Locksmith Helper

Department: Central Facility Services

Salary: Commensurate with Experience/Education

Assists locksmith in daily routine of filing key requests, cutting keys, updating shop inventory, and maintaining university locks. Operates engraving machine for campus signage and installs finished products. Maintains building directories. Pursuant to the State of Texas Executive Order No. GA-48, this position researches, works on, or has access to critical infrastructure and requires the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the University infrastructure. This position requires personnel be routinely reviewed to determine whether or not criminal history or continuous connections for the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the employee from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure.

1. Provides new keys for university personnel; issues keys to area shops for use throughout the university.
2. Operates an engraving machine and installs finished products, such as building directories, door signs, room number plaques, and name plates.
3. Prepares lock cores for installation; removes broken keys from locks.
4. Repairs locks, i.e., changes functions, files Strike plates, furnishes missing hardware, etc.
5. Conducts inspections campus-wide for missing signs and loose hardware.
6. Compiles and distributes weekly key reports to all area shops which have keys in use.
7. Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

MQ: Requires ability to read, write, add, subtract and follow oral and/or basic written instructions as might normally be acquired through 9 to 11 years of formal schooling. No experience is required.

All positions at the University of Houston-System are security sensitive and will require a criminal history check. The University of Houston System and its universities are Equal Opportunity Institutions. Everyone is encouraged to apply.