Ivh-Q Building & Grounds Maintenance Worker

Essential Functions:

• Performs a variety of semiskilled work below the journeyman level to maintain and repair the structuregrounds and equipment for Illinois Department Veterans Affairs Home (IDVA).
• Makes periodic rounds of buildings inspecting for obvious safety and fire hazards.
• Performs routine safety inspection and services the equipment and items used by the residents andemployees in other departments such as electrical lifts for residents and their wheelchairs.
• Relocates renovates and remodels rooms by loading and unloading equipment weighing up to 50 pounds and assists with equipment up to 100 pounds.
• Operates motor vehicles to provide the transportation of residents to off-site medical providers andhospitals.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Requires knowledge skill and mental development equivalent to completion of high school plus one (1) year of maintenance work experience preferably associated with the building and mechanical trades and/or heavy equipmentoperation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prefers one (1) year of working knowledge of construction and maintenance tools equipment and materials.
• Prefers one(1) year of elementary knowledge of one or more of the building and mechanical trades.
• Prefers one(1) year of experience in professional groundskeeping.
• Prefers one(1) year of experience in following written and oral instructions.

Conditions of Employment:

• Requires the ability to pass a background check.
• Requires the ability to pass a drug screen and pre-employment physical.
• Requires the ability to meet all agency vaccine/health-related policies and guidance
• Requires the ability to stand for the duration of the shift aside from official breaks and lunch period.
• Requires ability to travel in the performance of duties with overnight stays as appropriate. Requires appropriate valid driverslicense.
• This position is considered heavy work as defined by the U.S. Department of Labor (20 CFR 404.1567(d)). Heavy work involves lifting no more than 100 pounds at a time with frequent lifting or carrying of objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Overtime is a condition of employment and you may be requested or required/mandated to work overtime including scheduledunscheduled or last-minute overtime. This requires the ability to work evenings and weekends.

The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.

About the Agency:

The Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs is a state agency designed to empower veterans and their families to thrive. We do this by assisting them in navigating the system of federal state and local resources and benefits providing long-term health care for eligible veterans in our Veterans Homes and partnering with other agencies and non-profits to help veterans address education mental health housing employment and other challenges. A career with the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs provides a rewarding and challenging opportunity for individuals. Working together we create partnerships and experiences that engage and inspire our fellow co-workers and the veterans and their family members that we serve every day.