Maintenance Assistant II
- Starting Pay Range: $17.45-$22.69, depending on experience
- Position Status: Full-time, Non-Exempt
- Shift Differentials: Nights = +10% of base wage (after 6pm), Weekends = +15% of base wage
Application Deadline: September 25, 2025. Applications will close sooner if a qualified candidate is identified.
Haxtun Health is seeking a skilled and dedicated Maintenance Assistant II to join our team!
If you're looking for a challenging role where you can apply your expertise to maintain a critical healthcare environment and contribute to the well-being of a community, this could be the perfect fit for you.
Shift: This is a full-time position working four 10-hour shifts per week, from 6:00 AM to 4:30 PM. On-call coverage is required one week per month.
Job Summary:
As a Maintenance Assistant II, you will perform skilled maintenance, repair, and minor construction on hospital properties, vehicles, and equipment, working semi-independently in trades such as locksmith and masonry. You will be responsible for a variety of skilled work in maintaining and repairing hospital facilities and equipment, performing ground maintenance, and ensuring compliance with safety practices and applicable codes. This includes proactive inspections, safety tests, operating and maintaining equipment, and managing facility grounds.
Qualifications:
- Minimum Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Three (3) years journey-level experience in one or more trades areas required or specialized training and/or certification
- Valid Driver’s License
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in healthcare facility maintenance and plant operations preferred
Benefits at Haxtun Health:
We value our employees and offer a comprehensive benefits package:
- Health Insurance: Haxtun Health covers 100% of the health insurance benefits premiums for the Aetna Bronze plan, including employee, spouse, children, or family, as applicable. We also pay a large portion of the premiums for the upgraded Aetna Silver or Gold plan selections.
- Dental and Vision Insurance: (optional) Haxtun Health pays 50% of the premiums, including spouse, children, or family, as applicable.
- Paid Time Off (PTO): Accrued at approximately 17 days for the first year of employment for hourly employees and 22 days for the first year of employment for salaried employees. PTO accrual increases as your length of service increases. This includes holidays.
- Sick Leave: Up to 48 hours per year.
- Retirement Plan: Up to a 3% employer match, which increases with your length of service. New employees are automatically enrolled at a 2% contribution rate (can be opted out). Employees must complete 5 years of employment to be 100% vested.
- Employee Health Payment Match: Haxtun Health matches employee payments up to $1,000 per year per family for services received at Haxtun Health’s hospital or clinics.
- Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program (FAMLI): Haxtun Health participates in the CO FAMLI program, which is a social insurance program that provides up to 12 weeks of paid leave for qualifying life events.
- Term Life Insurance: 1 x annual salary term life provided by HHD, no employee premium ($200,000 Max.). Additional voluntary life insurance coverage for the employee and family is an option which can be purchased by the employee.
- Employee Purchasing Program: Designed for employees to purchase items at wholesale cost. The program runs throughout the year and ordering options will be announced via email. Please contact the Purchasing Department with any questions.
- Atena’s Resources for Living / Employee Assistance Program: Provides unique benefits to our group such as discounts on travel and products, legal services including adoption, financial services, fraud resolution, and life assistance including emotional wellbeing and work / life balance.
- Other Optional Benefits (available for purchase): These include MASA Medical Transport Services (Air & Ambulance Supplemental), College Invest (529 College Savings Plan), accidental death & dismemberment, long-term disability, and supplemental plans (accident, critical illness, hospitalization).
Join our team and help us continue to provide compassionate and high-quality care to our community!
About Haxtun Health:
Located on the beautiful plains of northeast Colorado, Haxtun Health is a 25-bed Critical Access Hospital and Primary Care Clinics, including long-term care, rehabilitation, and specialty care. Our mission is to promote optimum wellness through compassionate and high-quality care. Employing nearly 150 people, Haxtun Health is one of the largest employers in the community. We recently opened our new 100,000 square foot facility that houses our Family Practice Clinic, Wellness and Rehabilitation, and Retail Pharmacy. Haxtun Health proudly serves Haxtun, CO, and surrounding communities. Learn more about Haxtun – a small town with a big heart – by visiting https://welcometohaxtun.com/about/.
