Facilities Maintenance Worker

To Apply: Send resume to facilitiesjob@anconaschool.org

About The Ancona School

The Ancona School (Ancona) is an independent school located in Chicago's historic Hyde Park Kenwood community, educating students 3 years old through 8th grade. Since our founding in 1962, Ancona has been dedicated to diversity in both our community and our curriculum, which draws upon the Montessori and Progressive Education models. Social justice education is the cornerstone of Ancona’s mission as a school; it informs what we teach and how we teach it. At every grade level, Ancona students learn to identify inequality and are empowered to address injustice in the world.

At Ancona, we seek diversity in our faculty and staff to broaden students’ academic experience and to enrich our school community. Ancona is looking for individuals who will contribute to our social justice mission and embrace the rich diversity of our school and city as we prepare our students for an increasingly complex world. Candidates must be sensitive to the needs of, and possess an interest in, working in a school community that is diverse with regard to gender, race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and disability status.

Summary/Objective

The Facilities Maintenance Worker is a member of the Facilities team. They are responsible for maintaining functional, operational, sanitary, safe, and attractive facilities for students, faculty, staff, and the public. This position is responsible for a wide range of basic repair and maintenance of equipment and systems to maintain the upkeep of the facilities inside and outside, as well as minimizing property damage, loss, and liability exposure to the school. The position also has some limited custodial, traffic control, snow removal, and landscaping responsibilities.

Specific Duties

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

General handyman tasks to address the daily maintenance and repair needs of the facilities:
- Repair and preventative maintenance of lawn mower, AC units, air purifiers, etc.
- Basic plumbing to address typical toilet and sink issues
- Basic carpentry, electrical, carpentry, masonry, and painting duties, such as: replacing ballasts, light fixtures, etc.; repairing desks, shelves, lockers, chairs, cabinets, etc.; addressing minor tuckpointing, concrete issues; installing drywall, repairing damaged walls, painting walls, etc.
- Inspect the boiler daily, adjusting temperatures and addressing radiator issues as-needed
- Respond to immediate safety and/or operational concerns (e.g. toilet issues, facility failure/damage, alarms, spills, etc.) to maintain a functioning and operational educational environment.
Continuously scan and monitor facilities to identify and ensure that the site is suitable for safe, sanitary, and attractive educational operations; address issues whenever possible.
Set up and take down furnishings and equipment in a timely manner for meetings, classroom activities, and events.
Alongside landscape and snow removal contractors, maintain exterior of the facilities, including: mowing, trimming bushes/trees, distributing wood chips, removing snow/distributing ice melt, washing windows, and power washing pavement and awning for the purpose of maintaining a safe, attractive facility for children, faculty, staff, and the public to enter and exit.
Perform various safety inspections (e.g. playground, emergency lights, fire extinguishers, etc.) and regular preventative maintenance of equipment and systems (e.g. clean ceiling/roof vents, maintain vent ceiling/vent motors, clean/replace filters in AC units/air purifiers/water tank of boiler system, maintain sliding door window tracks, etc.).
Deliver supplies, mail, packages, and other materials to and from internal and remote facilities to ensure items are in the proper place promptly.
Secure the facility and the exterior grounds, as trained, to ensure the safety of the students, faculty, and staff.
Control traffic for assigned, short periods of time each day to ensure the safe drop-off and pick-up of students.
In the absence of primary custodial staff or during periods of intense cleaning, clean assigned school facilities (e.g. classrooms, offices, common areas, restrooms, multipurpose rooms, grounds) using various cleaning compounds for the purpose of maintaining a sanitary, safe and attractive environment.
Attend in-service training for the purpose of receiving information on new and/or improved procedures.
Other duties as assigned.

Physical Demands:

Body Agility—Climbing: ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like, using feet/legs and hands/arms (exceeds that required for ordinary locomotion)
Body Agililty—Balancing: maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling and walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces (exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium)
Stooping: bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist
Kneeling: bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees
Crouching: bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine
Crawling: moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet
Reaching: extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction
Standing: particularly for sustained periods of time
Walking: moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another
Pushing: using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward, or outward
Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul, or tug objects in a sustained motion
Lifting: Raising objects up to 40 lbs. from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position

Work Hours:

10 am - 6 pm; flexibility required to cover for other Facilities members in their absence, events, and during school breaks.

Workplace Environment:

P3-8th grade school environment; discretion and appropriate behavior are required at all times. Classrooms have limited time frames in which they can be accessed. Must learn to understand the traffic patterns within the school in order to find appropriate times to do work.
May be exposed to extreme cold or heat as the duties are often performed outside.
May be exposed to pesticides or cleaning compounds during the normal course of performing the essential duties of the job.

Required Competencies:

Customer/client focus
Collegial and able to get along with students, faculty, and staff
Ability to work as a team member or individually
Verbal communication/proficiency in English
Ability to perform basic math, read, and follow verbal and written instructions in English
Ability to use industry standard cleaning supplies and equipment
Ability to follow a daily work assignment
Ability to accomplish tasks successfully under limited supervision
Ability to multitask and problem solve

Education and Experience:

High School Diploma or equivalent
Experience working in a school environment
Experience with plumbing and small motors
Electrical, carpentry, masonry, painting, and boiler system experience preferred
Must pass a background check

EEO Statement:

It is the policy of Ancona School not to discriminate against any employee or any applicant for employment because of age, race, religion, color, handicap, sex, physical condition, developmental disability, sexual orientation, or national origin. This policy shall include, but not be limited to, the following: recruitment and employment, promotion, demotion, transfer, compensation, selection for training, including apprenticeship, layoff, and termination.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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Independent Schools Association of the Central States

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Lake Michigan Association of Independent Schools

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National Association of Independent Schools

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American Montessori Society