Live On-Site Assistant Maintenance (Winthrop, WA)

*Must Live-on site, Apartment provided

**Job located in Twisp/Wintrhop, WA

WE OFFER EXCELLENT BENEFITS:

• FREE Employee Medical Insurance
• FREE Employee Dental Insurance
• FREE Employee Vision Insurance
• Sick leave (8 hours per month)
• Vacation (Minimum of 2 weeks paid vacation)
• Discounted health memberships
• Retirement (Employer contribution - 3% contribution and an additional 3% employer match)
• FREE Long-Term Disability Insurance
• FREE Life Insurance
• 13 Paid Holidays

Job Summary

This position is responsible for landscape or maintain grounds of property using hand or power tools or equipment. For assisting and supporting the required maintenance necessary to maintain curb appeal and the overall appearance and quality of the property.

Performing a variety of tasks, which may include any combination of the following: weeding, trimming, and planting, watering, fertilizing, digging, raking, sprinkler repair during the growing season. Responsibilities also include snow removal on sidewalks during the winter season.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each of the essential duties/responsibilities listed below.  Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties/responsibilities of this job. 

Daily Responsibilities:

1. Perform daily maintenance as directed by the Property Manager.

1. Perform maintenance, as required, to have apartments in a move-in condition on a timely basis.

1. Perform work orders as required.

1. Become familiar with all company policies and procedures as well as community policies applicable to your particular property.

1. Assist with on-call duties.

1. Coordinate all major maintenance jobs with your Property Manager and Regional Maintenance Manager.

Spring/Summer Season

Grounds:

1. Physically walk the properties on a frequent basis and remove litter, debris, cigarette butts and pet droppings from the grounds.

1. Care for established lawns by, weeding, and trimming and edging around flower beds, walks, and walls.

1. Report issues with the irrigation systems to Management.

1. Provide proper upkeep of sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, planters. Free of debris, overgrowth, weeds.

1. Dumpster areas. Transfers trash and other items left outside of dumpster into dumpster. Pick-up and sweep area.

1. Assist in maintaining a safe environment by taking note of obstruction in breezeways, lights that need to be replaced, suspicious activities, and unusual smells or sounds.

1. Read and abide by all company policies and procedures and community policies applicable to your specific property.

Fall/Winter Season

1. Physically walk the properties on a frequent basis and remove litter, debris, cigarette butts and pet droppings from the grounds.

1. Assist with fall cleanup keeping walking areas clear of leaves, debris providing a safe passage.

Snow removal – expectation is to have a clear path for residents to safely walk and drive through the property in the morning.

1. To include:
   1. Snow to be removed from walks,
   2. driveways, and
   3. parking lots – supplementing snowplows – moving piles, snow between vehicles.
   4. spread salt/sand or deicer in all areas residents may access.

1. Dumpster areas. Transfers trash and other items left outside of dumpster into dumpster. Pick-up and sweep area.

1. Assist in maintaining a safe environment by taking note of obstruction in breezeways, lights that need to be replaced, suspicious activities, and unusual smells or sounds.

1. Adhere to the tenets of Catholic Social Teaching and Catholic Doctrine.

1. Perform as a team member to assure that productivity outcome measures are achieved.

1. Uses appropriate administrative, fiscal, physical, and technical safeguards to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and security of CCEW client protected health information (PHI), per regulations outlined in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
2. As a mandated reporter, follows all procedures outlined in agency policies and procedures to report to the proper agency when there is suspicion and/or confirmation that a child or adult has been a victim of abuse or neglect.
3. Ensures regulatory, COA and Catholic Charities policy compliance on each property.
4. Performs related functions necessary to support the mission and core values of Catholic Charities.

Job Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must meet the minimum qualifications listed below.  These qualifications are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required to perform this job. 

Requirements: Must Live-on site, Apartment provided.

Education/Experience: to perform this job successfully, an individual must have a High School Diploma or a General Education Degree.  Ability to use hand tools such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge and brush trimmers, and axes.  Demonstrated experience performing janitorial duties.

Certificates/Licenses:  To perform this job successfully, an individual must have a Driver’s License and the ability to drive for work use. Must successfully pass background check as applicable to position.

Physical Abilities:  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to:

• Regularly stand, climb, walk, hear/listen, talk
• Frequently lift up to 50 pounds, pull/push, carry, grasp, reach, stoop, kneel
• Occasionally sit, crawl
• Clearly see 20+ feet, with or without corrective lenses, ability to focus

Mental & Other Skills/Abilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must have the: Adaptability:  ability to adapt to changes, delays, or unexpected events in the work environment; ability to manage competing demands and prioritize tasks; ability to change approach or method to best fit the situation.

• Analytical Ability:  ability to maintain focus for extended periods of time; ability to complete research projects with resourcefulness and persistence; ability to synthesize complex or diverse information; ability to use intuition and experience to complement existing data.
• Attendance: ability to consistently arrive and be able to work as scheduled. Work schedule may change as required.
• Computer/Technical Ability: No computer knowledge needed.
• Dependability:  ability to follow instructions, both in written and verbal format; ability to respond to management direction; ability to complete tasks on time or notify the appropriate person with an alternate plan when necessary.
• Interpersonal Skills:  ability to maintain satisfactory relationships with others, excellent customer service skills and a good overall understanding of appropriate human relations. Awareness of and sensitivity to the service population’s culture and socioeconomic characteristics. 
• Judgment:  ability to make prudent and timely decisions; ability to exhibit sound and accurate judgment; ability to explain reasoning for decisions.
• Language Ability:  ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence; ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
• Mathematical Ability: ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Motor Coordination: the ability to coordinate eyes, hands, fingers, and feet accurately and handle precise movements.
• Problem Solving Ability:  ability to identify and/or prevent problems before they occur; ability to formulate alternative solutions to problems when necessary; ability to transfer learning from past experiences to new experiences of similar nature.
• Quality Management:  ability to complete duties, on time and with absolute precision, at least 95% of the time; ability to edit the accuracy and thoroughness of one’s work as well as the work of others; ability to constructively apply feedback to improve performance, ability to generate ideas to improve and promote quality in work.
• Reasoning Ability:  ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions; ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Supervisory Skills:this job has no direct supervisory responsibilities.

Workplace Environmental Conditions

While performing the essential duties/responsibilities of this job, the employee will be:

• Noise Conditions: exposed during a shift to constant or intermittent sounds at moderate to loud levels of sound dependent upon the activities of the Shelter.
• Heat: subject to high temperatures
• Cold: exposed to low temperatures
• Atmospheric Exposures: exposed to dusts, fumes, vapors, or mists.
• Exposure to Trauma: Employees of Catholic Charities Eastern Washington provide direct services to vulnerable community members including those who have behavioral health challenges and those who have been exposed to trauma.

CCEW Mission
Feed the hungry, heal the hurting, welcome the stranger.