Are you looking to find personal and professional fulfillment, and align your career with your values?
At Gateway Foundation, our employees have an opportunity to make a difference every day by helping people with substance abuse issues gain control of their lives.
Gateway Foundation is a recognized non-profit leader in evidence-based treatment proven to get results. Our experts in Addiction Medicine-including highly educated clinical and medical professionals and expert psychiatrists and nurses-deliver care that never stops. Throughout Gateway's proud history of helping others, dedicated and professional employees have been vital to accomplishing our life-saving mission.
If you are a collaborative professional who shares our commitment to helping people with substance abuse and mental health issues turn their lives around - GATEWAY IS THE PLACE FOR YOU!
Facilities Repair Associate responsibilities:
- Performs minor electrical, plumbing, and carpentry repairs and installations.
- Performs routine maintenance and adjustments on kitchen and boiler equipment.
- Completes preventive maintenance, tests and inspections on assigned equipment according to established schedules, and maintains related records and logs.
- Leads and oversees work of assigned employees and client work crews, and monitors work performed by outside contractors.
Job Requirements:
- Ability to repair and install equipment and machinery; basic knowledge of electric, plumbing, carpentry, refrigeration and heating trades; and ability to read and understand schematics and operating manuals, at a level normally acquired through completion of high school, and up to one year technical or vocational training in high school or beyond.
- Knowledge of equipment repair and installation, preventive maintenance, building operations, and basic construction and renovation; and ability to work independently in troubleshooting and diagnosing a wide variety of mechanical, plumbing, and electrical problems; at a level normally acquired through two to three years progressively more responsible, related experience.
- Analytical abilities necessary to plan and prioritize own work, complete project schedules and cost estimates, maintain required records and logs, and determine and find solutions to equipment malfunctions.
- Interpersonal skills necessary to gather and exchange information with variety of staff. Depending on Center assigned, could require interpersonal skills necessary to lead and oversee the work of a lower-classified employee, and/or client work crews
Physical Requirements:
- Ability to lift and carry objects weighing up to twenty pounds on a daily basis, and up to fifty pounds on a regular basis.
- Ability to walk and move about, stoop and bend in tight spaces.
- Ability to reach and grab with arms and hands, and manual dexterity to operate hand and power tools with precision.
- Ability to climb (ascend and descend) ladders and scaffolding.
- Ability to push and/or pull mowers and other equipment, and tool and supply carts, on a regular basis.
- Ability to maintain balance (body equilibrium) to prevent falling when walking on high or narrow surfaces.
- Vision necessary to closely examine equipment parts and connections, and operating manuals and schematics; and to distinguish colored wires in electrical connections.
- Normal hearing in order to detect equipment and motor malfunctions.
Competitive Compensation and Benefits:
Gateway Foundation values its employees and provides an inclusive and diverse work environment where dedicated employees can make a difference. We are committed to engaging and rewarding our employees in meaningful ways. For eligible employees, we provide a Total Rewards Package that includes:
- Gateway is a qualified employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
- Health Insurance - Including a wellness premium incentive opportunity
- Dental & Vision Insurance
- Paid Time Off - Including 18 days of PTO and 9 paid holidays in the first year
- Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Saving Account
- Commuter Accounts
- 403(b) Retirement Plan with company match
- Life and AD&D Insurance
- Short Term Disability (STD) and Long-Term Disability (LTD)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Training & Development Programs
Gateway Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Race/Color/Sex/Sexual Orientation/ Gender Identity/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Vets. Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCP here.