Job Description
This position is responsible for campus deliveries, relocation of property, and setup of special events.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
This position is responsible for campus deliveries, relocation of property, and setup of special events.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Safely and efficiently load and unload goods from trucks, pallets, and other vehicles using appropriate equipment such as forklifts, pallet jacks, and hand trucks.
- Ability to communicate effectively and appropriately.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of records and information.
- Ability to interact in an effective and appropriate manner with various populations, the University community, and the public.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Ability to safely operate a motor vehicle, pallet jack, and forklift.
- Ability to use basic hand tools to assemble/disassemble furniture.
- Ability to read and follow directions from work orders or confirmation of facilities request sheet.
- Ability to write legibly and process work orders.
- Ability to recognize occupational hazards and take appropriate safety precautions.
- Ability to deliver freight and University property to the designated location.
- Ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- Ability to perform the physical requirements of the position.
- Ability to set up furniture, equipment, etc. for special events.
- Ability to work occasional overtime as needed.
- Heavy Work: Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
- High school graduate or equivalent.
- Valid driver's license.
- Valid forklift permit
Austin Peay State University is a four-year public, doctoral-level university, with six colleges and four Chairs of Excellence. The University has an enrollment of over 11,000 students and is located in Clarksville, Tennessee, a community of an estimated 150,287 people located approximately 40 miles northwest of Nashville, TN.
Austin Peay State University is a proud supporter of hiring veterans. We hire veterans with equivalent experiences and pay grades from their military service, rather than requiring or preferring only college degrees. Please visit our website for more information on how veterans can qualify for additional employment opportunities at APSU: https://www.apsu.edu/human-resources/hiring-veterans/.
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