Maintenance Mechanic 3 Position Available In Lafayette, Louisiana

Maintenance Mechanic 3
Lafayette, LA, United States (On-site)

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Maintenance Mechanic 3 performs maintenance service and repairs in the areas of plumbing, carpentry, painting, plastering, machine servicing, electrical, or vehicle servicing. Is knowledgeable in the procedures and safety measures in area(s) of specialty. The position relies on experience and judgment to accomplish responsibilities, works under minimal supervision, while creativity is expected to perform the job, and may lead and direct the work of others.

RESPONSIBILITIES

TECHNICAL TASKS
Keeps supervisor informed of activities, needs, and problems.
Takes proper care of tools and equipment.
Performs all work in accordance with codes and good practice.
Turns in all completed work orders by the end of the shift.
Properly performs overhauls on pumps, steam traps, steam valves, etc.
Makes rounds throughout the hospital and corrects minor maintenance deficiencies found.
Recognizes, and reports, equipment that is not working properly.
Reasonably completes all duties scheduled during the workday without interference to the quality of work.
Regularly makes rounds of equipment rooms and observes and records gauge readings and operation condition of equipment.
Periodically tests and adjusts boilers and chillers.
Regularly performs repairs such as replacing worn gaskets, tightening joints, replacing defective meters.
Regularly repairs beds, wheelchairs, tables, etc.
Regularly unclogs drains.
After normal working hours, checks patient owned electrical appliances for safety. Consults with supervisor and biomedical technicians when necessary.
Regularly observes cooling towers for proper operation.
Regularly performs preventive maintenance on all types of equipment to improve operation or extend the life of the equipment.
Ensures that all work is documented on a work order or preventive maintenance record.

CRITICAL THINKING

Assumes responsibility for own professional growth and development by attending programs, consulting with manufacturer representatives, and more experienced maintenance personnel.
Regularly adjusts equipment controls to correct malfunctions found by observation or in response to signal.
Regularly demonstrates ability to make moderate to complex repairs of a general maintenance nature without assistance.
Regularly recognizes improper operation of equipment by observation of gauges, meters, vibration, etc.
Determines and solves problems concerning delays in work schedules in an effort to ensure timely and efficient project completion. Inspects work in progress in order to ensure job specification conformance.

OTHER DUTIES

Consistently performs 12 organizational Service Standards focused on Values, Service and Quality

QUALIFICATIONS

5 years of experience in the field or in a related area.
High School Diploma or Equivalent

ABOUT US

The Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System is a leading health care innovator in Louisiana and Mississippi. We bring together outstanding clinicians, the most advanced technology and leading research to ensure that our patients receive the highest quality and safest care possible. This commitment is grounded in a history that is more than 100 years old, but reflected today by our strategic vision of transforming healthcare through superior performance and excellent patient care.
In the last fiscal year, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System had: 1,747 Licensed Beds
65,322 Discharges
44,592 OR Procedures
10,827 Full Time Employees
331,360 Inpatient Days
1,915 Active Medical Staff
229,296 Emergency Visits As a nonprofit, mission-focused Catholic healthcare ministry, we give special attention to our citizens who are most in need. During the most recent fiscal year, we provided more than $39 million in unreimbursed care and community support to the underprivileged. Our health system is one of the largest in Louisiana, with hospitals, clinics and physicians located throughout Louisiana and in Mississippi. In fact, we provide care to almost half of Louisiana’s citizens, and serve in Mississippi’s largest metropolitan area. Because of our size and the partnerships we have with other local organizations, we are able to pool our resources and share cost and service efficiencies and learn from each other, thereby accelerating our ability to improve care and solve challenges. Since our founding in Monroe, Louisiana in 1911, we have been blessed by the guidance of the Franciscan Sisters. Through their guidance and steadfast example, we have committed to assure that we perpetuate their healing ministry for another hundred years. It is a noble purpose we strive to fulfill every day. Headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, we serve patients across Louisiana and Mississippi through a network of hospitals, clinics, physicians, elderly housing and integrated information system. Our health system has partnered with the State of Louisiana as it transforms its healthcare delivery system. The partnership includes inpatient acute care and primary care delivery in Baton Rouge and Bogalusa. Following in the footsteps of our founders, the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady, our team members and physicians are called to provide high quality care and compassion to all people, especially those most in need. As we look to the future of our healthcare ministry, we chart our course by “going where we are called.” Job Identification
38625
Job Category
Facilities
Locations 1105 Kaliste Saloom Road, Lafayette, LA, 70508, US
(On-site)
Job Shift
Variable shifts
Job Function
Facilities Management
Worker Type
Employee
Regular or Temporary
Regular
Requisition Schedule
Full-Time
Hours of Schedule (e.g. M-F 8a-5p)
7a – 4p
Department
Plant Operations-Lourdes HH Campus
FMOLHS Company Code
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center Inc