Senior Living Maintenance Assistant

Merrill Gardens


Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Port Charlotte, FL
Contract type: Full time
  • Highly competitive pay!
  • A free daily meal!


Are you passionate about working with seniors? Are you dedicated to supporting seniors on their wellness journey to ensure they are provided with an atmosphere that values individualism and dignity? If so, we may have the perfect opportunity for you! Truewood by Merrill, Port Charlotte is currently accepting applications for Maintenance Assistant to help support residents within our beautiful community residents call home.

If you are a compassionate, caring, responsible, and honest individual who genuinely loves working with the senior population, we would love the opportunity to speak with you! Please APPLY TODAY!

Family means everything to us. From the communities we create to the connections we make with residents, everything we do is rooted in our history as a fifth-generation family business.

We build on that family with the people we hire and the teams they form. As a family company, we can do things differently and for the past 30 years our long-term commitment to team members has been unsurpassed.

We offer our employees:

  • Highly competitive pay!
  • Benefits that include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with generous company match, vacation & sick time, holidays, and more!
  • A free daily meal!
  • A stable career with a long-term company committed to our team members for 30 years.
  • A rapidly growing company with opportunities for advancement
  • Tuition reimbursement to help support your opportunities for advancement!


Our Maintenance Assistants are responsible for:

  • Perform general maintenance projects as scheduled or assigned, including installations and repairs involving plumbing and electrical equipment, fire and sprinkler equipment, H.V.A.C., landscape, carpentry work, painting, and equipment repair.
  • Must understand and have knowledge of Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
  • Ensure that walls, floor coverings, doors, windows, furniture, woodwork in the common areas of the community are properly maintained and repaired.
  • Must have basic prep and painting abilities
  • Repair and maintain vacated rooms in a timely manner which includes painting walls and cleaning carpets.
  • Responsible for all in-house plumbing, e.g. sinks, toilets and bathtubs.
  • Responsible for minor electrical work within units and in common areas, e.g. light switches, wall outlets, garbage disposals, etc.
  • Responsible for painting of all apartments and common areas.
  • Repair, clean and maintain all carpet, floor coverings and furniture.
  • Responsible for completing all work orders in a timely manner - noting any other work completed at the location but not listed on work order.
  • Document safety issues as well as physical plan deficiencies related to local, county, state and federal guidelines.
  • Assist MS in preventative maintenance and cleaning of the community vehicles (busses and cars, vans).
  • Assist with training and development of safety procedures and hazard communications.
  • Responsible for any other duties as assigned by the Maintenance Supervisor, Regional Maintenance Supervisor or General Manager.
  • Responds immediately and appropriately to all accidents and emergencies, based on established protocol.
  • Other duties as assigned.


If you are someone with:

  • High school diploma or equivalent preferred. (Must be at least 18 years of age.)
  • 1-3 years related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of building maintenance, electrical, mechanical, painting, plumbing, floor care, heating and HVAC skills.
  • Prefer knowledge of fire suppression & irrigation systems.
  • Prefer motor vehicle maintenance ability.
  • Flexible and must be able to work evenings and weekends as necessary.


Consider applying to become a Maintenance Assistant with the Merrill Family of Senior Living Communities!

Yes, You Can have a meaningful Career!

Our mission is to provide an inspiring environment for our residents, families, and team members where every life is defined by the possibilities.

Merrill Gardens is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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