escalation or alternative resolution methods. Ensures availability of tools, materials, and equipment, including initiating procurement documentation and coordinating supply needs for operational continuity. Prepares time, labor, and material estimates for maintenance and capital-related projects; develops specifications for work performed by outside contractors when applicable. Prepares operational reports, maintenance logs, and performance analyses, including work order status, PM compliance, and workload metrics. Inspects work areas to ensure compliance with safety standards, OSHA regulations, and institutional policies. Inspects completed work for adherence to trade standards, codes, specifications, and quality expectations. Diagnoses and resolves complex maintenance issues and performs or directs corrective repairs and troubleshooting. Ensures operational readiness and safe use of tools, equipment, and machinery, including directing repairs using appropriate diagnostic and testing instruments.
Minimum Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or GED required.
- Two (2) years of college coursework preferred.
- Minimum eight (8) years of progressively responsible
experience in assigned trade(s), including at least five (5) years
in a lead or supervisory capacity.
- Valid driver’s license (Maryland Class C or equivalent).
- EPA or environmental certifications may be required depending
on assignment (e.g., CFC handling).
- Asbestos awareness or related training may be required.
- OSHA safety training preferred.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:
- Must possess a valid Maryland State Board Master Electrician
License.
- Maryland State Master Electrician License required for
supervisory-level positions involving oversight of electrical
operations, code compliance, and multi-crew coordination.
- Additional trade-related certifications (as applicable to
assignment area) may be required.
Conditions of Employment:
- Candidates selected for employment may be subject to medical
inquiries and/or medical examinations to determine ability to
perform the job.
- Valid Maryland Non-commercial Class C or equivalent driver's
license may be required.
- Possession of Maryland State certification as a licensed
maintenance electrician is required within two years of employment
date.
- Employees in this job class may be required to be trained to
work with asbestos.
- Candidates for employment must be available for emergencies on
an as needed basis.
Additional Job Information:
Benefits include medical, dental, prescription, long-term
disability, accidental death and dismemberment insurance and life
insurance; paid time for paid sick leave, annual leave, and
personal leave; 12 paid holidays per year, tuition remission;
employer-funded pension and supplemental retirement accounts.
Bowie State University shall not discriminate against any
individual on the basis of race, color, religion, age, ancestry or
national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, marital
status or veteran status. All policies, programs, and activities of
Bowie State University are and shall be in conformity with all
pertinent Federal and state laws of nondiscrimination including,
but not limited to: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as
amended, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Equal
Pay Act of 1963, the Age Discrimination Act, Sections 503 and 504
of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities
Act of 1990, Federal Executive Order No. 11375, and Article 49B of
the Annotated Code of Maryland. This commitment applies in all
areas and embraces faculty, staff, and students.
Equal opportunity of access to academic and related programs shall
be extended to all persons. Bowie State University shall have as
its firm objective equal opportunity in recruitment and hiring,
rate of pay, all other promotions, training, retention and
dismissals, for all employees and applicants for employment. The
University will stress equal access for employees and applicants
for employment to all programs and services provided by the
University both on and off campus. The University will also provide
equal opportunity and an atmosphere of nondiscrimination with
respect to women and members of minority groups in all its
operations. In addition, the University shall promote equal
opportunity and equal treatment through a positive and continuing
Affirmative Action Program.
The University makes, and will continue to make, reasonable
accommodations to promote the employment of qualified individuals
with disabilities and disabled veterans, unless such accommodations
would impose an undue hardship on the University's business.
In addition, employees and applicants will not be subjected to
harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion, or discrimination
because they have engaged in, or may have engaged in, activities
such as filing a complaint, assisting or participating in an
investigation, compliance review or hearing, or opposing any act or
practice made unlawful, or exercising any other right protected by
Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended or the
Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as
amended.