Maintenance Repairer 2 (WAE)

The Mission of ELMHS is to provide mental health evaluation treatment habilitation and consultation for adults. Programs include inpatient interventions jail based evaluations supervised group home and residential programs forensic evaluation care custody and aftercare; intermediate and long term psychiatric are in coordination with the total system of care in Louisiana

Division: Within the Maintenance Department at ELMHS Located in Jackson LA

ELMHS is looking for a skilled and motivated individual to join the team in the Maintenance Department. Here the work can comes in a range of different varieties from carpentry to HVAC.

Two years of experience or training in the building construction trades building maintenance maintenance or repair of mechanical equipment or as a parks building and grounds attendant; OR

Completion of a two-year vocational technical program in general building construction construction technology or engineering; OR

Twelve semester hours in construction management construction technology or engineering or any combination of these courses.

The official job specifications for this role as defined by the State Civil Service can be found here.

Job Duties:

In this role you will:

• Be responsible for the upkeep and appearance of the hospital grounds.
• Must be able to operate all power and hand held equipment such as: Weed eaters weed trimmers lawn mowers both riding and push chainsaws power edger power blowers etc.
• Duties include but are not limited to: cutting grass and weed-eating around stationary structures trimming the hedges picking up branches that have fallen out of tree and at times cutting limbs out of trees.
• Make repairs in the following fields:
  1. Plumbing: Unstop commodes and sinks repair water & sewer lines etc.
  2. Carpentry: Repair broken furniture re-hang entrance door and cabinet doors hang bulletin boards pictures etc.
  3. Electrical: Change light bulbs; replace receptacles switches repair small appliances washers dryers change out ballast etc.
  4. HVAC/Refrigeration: clean and replace air conditioner and heating filters change out heat strips in A/C with heater units make repair to window A/C.
  5. Painting: Preparing surfaces before painting i.e. scraping off old paint filling in holes etc.
• Maintain and make general repairs to all grounds equipment.
• Maintain a valid unencumbered drivers license.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: WAE (not to exceed 1245 hours in a 12-month period)

Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment hiring and retention of individuals with disabilities.

How To Apply:

No Civil Service test scoreis required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy click on the Apply link above and complete an electronic application which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e. relevant detailed experience/education).Resumeswill notbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Contact Information:

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Leigh Moore

ELMHS HR