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Description

We Love What We DO!

For 125 years we have empowered individuals, families, and communities to overcome poverty and systemic barriers, embrace opportunities, and thrive across generations. To fulfill that mission, we provide high quality early childhood education, family-centered adult education, and senior services to more than 3,000 individuals annually.

Our services ensure that children, families and seniors GO further.

SUMMARY

Responsible for handling maintenance of facilities, including preventive maintenance and urgent repairs. Performs general housekeeping, janitorial, maintenance and grounds keeping. Completes a variety of facility tasks and provides assistance to management regarding facility situations, including snow removal, landscaping. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES(These include but are not limited to the following.  The company reserves the right to add to, delete, change or modify the essential duties and responsibilities at any time.) 

• Adhere to the daily Maintenance Checklist for your specific site and assigned time.  
• Oversees clearing of snow and ice from parking lots, entrances and sidewalks to ensure safety of visitors, students, families, pedestrians and vehicular traffic. 
• Monitors the proper functionality of all equipment used at the site and coordinates with management for the maintenance and repair of equipment. 
• Monitors boiler and performs required tests and keep required logs for compliance. 
• Ensures all tools and equipment are properly stored and organized. 
• Participates in special facility projects. 
• Works with the Site Director in planning and executing on-going building maintenance and improvements.  
• Provides input and ideas on plans for changes or improvements to the physical aspects of the classrooms or building.  
• Emptying garbage from all classrooms, offices meeting rooms, kitchen, bathrooms, indoor play area and playground on a daily basis.  
• Sweeping and mops floors daily. Classrooms, bathrooms, halls, offices, kitchen, etc.  
• Plans for stripping and waxing floors as needed.  
• Vacuum carpeted areas and rugs on a daily basis. 
• Arranges for shampooing of carpets and rugs as needed.  
• Keep the surrounding areas of the building clean and safe.  
• Replace soap and paper goods (towels, tissues) in classrooms, bathrooms and kitchen on a daily basis. 
• Sets up and takes down equipment as needed for meetings.  
• Place orders for supplies, restocks and maintains cleaning supplies such as mop heads, paper towels, toilet paper, and kitchen on a daily basis.  
• Ensures the building is kept clean and maintained both interior and exterior. 
• Sweep outdoor areas raking leaves and putting down salt.  
• Sweep and remove all visible debris from outside environment.  
• Picks up and delivers items and equipment as needed.  
• Other duties as assigned by the Child Development Program Director or Site Director.  
• Does a walk through the building and checks all doors are close and alarm is set up.  
• Runs reports and fill in all compliance logs. 
• Does basic repairs of electrical and plumbing projects. 
• The Company may assign other functions to the job at its discretion. 

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

(To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. )  

EDUCATION (Minimum Requirements )

• High School Diploma, GED or equivalent education. 
• Minimum 3 to 5 years of experience or proven  working experience 
• Basic Plumbing, electrical and carpentry knowledge is a plus
• Microsoft office knowledge ( excel, word, outlook).  
• Effective communication skills and ability to work cooperatively with others 

Working Conditions

(The unavoidable, externally imposed conditions under which the work must be performed, and which create hardship for the incumbent including the frequency and duration of occurrence of physical demands, environmental conditions, demands on one’s senses, and mental demands.)

None noted

PHYSICAL REQUIRMENTS: 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak English, specifically, to communicate both in person and over the telephone.  

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform.  

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. 

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. 

A specific vision requirement includes the ability to see at close range, distance vision, color vision and depth perception. 

Chicago Commons is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, marital or parental status, sexual orientation including gender identity, gender expression, military discharge status, physical or mental disability, or any other status or characteristic protected by law. In addition, Chicago Commons provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local laws. Qualified applicants will be required to complete a successful background and drug screening process upon hire. 

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