Covenant House California (CHC) is a nonprofit organization that provides sanctuary and support for youth overcoming homelessness, ages 18-24. CHC believes that no young person deserves to be homeless; that every young person in California deserves housing, food, clothing, education, and most importantly, to be loved. CHC provides a full continuum of services to meet the physical, emotional, educational, vocational, and spiritual well-being of young people.

CHC’s doors are open to youth and staff regardless of their race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We believe that youth and team members deserve to be in an environment that is inclusive and affirming; where everyone is treated with dignity and respect and valued and appreciated for who they are. Maintaining a diverse community of youth and staff is key to our ability to achieve our mission most effectively. We are also committed to being a leader in advancing anti-racism, and to promoting opportunities for the free expression of the lived experiences of our youth and staff.

We are looking for people who, like us, believe that every young person deserves a place to belong. We think it takes all kinds of people to create diverse solutions to end youth homelessness and we are on a committed journey to build an inclusive and equitable work culture that brings out the best in everyone. In our Oakland location, which has been operating since 2005, we offer a full continuum of housing and support services to young people. Our program is continuing to grow and will be adding 20 new beds for young people over the next year.

As this position provides direct care to young people that are 18-24 years old, we require that applicants are at least 25 years old.

The Maintenance Tech is responsible for performing highly diversified duties to install, troubleshoot, repairs for the Oakland location. The Maintenance Tech will ensure compliance according to safety, livable conditions and processes to support the achievement of Covenant House California’s mission, principles and values.

CLASSIFICATION: Part-Time ~10 hours per week

PAY RATE: $30.00 /hour

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Perform highly diversified duties to install, fix and maintain the physical and aesthetic aspects of each of the Oakland site.
2. Provide emergency/unscheduled repairs of all of the aspects of the facility and grounds, as well as performing scheduled maintenance repairs.
3. Perform weekly facility walk-throughs at each site and complete checklist to be reviewed by supervisor to identify any potential risks or areas that need to be fixed or repaired or replaced. It important for the facility walk through to be shared with the site supervisor as well.
4. Perform simple maintenance duties and responsibilities.
5. Read and interpret equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service.
6. Diagnose problems, replace or repair parts, test and make adjustments.
7. Perform a variety of plumbing maintenance and carpentry functions. It should be noted that the position is not required to be an ‘expert’ in all types of repairs and that whenever a job is beyond the scope of technician’s training or experience, it is the Maintenance Tech’s responsibility to inform management that an outside vendor should be called to complete the job. This is to ensure safety of technician, our sites and property.
8. Use a variety of hand and power tools, electric meters and material handling equipment in performing duties.
9. Detect faulty operations, defective material and report those and any unusual situations to proper supervision.
10. Comply with safety regulations and maintain clean and orderly work areas.
11. Other duties as assigned.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

EDUCATION: High School diploma or equivalent.

EXPERIENCE: 2+ years basic building maintenance experience.

SKILLS: Must have good basic maintenance skills. Must be able to juggle multiple tasks and prioritize well. Must be able to communicate effectively with site leadership, and must also have basic computer skills. Must have a good driving record for use of agency vehicles.

TRANSPORTATION / TRAVEL: Employee can drive own vehicle and turn in mileage on a weekly or monthly basis for reimbursement. Employee may also use the agency vehicles as available.

WORKING CONDITIONS: General business/office environment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing for significant periods of time. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items up to 75 pounds or more. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to various products and tools that fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration. The noise level in the work environment and job sites can be loud.

EQUIPMENT USED: Must be able to safely operate a variety of power tools and maintenance equipment. Must also be able to use computers, calculators, fax machines, telephone and other equipment required.

SUPERVISORY DUTIES: None

Covenant House California is an Equal Opportunity Employer.