Equipment Maintenance

• Maintain facility support equipment, appliances, furniture, and beds
• Coordinate vendor repairs when needed

🚨 Emergency Response

• Respond to urgent facility issues
• Support disaster preparedness and recovery efforts
• Address leaks, power outages, HVAC failures, and building emergencies

🌳 Grounds & Exterior Maintenance

• Mow, edge, trim, weed, and beautify grounds
• Maintain parking lots, sidewalks, entrances, and outdoor spaces
• Assist with pressure washing, signage, and exterior upkeep

🚙 Fleet & Transportation Support

• Assist with vehicle maintenance coordination
• Transport company vehicles for inspections and repairs
• Travel between Big Bend Health locations as needed

📦 Inventory & Event Support

• Move furniture and equipment
• Assist with department setups and organizational events
• Manage maintenance supplies and inventory

📞 On-Call Responsibilities

As an essential member of our Facilities Team, you'll participate in an on-call rotation to assist with:

✅ HVAC issues
✅ Plumbing emergencies
✅ Utility interruptions
✅ Building safety concerns
✅ Disaster response and recovery efforts

✅ What We're Looking For

• Strong maintenance and troubleshooting skills 🔧
• Experience with HVAC, plumbing, electrical, or carpentry work 🛠️
• Commitment to safety and customer service 🤝
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team 💪
• Valid driver's license and ability to travel between locations 🚗
• Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation 📱

💙 Why Big Bend Health?

You'll play a vital role in supporting the patients, families, and staff who rely on our facilities every day. If you're looking for meaningful work where your skills make a direct impact, we'd love to hear from you!

🌟 Apply today and become part of the Big Bend Health team! 🌟

Qualifications

REQUIRED SKILLS & COMPETENCIES
•    Demonstrate basic-to-intermediate general maintenance knowledge and working knowledge of basic plumbing, electrical, HVAC, mechanical, and carpentry systems.
•    Perform routine maintenance and troubleshooting; safely use hand and power tools, ladders, and maintenance equipment.
•    Follow written and verbal instructions, identify problems, prioritize urgent work, and seek assistance or escalate appropriately.
•    Apply healthcare-facility safety and infection-control practices.
•    Use computers and computerized work-ticket systems; maintain accurate, organized documentation and strong attention to detail.
•    Communicate and collaborate effectively, work independently on routine assignments, and demonstrate safety, quality workmanship, and customer service.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
•    Travel between and access multiple facilities, including responding to emergencies at various locations during assigned on-call periods.
•    Perform outdoor lawn, grounds, and exterior work in varying weather and on uneven terrain; safely operate grounds equipment.
•    Lift and carry materials and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Work occurs across Big Bend Health facilities, indoors and outdoors, including office, patient-care, residential, utility, mechanical, grounds, exterior, and construction environments.
Potential exposures include varying weather, heat, cold, rain, grounds and mechanical equipment, electrical and plumbing systems, HVAC equipment, dust, noise, moisture, and construction activity.
Use required personal protective equipment and comply with safety, infection-control, hazardous-material, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS
Successful performance includes:
•    Complete assigned work tickets, preventive maintenance, routine repairs, grounds care, and lawn responsibilities safely, effectively, and on time.
•    Identify and escalate facility, grounds, safety, and building-system concerns appropriately.
•    Reliably participate in on-call rotation, respond promptly to emergencies, and travel between locations as required.
•    Maintain accurate documentation; follow safety and infection-control requirements; use tools, equipment, and materials responsibly.
•    Deliver quality workmanship, responsive customer service, and effective communication with the Facilities Manager and organizational departments.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
Required
•    High school diploma or equivalent.
•    At least one year of general facilities/building maintenance, construction, HVAC, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, or related experience.

Preferred
•    Two or more years of facilities maintenance or related skilled-trades experience; technical, vocational, apprenticeship, or related coursework.
•    Healthcare, hospice, senior-living, hospital, or other regulated-environment experience and computerized maintenance/work-order system experience.
REQUIRED LICENSE, CERTIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Required
•    Valid State of Florida driver’s license with a clean driving history.
•    Complete OSHA training and all Big Bend Health-required safety, infection-control, emergency-preparedness, and regulatory training.
Preferred
•    EPA Section 608 certification; basic HVAC; electrical safety/NFPA 70E; healthcare-facility safety; or additional carpentry, plumbing, electrical, or mechanical training.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
•    Traverse and access all required facility areas and properties to perform essential inspections, maintenance, repairs, and assigned duties.
•    Lift and carry up to 50 pounds; bend, stoop, kneel, crawl, reach, push, pull, climb ladders, and work at elevated heights as required.
•    Safely operate hand and power tools and work outdoors in varying weather conditions.
•    Respond to emergency maintenance needs outside normal working hours and navigate each department at organizational facilities.