Job Details

Job Type

Full-time

Description

SUMMARY: The Maintenance Specialist I is responsible for renovating and maintaining all athletic fields and the Woodland Park hockey rink, as well as assisting the maintenance department with maintenance tasks, as assigned.

Boys & Girls Club Mission: To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

Boys & Girls Club Vision: To provide a world-class Club Experience that assures success is within reach of every young person who enters our doors with all members on track to graduate from high school with a plan for the future, demonstrating good character and citizenship, and living a healthy lifestyle.

Boys & Girls Clubs of America Pillars: Through targeted and meaningful programs, Clubs are working to provide a world-class Club experience that ensures success is within reach of every young person. All members are on track to achieve our priority outcomes:

• Academic Success - Graduating from high school ready for college, trade school, military, or employment
• Character & Leadership - Being an engaged citizen who is involved in the community, registering to vote, and modeling strong character
• Healthy Lifestyles - Adopting a nutritious diet, practicing healthy lifestyle choices, and making a lifelong commitment to fitness

Boys & Girls Clubs - Alaska Pillars:

• Provide DEI-centric, best-in-class child services & youth programming.
• Provide high-quality integrated, educational, athletic, behavioral, job skill development programming.
• Develop financial and funding models that ensure long-term sustainability.
• Hire and develop the highest skilled, qualified, and diverse workforce.
• Ensure proper administrative, staff and board, infrastructure/internal operations are in place to support BGC Alaska's growth and development.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Construct and repair soccer goals/nets
• Maintain fields to include: seeding, fertilization, liming, and irrigation based on weather conditions and playing schedule
• Line playing fields per soccer and football regulations and according to schedule
• Maintain all field equipment including mowers, painters, and vehicle
• Maintain, plow, hot mop and repair Ice Rink
• Ensure walking surfaces are free of snow and ice and safe. Salt and sand as needed
• Move snow piles as necessary to maintain access to facility and parking areas
• Assist in assuring building exteriors, grounds, and athletic fields are well maintained, free of graffiti and litter, and are safe, neat, clean, sanitary, and attractive
• Assist in assuring building interiors and equipment are well maintained and are safe, neat, clean, sanitary, and attractive
• Assist in assuring fleet interiors and exteriors are well maintained, free of graffiti, and are safe, neat, clean, sanitary, and attractive
• Keep all storage facilities neat, clean and orderly
• Assist with minor plumbing, carpentry, painting, furniture and lighting maintenance and routine equipment maintenance
• Troubleshoot assess, repair and replace damaged and worn items including doors, locks, windows, walls, floors, ceilings, cabinets, furniture, faucets, toilets, sinks, drains, water lines, valves, electrical outlets, heaters, ventilators, thermostats, fixtures, lights, switches, vehicle accessories, power tools and playground equipment
• Operate and perform preventative maintenance on small grounds keeping machinery (such as backhoe, loader, snowblower, mower, pickup mounted snow plow, and ice rink equipment)
• Maintain in good working order all tools and equipment. Assure the security and accurate inventory of all tools and equipment
• Proactively seek and repair facility, fleet and grounds issues keeping a safe environment for members, staff, volunteers, and visitors
• Operate passenger vehicle in the course of transporting buses and vans from worksite to worksite or to and from repair shops. Transport passengers, by van or bus, as backup driver for program services. Includes completing required vehicle inspection and mileage reports and maintaining vehicle maintenance records
• Assist with transporting equipment and supplies, setup and breakdown for special events
• Assist with implementation and observation of standard Organizational Safety/Security Policies and Procedures, Incident Reporting Policies and Procedures and Emergency Procedures

Requirements

SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED

If you meet most qualifications, have diverse range of lived experiences, and a passion for serving Alaska's youth, you are welcome to apply.

• Ability to operate maintenance vehicles and machinery safely, including field maintenance equipment, plow truck, John Deere tractor, and rotary brush
• Ability to safely operate hand and power tools
• Ability to prioritize activities and meet deadlines
• Ability to work with little direction.
• Must be at least 21 years of age, with a valid driver's license, proof of insurance, good driving record, three years of driving experience
• Must pass a pre-employment health screening, and participate in our drug and alcohol screening program
• Willingness to obtain Commercial Drivers' License within 6 months of hire. Employer will train.
• Must pass criminal records check and Dept. of Corrections Community Work Service screening.
• Ability to achieve and maintain first aid and CPR certification
• Must pass a name-based and fingerprint criminal records background check

BENEFITS

• Professional Development & Tuition Assistance
• Advancement Opportunities
• Paid Time Off
• Eleven Paid Holidays
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Retirement Benefits
• Comprehensive Health Insurance Benefits
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Medical & Dependent Care)
• Employer Sponsored Disability Insurance
• Employer Sponsored Life & AD&D Insurance
• Voluntary Life, Accident, & Critical Illness Insurance

Boys & Girls Clubs - Alaska is the state's premier youth development organization. Our programs, training, and services reach over 5,000 children, youth, and teens annually across 20 communities. We are always looking for qualified professionals with a passion for improving young lives to serve as a member of our statewide staff.

Strong mission, vision, and values drive the Clubs' work for the benefit of our youth. We draw on the wisdom of a diverse workforce to better understand and meet the needs of Alaska's youth and the communities in which they live. Compensation and benefits are competitive to develop a strong staff and help them maintain a healthy work/life balance.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to walk, sit, stand, utilize fine and gross motor manipulation, and climbing ramps, stairs and/or into planes.
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 20 lbs.
• Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Primarily a normal internal work environment. Performing the duties of this job may include activities hosted outdoors in various weather conditions. Noise levels for activities in the Club environment may be loud.
• The position will include regular local travel to Clubs in the Anchorage/Mat-Su region and occasional travel to other communities the Clubs serve statewide.
• Work during evenings and weekends will occasionally be required, given the nature of the position and its connection with community partners.
• Our organization participates in payroll through direct deposit and all employees are required to main a valid bank account during the course of their employment.
• Boys & Girls Club is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to all federal, state and local laws and regulations pertaining to equal opportunity. The Club does not discriminate against any individual based on any protected status. This policy extends to all terms, conditions and privileges of employment, as well as the use of all Boys & Girls Club facilities.

Salary Description

$17-$20