"General Maintenance Technician"

Job Details

Benefits: All full-time university staff are eligible for VCU’s robust benefits package that includes comprehensive health benefits, paid annual and holiday leave granted up front, generous tuition benefits, retirement planning and savings options, tax-deferred annuity and cash match programs, employee discounts, well-being resources, abundant opportunities for career development and advancement, and more.

Unit: Facilities Operations

Department: Facilities Management

Duties & Responsibilities:

Summary

VCU’s Facilities Management Department is seeking to hire a Trades Worker - Industrial Maintenance for Facilities Operations.

Primary Responsibilities include:

• Utilize knowledge of the trades to perform preventive maintenance, repair, and installation of building infrastructure, ensuring efficient operation of Zone facilities
• Provide exemplary customer service to all faculty, staff, and students supporting the University's mission of teaching, high-impact research, and creative expression
• Identify and document system deficiencies using diagnostic tools and advise management of tasks requiring priority attention
• Provide quality workmanship and service to maximize system availability and minimize unscheduled downtime

Additional duties include (but are not limited to):

Reactive/Service Work

• Respond and complete service work orders requiring diagnosis and repair of fan coil units, heat pumps, room air conditioners, and hydronic pumps
• Respond to service requests requiring diagnosis and repair of various building infrastructure, including ceiling tiles, floor tiles, cove base, and doors
• Respond to and complete service electrical requests, including lamps, ballasts, switches, and receptacles
• Respond to and complete various plumbing service requests, including flush valves, water closets, sinks, and water coolers

Preventive Maintenance

• Perform and complete regularly scheduled preventive maintenance to various building infrastructure, such as doors, fan coil units, room air conditioners, heat pumps, and hydronic pumps

Customer Service/Teamwork

• Works collaboratively and collegially throughout the department, division, and University
• Interact with others to collectively resolve problems, accomplish mutual goals, and foster an atmosphere of trust
• Share information and ideas to improve customer service and promote Facilities Management's goals
• Listens to and anticipates customer needs; provides clear explanations; responds quickly; takes initiative to assist internal and external customers
• Communicates respectfully to internal and external customers

Designated/Essential Personnel

• Other duties as assigned
• Work/on-call during inclement weather and emergencies
• Work a rotating on-call schedule where response to campus will be required for expedited/emergency issues

Computer Skills/AiM

• Utilize computer skills to access email, research parts/information, and place orders as required
• Demonstrate working knowledge of AiM and AiM Go ensuring prompt completion of work requests and time card entry following all established workflow processes, including notes logs for all work requests over 30 days

Hours of Work/Shift: Rotating including weekends and holidays/12:00 AM - 12:30 PM and 12:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Qualifications:

Minimum Hiring Standards

• Several years of experience performing commercial building maintenance
• Ability to repair and service a wide variety of building infrastructure components, including HVAC, plumbing, electrical systems, and carpentry related issues
• Ability communicate orally and in writing to supervision, other employees, and customers
• Ability to read/interpret drawings, plans, specifications, and scopes
• Ability to use a wide variety of hand tools and power equipment
• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent
• Valid Driver's License is required
• Demonstrated experience working in and fostering an environment of respect, professionalism, and civility with a population of faculty, staff, and students from various backgrounds and experiences, or a commitment to do so as a staff member at VCU
• Valid Driver's License is required

Preferred Qualifications

EPA Universal Refrigerant Certification preferred

Salary Range: $50,000 - $60,000 + up to $2,500 sign-on bonus

FLSA Exemption Status: Non-exempt

Hours per Week: 40

Restricted Position: No

ORP Eligible: No

Flexible Work Arrangement: Fully onsite