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The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium is a non-profit Tribal health organization designed to meet the unique health needs of Alaska Native and American Indian people living in Alaska. In partnership with the more than 171,000 Alaska Native and American Indian people that we serve and the Tribal health organizations of the Alaska Tribal Health System, ANTHC provides world-class health services, which include comprehensive medical services at the Alaska Native Medical Center, wellness programs, disease research and prevention, rural provider training and rural water and sanitation systems construction.
ANTHC is the largest, most comprehensive Tribal health organization in the United States, and Alaska’s second-largest health employer with more than 3,100 employees offering an array of health services to people around the nation’s largest state.
Our vision: Alaska Native people are the healthiest people in the world.


Benefits include:

• Generous Paid Time Off and holiday schedule with 4 weeks paid vacation per year to start and 12 paid holidays.

• More than 19 Federal healthcare plans with plans for employee, employee plus one, and employee plus family available. ANTHC covers 80% of all health insurance premiums and 100% of Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Dental, Vision, Basic Life, and AD&D.

• 401(a) retirement plan; ANTHC will contribute 3% of your annual compensation to the plan account each year, with up to an additional 5% match with a 6-year vesting schedule.

• 403(b) retirement savings plan with pre-tax and Roth options. Flexible Spending Accounts for Health Care and Dependent care are also available.

• Onsite Child Care is available in a brand new education facility.
  

• Onsite free gym access. Additional gym, rock climbing wall and salt-water pool available at the Alaska Pacific University for a small fee per semester. Steep discounts on outdoor equipment rentals for your Alaskan adventures!

• Tuition reductions for employees and their eligible dependents at the Alaska Pacific University.

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium has a hiring preference for qualified Alaska Native and American Indian applicants pursuant to P.L. 93-638 Indian Self Determination Act.


Summary:


Under general direction performs skilled craft construction, operation, maintenance, and repair, work in facility disciplines such as painting, HVAC, boiler plant, mechanical equipment, plumbing and carpentry. May perform work in more than one craft discipline as personal skill permits and workload requires.


Responsibilities:


Troubleshoots and repairs heating, cooling and room pressurization problems, refrigeration units, ice machines, air handlers, humidifiers, heat pumps and chillers. Maintains differential pressure of rooms according to regulatory standards. Adjusts temperatures and humidity levels accordingly. Installs mechanical equipment as necessary.
Conducts preventative maintenance on air handlers, filters, exhaust fans, cold roof fans, heat pumps, chillers, cooling towers, mechanical and refrigeration units. Installs and modifies ductwork and heating and cooling vents in remodeled areas. Identifies, researches and repairs mechanical problems. Calculates requirements for fan systems and balances fan installations.
Prepares walls and surfaces for painting; patches, sands and primes walls and surfaces. Mixes and applies paint, lacquer, primer, sealer, stain, epoxy, and acrylic to necessary shade. Paints walls, doors, door casings, trims, ceilings, stairs, floors, equipment and other projects.
Paints hospital exterior including retaining walls, light pole bases, sign bases and handrails. Paints parking lot striping, cross walks, handicap parking and street curbs.
Performs drywall finishing and painting of remodeled areas including mudding, taping, texturing and feathering of surfaces. Repairs or replaces damaged wall coverings in rooms as needed.
Designs, constructs and repairs structures, including shaping, contouring, fabricating, altering and installing synthetic and high-grade wood items.
Performs extensive remodels within the hospital structure, including demolition of walls, floors and ceilings. Builds or remodels interior spaces including both office areas and patient care areas, including fabrication of walls, door frames, ceilings and flooring. Performs concrete coring, and refinishing work.
Inspects, services and maintains operational functionality of doors, windows, locks, security accesses, and fire alarm triggered devices. Designs, upgrades, and performs installation and maintenance of locks, keypads, and electronic security systems including elevator access control systems.
Troubleshoots, repairs and conducts preventative maintenance of boilers and hospital facilities, conducting rounds and monitoring steam, water, air, glycol and medical gas systems. Performs chemical analysis of treated water systems.
Monitors systems, including building environmental control, energy management, security, and fire protection/ detection systems, pneumatic tube system, trolley system and elevator car systems. Responds to service calls or work requests from all areas of the hospital relating to the repair and maintenance of plumbing fixtures, patient beds, hospital air handling systems, medical gas systems, lighting, and nurse call systems. Corrects problems or refers to another department.
Follows safety precautions and procedures in performance of job duties.
Orders supplies and materials related to projects and coordinates and schedules contractors and other maintenance workers.
Performs other duties as assigned or required.


Other information:


KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS
· Knowledge of operating hand and power tools.
· Knowledge of operating, troubleshooting and maintaining building and grounds equipment.
· Knowledge of transporting and disposing items of varying compounds, textures or quantities.
· Knowledge of safety procedures for repair and maintenance.
· Knowledge of safety precautions when operating motorized vehicles, equipment and hand tools.
· Skill in reading and evaluating blueprints, panel layout sheets and other technical schematics.
· Skill in using analytical and research ability to define and solve problems.
· Skill in operating motorized vehicles, equipment and hand tools.
· Skill in establishing and maintaining cooperative working relationships with others.
MINIMUM EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
Journey Facilities Technician and Senior Journeyman Technician
Completion of a formal apprenticeship program typically requiring a combination of 6000 - 8000 hours (depending on which trade) of education, practice, and/or on-the-job training and leading to a journey-level designation. An equivalent amount of education, training, and/or experience may be substituted for the apprenticeship program.
MINIMUM EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATION
Journeyman Facilities Technician
Non-supervisory - No experience needed beyond apprenticeship graduation.
MINIMUM CERTIFICATION QUALIFICATION
Journey Facilities Technician and Senior Journeyman Technician
Must possess State journeyman or operator license if applicable to the trade needed.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
· May be required to possess an Alaska driver’s license with a clean driving record.
· Depending on the needs of the organization, some incumbents in this job class may be required to obtain additional certifications or training in one or more specialty areas.