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Join Hilo Benioff Medical Center and be part of a team that proudly cares for our friends, family, and neighbors across East Hawaiʻi.

Join a team that helps keep our hospital safe, functional, and welcoming for patients, staff, and the community. As a Building & Grounds Utility Worker, you will support essential maintenance and repair work that ensures a reliable and healing environment. Your hands-on contributions play a key role in keeping hospital operations running smoothly every day.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist with preventive maintenance and minor repairs on hospital equipment, fixtures, and facilities
• Support skilled trades (carpentry, plumbing, electrical, painting) with basic repair and upkeep tasks
• Perform routine groundskeeping duties including mowing, landscaping, and exterior maintenance
• Operate equipment and vehicles to transport materials, supplies, and waste
• Maintain tools, equipment, and inventory while ensuring proper cleaning and upkeep
• Follow all safety, infection control, and facility policies while working collaboratively with staff and departments

Required Qualifications: To qualify, you must meet all of the following requirements. Please note that unless specifically indicated, the required education and experiences are credited based on a 40-hour work week.
Qualifications:

• Education: No minimum required; high school diploma or equivalent preferred
• Experience: Combination of education and experience equivalent to two (2) years in building and grounds maintenance
• Licensure: Valid State of Hawaii Driver’s License (Type 3) required (evidence of license and original copy of traffic abstract is required)

This role requires physical work including lifting, moving materials, and working both indoors and outdoors. If you are dependable, mechanically inclined, and enjoy hands-on work that supports a mission-driven healthcare team, we encourage you to apply.

As the Big Island’s leading providers of inpatient and outpatient care, the East Hawaii Region of Hawai`i Health Systems Corporation (HHSC), consisting of Hilo Benioff Medical Center, Honoka'a Hospital, Ka′u Hospital, Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home, East Hawaii Medical Group and East Hawaii Health Pharmacy, delivers a full range of services and programs. Our three hospitals include 290 beds and more than 1,900 employees. Our medical staff is comprised of 250 physicians, physician assistants and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, representing 33 specialties. East Hawaii Health is our network of clinics offering primary and specialty care. Hilo Benioff Medical Center functions as a Level III Trauma Center, which includes the second busiest emergency room in the state, providing 24-hour care and serving more than 50,000 patients annually. Honoka'a Hospital and Ka′u Hospital are designated as Critical Access Hospitals. To learn more about the East Hawaii Region, please watch our Video Yearbook or visit www.hbmc.org, www.honokaahospital.org or www.kauhospital.org.

• 13 paid holidays each year (104 hours); 14 (112 hours) during election years*
• 21 paid vacation days (168 hours) per year*
• 21 paid sick days (168 hours) per year*
• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription plans
• Employee Assistance Program
• Participation in the State of Hawaii’s retirement system
• Potential eligibility for various student loan repayment & scholarship programs

* Rates listed for paid holidays, vacation and sick days are for 1.0 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) positions assigned to 8 hour shifts. Accruals for these benefits are otherwise prorated based on FTE.

Offers of employment will be contingent on successfully passing a pre-employment examination, which includes a drug screen and other regulatory medical requirements such as, but not limited to, a tuberculosis (TB) screen. The cost for drug screening and blood draw for QuantiFERON and Titers, shall be borne by the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.

As part of the recruiting process for this position, external applicants (job applicants NOT employed by HHSC’s East Hawaii Region) are required to complete pre-employment assessments shortly after application submission. If you are not an employee of the East Hawaii Region of HHSC, you will receive an email containing assessment instructions. We ask that you complete the assessments within two days of receipt of the request.

The East Hawaii Region of Hawaii Health Systems Corporation is a drug free workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Must be available to work shifts, weekends and holidays as necessary based on hospital operations. Services are provided 24/7.