Maintenance Team Leader - Youth Villages

Who is Youth Villages?

Youth Villages is a nonprofit organization striving to help troubled youth and families live successfully. We are a team of over 4,500 individuals who’ve come together across 26 states to change the landscape of child welfare and juvenile justice across the country. Our work involves providing an array of counseling and treatment services to youth with severe emotional and behavioral problems.

Eighty-four percent of those who go through treatment are succeeding two years after leaving our program. These youth are living at home, remaining in school, and are not experiencing trouble with the law.

Position Summary

Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in maintaining and repairing physical structures of buildings and maintaining grounds.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Serves as member of committees or Continuous Quality Improvement teams as requested'
• Performs such duties that fall within the purview of the position as determined by the supervisor
• Completes periodic inventories of equipment, tools, supplies and maintenance materials
• Performs other duties which fall within the purview of the position as determined by the Program Director
• Keeps grounds in good condition and free of litter and foreign objects on a daily basis.
• Reports immediately to supervisor any malfunctions or maintenance needs of buildings or equipment.
• Collects, prioritizes and completes maintenance tickets, providing a copy as required to the Director of Support Services, and notifies the Maintenance Supervisor in advance of any special maintenance needs
• Serves as member of committees or Continuous Quality Improvement teams as requested
• Listens for unusual sounds from machines or equipment to detect malfunction and discusses machine operation variations with supervisors or other maintenance workers to diagnose problem or repair machine
• Completes scheduled building checklists and forwards completed checklists to designated staff
• Completes periodic inventories of equipment, tools, supplies and maintenance materials
• Dismantles defective machines and equipment and installs new or repaired parts
• Cleans and lubricates shafts, bearings, gears, and other parts of machinery
• Installs and repairs electrical apparatus, such as wiring, and electronic components of machinery and equipment
• Repairs and maintains physical structure of establishment ensuring safety and an orderly condition
• Fabricates and repairs counters, benches, partitions, and other wooden structures
• Maintains a safe environment by ensuring that all equipment is operated in a safe and orderly manner
• Secures all tools, equipment and supplies in the designated shop areas
• Maintains company vehicles in good mechanical and safe operating condition
• Assists in setting up and dismantling special event equipment
• Directs workers engaged in painting and performing structural repairs to masonry, woodwork, and furnishings of buildings
• Directs lawn care service, ensuring grounds are kept in good condition
• Directs workers in areas of electrical, plumbing, appliance repair, and vehicle maintenance

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee frequently is required to walk, climb or balance, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Requirements

• High school degree or GED preferred
• Five years experience in the field
• Able to perform general maintenance of residential homes and office.
• A mechanical aptitude and general skill knowledge in all areas of general structural and mechanical maintenance
• Must be able to be on-call. Must be able to travel overnight.

Experience growth and development through our continuous training, as well as tuition and licensure reimbursement, or pursue opportunities to advance both clinically and administratively with Youth Villages.

Additional Benefits

Medical, Dental, Prescription Drug Coverage and Vision
401(k)
2 weeks paid vacation
12 paid sick days per year
11 paid holidays

Paid Parental Leave
Mileage & Cell Phone Reimbursement (when applicable)

Tuition reimbursement and licensure supervision

Growth & development through continuous training

Clinical and administrative advancement opportunities

Youth Villages is an equal opportunity employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Youth Villages is committed to not only advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace but also in our work with children and young adults. We know that children, families and young people of color can face inequity in child welfare and justice systems, and we train our employees to build the skills they need to work with the communities that we serve, as well as, other employees from different cultures and backgrounds. Youth Villages is opposed to racism in any of its forms and is committed to inclusion, equity, and diversity. We believe that respect for each other is crucial in the work that we do each day.