**Description** **Do you enjoy maintenance and groundskeeping** **?** **Have you been keeping your eyes open for a new opportunity?** If you answered YES, then consider joining our Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health team! **Being a Maintenance & Facilities Specialist at Devereux has its Advantages!** We offer: + A fun, fast-paced, and supportive environment + Quality Low-Cost Benefits after 30 days of hire, including medical and dental, plus student loan debt assistance and tuition reimbursement (learn more at benefits.devereux.org) + **Tuition Assistance up to $25k and Student Loan assistance up to 5k a year through our new Program ASCEND** Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health is one of the largest and most advanced behavioral healthcare organizations in the country. Nestled near the beaches between the Pacific Coast and Santa Ynez mountains, Devereux California is a therapeutic behavioral health treatment facility offering residential services, community living, day programs, and clinical services for adults with multiple diagnoses, including autistic spectrum disorders, emotional and/or behavioral differences, intellectual and developmental disabilities, dementia and other cognitive disorders. As a Maintenance & Facilities Specialist, you will be responsible for maintaining the grounds this includes mowing, edging, trimming, blowing, weed abatement, irrigation repairs and maintaining equipment. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: + General landscaping and groundskeeping + Minor to moderate repairs of on/off campus buildings, security systems, vehicles, purchasing, and monthly building inspections. + Submitting regular reports to supervisor on work orders and completion status + Educating employees on basic maintenance and repairs as assigned + Serving as a member of the Disaster response team This is a FT position in the Goleta/Santa Barbara area The schedule is Monday-Friday 8:30am-5pm Compensation is $17-20/hr DOE **Qualifications** EDUCATION: High School Diploma required, one or more years of specialized training preferred. EXPERIENCE: Minimum 2 years’ experience performing in a related field highly preferred. Proficient in Word and Outlook email. Must have a valid California Driver License and a clean driving record. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Requires significant amounts of standing, walking, sitting, reaching with hands and arms, talking, and hearing, using hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls. Often required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl. Regularly requires lifting/moving weight of up to 25lbs, frequently lift/move up to 50lbs and occasionally lift/move up to 100 lbs. Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust to focus. OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE: Regularly works inside in areas that are adequately lighted and ventilated. Occasionally works near moving mechanical parts. Noise level is moderate. Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperatewith the authorities to the fullest extent possible. **Posted Date** _2 weeks ago_ _(1/14/2025 6:44 PM)_ **_Requisition ID_** _2025-42018_ **_Category_** _Facilities_ **_Position Type_** _Full-Time_ The employment policies of Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health are to recruit and hire qualified employees without discrimination because of race, religion, creed, color, age, sex, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, disability, veteran status, communication ability, gender identity or expression or sexual orientation and to treat them equally with respect to compensation and opportunities for advancement - including upgrading, promotion and transfer - consistent with individual skills and the needs of Devereux.