Position Type: Non Classified
Job Title: Equipment Mechanic
Classification Title: Equipment Mechanic
Campus Location: ASU Searcy
Job Description
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The Equipment Mechanic is responsible through preventative maintenance and work orders for maintaining and repairing tools and equipment used in buildings, grounds, and general maintenance. Maintains grounds and buildings.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Operates tractors, forklifts, riding lawn mowers, weed eaters, trimmers, etc.
- Identifies problems and determines appropriate action by consulting schematics or manuals.
- Checks cords, plugs, and safety features, oils and greases gears and casings on electric hand tools, drills, saws, and impact hammers.
- Cleans dirty equipment and/or parts using air hoses or chemical solutions, and maintains cleaning and floor maintenance equipment.
- Sharpens blades on mowers, tractors, and other hand tools.
- Maintains parts and supplies, such as oil, gas, and filters. Orders new inventory as required.
- Maintain the grounds and all buildings.
- Other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
Education: Mental alertness and adaptability to office and field area work routines. Equivalent to four years high school, with particular emphasis during high school in office skills, shop skills, or others.
Experience General: 0 to 6 months related experience or training. Experience in maintenance and repair of small engines and power tools or related area.
Minimum Salary or Salary Range: Commensurate with experience
Physical Requirements
- Stand: regularly
- Walk: continuously
- Sit: occasionally
- Use hand to finger, handle, or feel: continuously
- Reach with hands and arms: continuously
- Climb or balance: regularly
- Stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl: regularly
- Talk or Hear: continuously
- Taste or smell: occasionally
- Up to 10 pounds: continuously
- Up to 25 pounds: regularly
- Up to 50 pounds: occasionally
- Does this position have any special vision requirements? Check all that apply.: Close vision, Distance vision, Color vision, Peripheral vision, Depth perception, Ability to adjust focus
Background Check Statement
This position will be subject to a pre-employment criminal, sex-offender registry background check. In cases where pre-determined, an additional financial/credit history/ background check may be required as well. Convictions that have been sealed or legally eradicated and misdemeanor convictions for which probation was completed and the case was dismissed, will be excluded. Disclosure does not constitute an automatic bar to employment. Factors such as dates of the offense, seriousness and nature of the violation, rehabilitation and position applied for will be taken into account.
Background Check Requirements: Criminal Background
ASU Beebe EEO Statement
Arkansas State University-Beebe shall provide equal opportunity for employment to all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status, and shall strive to achieve full and equal employment opportunity throughout our campuses for faculty and staff. Our goal is to foster a workplace community where individuals are valued for their diverse backgrounds and differences.
Posting Number: NC3612014
Open Date: 10/14/2026
Special Instructions to Applicants
NOTE: If you are a veteran, disabled veteran, or spouse of a deceased veteran and would like Veteran’s Preference, we will need to see proof of status in order to grant that. Please see Veteran’s Preference section of the application for specific proof.
Applicants for this position with ASU-Beebe must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with ASU-Beebe such as H1-B, F-1 (CPT/OPT), TN or any other status.
