Maintenance/Building Technician

Trine University - Fort Wayne; Angola (IN); On-site; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Insurance options

Long Term Disability

Paid vacation and sick time

Retirement contribution options

Education benefits for employees and dependents

Job summary

A university in Indiana is seeking maintenance personnel for Campus Operations. This role involves ensuring a safe environment through inspections, repairs, and minor construction. Candidates should have at least five years of building maintenance experience and a High School diploma or GED. Responsibilities include conducting safety inspections, managing heating and cooling systems, and completing maintenance paperwork. The position offers a comprehensive benefits package including insurance options and educational benefits.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED required.
• Minimum of five years of building maintenance or construction-related experience.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints.

Responsibilities

• Perform safety inspections of facility's Life Safety Equipment.
• Conduct security inspections and repairs of exterior doors and windows.
• Monitor daily operation of heating, cooling, and water systems.
• Complete required paperwork including timesheets and work orders.

Skills

Building maintenance

Safety inspections

Communication

Minor repairs (electrical, plumbing)

Education

High School diploma or GED

Job description

Campus Operations maintenance personnel provide services designed to create a vibrant, welcoming, and safe environment by maintaining assigned areas through general maintenance, inspections, minor construction, and repairs of university assets.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Duties include, but are not limited to, the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Performs safety inspection of facility’s Life Safety Equipment (fire extinguishers, exit signs/lights, emergency lights, generators, fire doors, fire alarm systems).
• Performs safety inspections and repairs of buildings, fleet, and grounds.
• Performs security inspections and repairs of exterior doors and windows.
• Monitors daily operation of heating, cooling, water conditioning, and domestic hot water boilers.
• Performs minor repairs on electrical, mechanical, and plumbing systems (ballast replacement, switch replacement, filter replacement, unplugs sinks and stools, etc.).
• Performs minor repairs to interior and exterior finishes (ceiling tile, floor tile, carpet, painting, glass, cabinets, chalkboards, bookshelves, bulletin boards, walls, doors, railings, and partitions, etc.).
• Performs inspections and minor repairs to exterior (roof, roof drains, downspouts, etc.).
• Performs preventive maintenance tasks for electrical, HVAC, and plumbing systems.
• Completes and submits the required paperwork (time sheets, work orders, material slips, etc.).
• Communicates effectively with the site resident director, resident assistant, administrators, Deans, faculty, and staff.
• Communicates and reviews short- and long-term needs of the site to the Director of Campus Operations.
• Orders necessary maintenance materials and supplies or inventory control.
• Employees shall be available after hours to return for work requests.
• Employees shall be available for occasional weekend work.
• Employees are required to participate in the after-hours on-call rotation.
• Duties may include unlocking and locking of buildings and/or University property.
• Employees will assist with snow removal.

Education and/or Experience

A High School diploma or General Education Degree (GED) is required.

Job Requirements

High School diploma or General Education Degree (GED), and a minimum of five years of building maintenance or construction-related experience. Ability to read and interpret blueprints.

Trine University offers a comprehensive benefit package designed to provide a variety of choices to best fit your needs and the needs of your family. Some benefits offered include:

• Life Insurance – a variety of voluntary life options are available along with an employer-paid employee life policy valued at 1½ times annual salary
• Financial Insurance – employer-paid Long Term Disability and voluntary Short-Term Disability, Accident, Hospital Indemnity, and Critical Illness options are available
• Paid vacation and sick time
• Retirement – after one year full-time service you are eligible for an employer contribution of 5% and up to an additional 5% employer match
• Education – after 6 months of full-time service, undergraduate education benefits are available for employee, spouse, and dependent children

Are you ready to join Trine?

Trine University is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, genetic information, citizenship status, military status, or any other basis prohibited by law, unless such basis constitutes a bona fide occupational qualification. Trine will comply with its legal obligation to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and for religious beliefs.