Hotel Facilities Technician

University of Southern California; Glendale (CA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Work-life balance

Job summary

USC Auxiliary Services at USC Hotel is seeking a General Maintenance Worker to help maintain our facilities and uphold high standards of excellence. You will inspect and repair equipment, communicate with management and vendors, and focus on responsive customer service for students, faculty, and staff.

Daily tasks include preventative maintenance of appliances, basic repairs to kitchen and facility systems, and supporting safety and lighting improvements.

Qualifications

• Specialized or technical training.
• 6 - 12 months of experience.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English.
• Knowledge of thermodynamic laws, refrigerator cycles, electricity principles, test/detection instruments, hand/power tools, AC/DC currents, wood finishing, wiring, painting, construction, and plumbing.
• Presents oneself professionally, in line with higher education environment.
• Demonstrate, through actions, a strong commitment to USC's Unifying Values.

Responsibilities

• Provides customer service to students, faculty, staff and external customers. Meets customer needs, offers options, resolves problems and follows up with customers.
• Provides on-going preventative maintenance for appliances including air conditioners, heaters, refrigerators, stoves, ovens and dishwashers.
• Troubleshoots and repairs or replaces appliance parts and perform repairs on commercial kitchen equipment.
• Maintains appliance part inventory.
• Builds interior walls, fabricates cabinets, drawers and screens, assembles furniture and performs preventive maintenance.
• Installs safety restraints on cabinets and furniture; patches and stretches carpet; replaces broken windows and ceiling tiles.
• Repairs or replaces light bulbs, ballasts, switches, plugs, light fixtures; maintains wiring systems and emergency lights; tests and replaces smoke detectors.

Skills

Customer service

English communication

Hand tools

Power tools

Electrical testing instruments

Welding

Education

Specialized or technical training

Tools

Hand tools

Power tools

Electrical testing instruments

Job description

USC Auxiliary Services at USC Hotel is seeking a General Maintenance Worker to help maintain our facilities and uphold high standards of excellence. You will inspect and repair equipment, communicate with management and vendors, and focus on responsive customer service for students, faculty, and staff.

Daily tasks include preventative maintenance of appliances, basic repairs to kitchen and facility systems, and supporting safety and lighting improvements.