About the role:

As the Lead Maintenance Technician, you will oversee the repair, maintenance, and improvement of Clayton Early Learning's facilities, systems, and equipment, ensuring our campus, buildings, and grounds remain safe, functional, and aesthetically pleasing. This role requires a proactive approach to managing routine, preventive, and emergency maintenance tasks, with a focus on upholding regulatory standards and safety protocols.

The Lead Maintenance Technician will coordinate daily work orders, oversee the team's activities, and ensure maintenance tasks are completed efficiently and to high standards. You will serve as the primary point of contact for complex repairs, collaborating with contractors and managing larger projects when required. This position requires a blend of technical expertise, leadership skills, and strong communication abilities to foster a supportive, team-focused environment.

Who we are:

At Clayton Early Learning, we stand as an innovation hub dedicated to cultivating vibrant and equitable communities. Our mission revolves around collaborative partnerships with families, fostering a holistic approach to the early years through a commitment to the whole child and whole family. By actively engaging with families, we aim to uncover effective strategies, embrace continuous discovery, and lead the charge in advancing systemic change.

Our vision is rooted in the belief that by nurturing the foundation of early childhood, we contribute to the well-being and prosperity of individuals, families, and communities at large. Through our relentless pursuit of what works, we strive to create an enduring impact on the lives of children and families, setting the stage for a future of shared success and thriving communities.

What we want you to do:

• Assign work orders to operations team members, including themselves.
• Assist with the upkeep of grounds (including all aspects of landscaping and snow removal)
• Manage vendor relationships and contracts, ensuring that all contractors are meeting their contractual obligations
• Ensures high quality work by researching vendors and obtains multiple bids for major projects
• Responsible for ordering and picking up supplies for the Ops team, including fuel for vehicles.
• Maintenance upkeep for school busses and the Ops van, including repairs and registration
• Responsible for the development, compliance, review and management of the Preventative Maintenance calendar
• Performs monthly building inspections and fixes issues or submits work orders, for all non-tenant buildings
• Responsible for scheduling and performing safety drills for campus buildings (other than the school) Including fire, tornado, evacuation. Partners and participates in these drills with the school. Assist the Dir of Ops with the Lock Down and Lock Out drills.
• Providing strong leadership to staff, teams and volunteers by co-leading, communicating, organizing, developing projects and ensuring proper resources are available
• Daily walk through of Educare building and playground ensuring safety, sanitation issues, proper reporting and follow through for all compliance requirements
• Participate in the on call rotation
• Collaborating and maintaining positive relationships with all Clayton staff, families and tenants
• Completing special projects as assigned by Director of Ops
• Participating in and contributing to budget planning and development

What we are looking for and what you must have:

• At least 5 years of hands-on maintenance experience, with at least 2 years in a supervisory or lead role.
• Proven track record of managing maintenance teams and coordinating large-scale repair or maintenance projects.
• Strong leadership abilities, with experience mentoring and training maintenance personnel.
• Excellent communication skills for interacting with team members, contractors, and other stakeholders.
• Ability to foster a collaborative team environment and handle conflict or performance issues effectively. Ability to lift and move heavy objects and operate power tools and equipment.
• Knowledge and hands on experience completing maintenance tasks, including repairs to plumbing, electrical, HVAC. Ability to paint and perform minor carpentry.
• Ability to interpret and understand information received.
• Understand and perform basic mathematical computations; use analytical skills for troubleshooting.
• Must know how to use a computer and basic programs such as Outlook, Excel, and Microsoft Word
• Problem-solving skills with the ability to meet deadlines and manage a variety of tasks.
• Interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with a diverse audience of individuals and groups.
• Must be able to participate in snow removal and landscaping duties.
• Will operate a variety of equipment and power tools, understands use of heavy machinery and safety; implements stewardship of tools and equipment.
• Successfully pass a background check and any other regulatory screening requirements
• A valid driver license with evidence of vehicle insurance and the ability to get to work at all hours

The perks:

• 401k with 5% match
• 16Company-paiddays for Holidays
• PTO
• Medical, Vision, and Dental beneï¬ts
• FSA Plans
• College Investment plans
• Identify theft and Protection plans
• Afun,dynamic,andexcitingenvironment
• $27.00-$32.00 an hour

Clayton's Core Values

We seek candidates who embody our core values and are motivated to lead in a values-driven environment.At Clayton Early Learning, we believe that our core values help to drive actions and create habits that allow our belief in the unlimited potential of young children to become a reality. We seek candidates who embody our core values and are motivated by a values-driven environment.

1. Value diversity, equity, and inclusion as our foundation. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging leads us to reflect the communities we serve and bring the widest variety of ideas and innovation to our work. We are committed to building and sustaining an organization centered on diversity, equity, and belonging. Diversity means building a team that is reflective of the world around us, in all aspects of our personal and professional backgrounds. Equity means recognizing that we need to provide different resources to meet different needs and circumstances that are often the result of systemic injustice; it is core to everything we do in service of our children and families and in how we work with each other. Inclusion refers to a community where all members are and feel respected and are able to participate and achieve their potential. A true sense of belonging means that everyone who enters the Clayton campus is valued for who they are and can meaningfully say "I belong here."
2. Community fosters belonging, resiliency, stability, and strength. We are committed to creating a caring, trauma-informed, professional community at Clayton and we are committed to being a positive member of the many communities we partner with and serve. Community means living the seven Sanctuary commitments: nonviolence, emotional intelligence, social learning, democracy, open communication, social responsibility, and growth and change.
3. Collaboration builds trust and relationships and brings new ideas, skills, and knowledge to help us do better work. We are committed to approaching our work as one team across Clayton. Collaboration means working across teams and departments and with our external partners.
4. Growth allows us to develop as professionals and to provide the best services we can to the children, families, and educators we serve. We are committed to growing as individuals and as an organization. Growth means we are continually learning how to do our individual and collective work better and we adapt and evolve our programs and practices to reflect new learning and to meet changing needs.
5. Stewardship enables us to have the greatest impact we can with the resources we have. We are committed to being good stewards of our community and our resources. Stewardship means using our financial resources wisely and responsibly so that we can sustain our work into the future, taking care of our unique and beautiful campus so it can remain a resource for our community, and caring for our community and team and treating each other with respect and responsibility.
6. Fun reduces stress, keeps us motivated, builds connections, and models for our children the joy that can come with learning and working together. We are committed to having fun! Fun means noticing and sharing things that bring us joy, being creative in our work, making connections with each other, and finding humor and hope in our work.

Clayton Early Learning is an equal opportunity employer that values workplace diversity. We strive to create an inclusive work place that embraces diverse backgrounds, life experiences, and perspectives. We prohibit discrimination of employees or applicants on the basis of race, creed, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual identity, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, disability, or any other classification considered discriminatory under applicable law.