Job Description
Job Description
Lathrop Community, a retirement community grounded in Quaker values and a commitment to enhancing the experience of aging, has an opening for a full time technician to join the team that maintains our campuses in Northampton and Easthampton, MA. This position is 40 hours a week, fully benefited, at $21-23/hour.
You will be a key part of a central department at Lathrop, you will form relationships with staff, residents, and vendors while using and building upon your technical skills to improve and maintain the physical environment for all community members.
What you’ll bring:
- Basic working knowledge of plumbing, carpentry, electricity,
- Interior and exterior painting skills
- Safe use of power tools
- Valid driver’s license and driving record acceptable to our insurance company
This is a special opportunity to join a mission-driven organization in a position that allows you to use your expertise in the trades and maintenance in service of an aging population. All departments of Lathrop Community are part of the resident experience, and therefore comfort and care for working with this population is a must. If you are looking for a job where you can put your skills to use and see the impact of your work, we want to hear from you!
Benefits include:
- Blue Cross Medical, Delta dental insurance, VSP vision,
- Long term disability insurance
- 403(b) retirement fund enrollment with 2% employer grant and additional match up to another 2%.
- Lathrop offers ten paid holidays, plus an annual floating holiday. You will also earn vacation time and Massachusetts sick leave.
Your application will be reviewed by our HR Manager, who will reach out for a phone screen if interested and schedule an in-person interview with the Facilities Manager and Maintenance Supervisor. If you and those leaders agree that this is the right fit, all new hires have to agree to a CORI background check and pass a pre-employment physical prior to their first day.