General Maintenance Mechanic

Company: Sentara Health
Location: Suffolk
Posted on: September 21, 2023

Job Description:

City/State
Suffolk, VA

Overview

Work Shift
Second (Evenings) (United States of America)

Sentara Health is currently seeking a General Maintenance Mechanic at our Sentara Obici Hospital in Suffolk, Virginia.

Hours/Shift: Full-Time-40hrs per week, Evenings, days of the week vary, on-call required at times. Hours fall between 2pm-1130pm.

Sentara Benefits:

We are setting the standard for medical excellence within a vibrant, creative, and highly productive workplace. Sentara offers exciting benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid annual leave, paid parental leave, emergency caregiver leave, educational assistance, student loan paydown, 403(B), 401(K) and more! For more information about our employee benefits click Benefits - Sentara (sentaracareers.com)

• Join our team! Be a part of an excellent healthcare organization who cares about People, Quality, Patient Safety, Service, and Integrity. Join a team that has a mission to improve health every day and a vision to be the healthcare choice of the communities that we serve! The people of the communities that we serve have nominated Sentara Employer of Choice for over ten years. U.S. News and World Report has recognized Sentara as having the Best Hospitals for 15+ years.
  
  Sentara Obici Hospital is a state-of-the-art facility located in Suffolk, Virginia. This 172-bed, full-service hospital continues a legacy of providing residents of Western Tidewater with high-quality, patient-centered care. In June 2010, Sentara Obici opened a new three-story, 63,480 square-foot wing, which includes all private beds serving orthopedic, medical, and surgical patients and increased the hospital s bed capacity.
  
  Workplace and Community Culture at Sentara Obici Hospital (Suffolk, VA) - YouTube
  
  Position Overview:
  
  As a General Maintenance Mechanic with Sentara, you will perform general maintenance as directed and as necessary on all aspects of building structure and systems to include floors, walls, ceilings, lighting, HVAC, transportation systems, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and other items. We are looking for a candidate who has a positive attitude, is willing and eager to learn, and can be trained easily. Our ideal candidate is an individual who has a high work ethic, is dependable, reliable, team-oriented, and has patience, compassion and understanding of what it takes to work in a hospital environment around patients.
  
  Education Required:
  
  High School Diploma or Equivalent
  
  Experience Required:
  
  One year of Work experience in general maintenance such as facility or residential maintenance, contractor, carpentry, laborer, or painter.
  
  Certifications and Licensures Required:
  
  Valid and Current Driver s License
  
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  Job Summary
  
  Performs general maintenance as directed and as necessary on all aspects of building structure and systems to include floors, walls, ceilings, lighting, HVAC, transportation systems, mechanical, electrical, plumbing and other items.
  
  Qualifications:
  
  HS - High School Grad or Equivalent (Required)
  
  Driver's License - North Carolina, Driver's License - Other/National, Driver's License - Virginia, Refrigerant Transition and Recovery Certification Type 1 (Small Appliances) - Other/National, Refrigerant Transition and Recovery Certification Type 2 (High-Pressure Appliances) - Other/National, Refrigerant Transition and Recovery Universal Certification - Other/National
  
  Facility Maintenance
  
  Skills
  
  Sentara Healthcare prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.
  
  Per Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), some clinical environments require proof of education; these regulations are posted at ecfr.gov for further information. In an effort to expedite this verification requirement, we encourage you to upload your diploma or transcript at time of application.
  
  In support of our mission to improve health every day, this is a tobacco-free environment. Associated topics: athletic, building maintenance, hardscaper, ice, landfill, mower, resurface, rug, superintendent, surface

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