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Maintenance Mechanic - Painter

UNC Health Care
United States, North Carolina, Rocky Mount
2460 Curtis Ellis Drive (Show on map)
May 27, 2026

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

UNC Health Nash, an affiliated member of the UNC Health system, invites passionate healthcare professionals to join our esteemed team. Governed locally, we proudly serve a diverse patient base, spanning Nash, Edgecombe, Halifax, Wilson Counties, and beyond. With a steadfast commitment to elevating community health through exceptional care, we prioritize excellence, compassion, and innovation, ensuring every individual receives the highest standard of support. Joining our team means becoming an integral part of our dedication to wellness, where we constantly strive to redefine excellence in healthcare through state-of-the-art facilities and pioneering programs. Join us in this transformative journey, where your contributions will make a lasting impact on our community's health and wellbeing.

Summary:

The Maintenance Mechanic - Painter applies coats of paint, varnish, enamels or lacquer to decorate and protect interior and exterior surfaces, trimmings and fixtures of the hospital, using paintbrushes, rollers, and scrapers. The Maintenance Mechanic - Painter performs installation, inspection, testing, preventive maintenance, and minor repairs on plumbing, electrical, boiler, fire detection, mechanical and HVAC systems. In addition, performs basic carpentry and general maintenance activities on the building and on equipment.

Responsibilities:

1. Performs skilled work of a Painter to include smooth surfaces, using sandpaper, wire brushes, or steel wool and removes old paint from surfaces using paint remover, scrapers, and wire brushes to prepare surfaces for painting. Fills nail holes, cracks and joints with putty, plaster, or other fillers. Select premixed paints or prepares paint to match specified colors by blending and mixing required proportions of pigment, oil, and thinning and drying substances. Paints surfaces, using brushes, spray gun, or paint-roller. Simulates word grain, marble, birch, or tile effects. Create special effects by applying paint with cloth, brush, sponge, or fingers. Rigs staging or erects scaffolding. Spreads cloth or canvas over floors and furniture to protect them from spattered paint. May perform any or all of the following: Utilize stencils for lettering or decorations; paint signs on such surfaces as cloth, bulletin boards, walls, doors, windows and equipment; replace door and window glass; paper walls and ceilings; whitewash and calcimine surfaces; do freehand glaze finishes; refinish furniture and fixtures.

2.Corrective Maintenance - Upon notice from the department's Work Control Center or upon request from the end user the employee will perform work necessary to correct damaged equipment or a facility component. This work is performed within 24 hours. Selected examples are ice machine repair, dripping faucet repair and light bulb replacement.

3. Emergency Maintenance - Upon notice from Departmental Work Control Center or directly from customer this employee will respond within time frame set by departmental policy and perform or summon the appropriate trade to perform work necessary to prevent harm or injury to patients, visitors or staff or work to prevent extensive damage to equipment or to the facility. Selected examples are power outages, plumbing outages, door and hardware problems.

4. Other Duties as Assigned - Including but not limited to exterior maintenance, cleaning mechanical rooms, landscaping work, transporting equipment for repair and other duties as needed.

5. Scheduled Maintenance -Using the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) printout, the employee will use the priorities established on the list and perform the tasks necessary to keep the equipment, device or condition being serviced in good working order. Selected examples include preventive maintenance and corrective maintenance on generators and vehicles, repair and routine maintenance on signage and hardware.

6. Service Request Maintenance - Upon notice from the Plant Engineering Work Control System the employee will perform work requested by end users that is not of an emergency nature. These activities are prioritized and scheduled by Work Control with consideration of available resources. Selected examples include installation of bulletin boards and installing cabinets or shelving.

Other Information:

Education Requirements:

* High school graduate or GED.

License/Certifications Requirements:

* None

Professional Experience Requirements:

* 1 year of experience as a painter or 1-3 years as a painter-helper.

    * Experience painting in a healthcare or commercial setting is preferred.


    Job Details

    Legal Employer: Nash Hospitals

    Entity: Nash UNC Health Care

    Organization Unit: NGH Plant Maintenance

    Work Type: Full Time

    Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

    Work Assignment Type: Onsite

    Work Schedule: Variable

    Location of Job: NASH HC

    Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

    Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

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