Maintenance Technician

Westminster-College; Garden City (MO); On-site; USD 40,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision

HSA/FSA

Short-term disability

Hospitalization

Accident insurance

Long-term disability

- 403(b) retirement

Tuition remission/exchange

Sick and vacation time

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Westminster College is seeking a Maintenance Technician to perform skilled and semi-skilled repairs and preventive maintenance across campus facilities. The role supports a campus focused on hands-on learning, with opportunities to contribute to a tight-knit community.

Qualifications include a high school diploma or equivalent and five years of experience in facilities maintenance, with skills in electrical, carpentry, and plumbing trades.

Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience: Five years experience responsible for general facilities maintenance.
• Skills: Skilled in maintenance, renovation, and repairs in electrical, carpentry, and plumbing trades.

Responsibilities

• Perform electrical repairs, troubleshooting, re-lamping, and fixture work.
• Repair/build and maintain building components such as walls, doors, ceilings, floors, and shelving.
• Maintain and repair plumbing systems including sinks, toilets, faucets, and pipes; ensure safety and efficiency.

Skills

Electrical work

Carpentry

Plumbing

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

At Westminster College, we believe in immersive and enriching experiences that inspire creative thinking and problem solving. We believe in creating opportunities for several different paths to success over a lifetime and the potential to make an impact from wherever you are. For our students, we do this by providing real-world, hands‑on learning opportunities, small class sizes, and talented professors dedicated to the individual. Our employees often remark that our tight‑knit community creates an atmosphere fostering campus involvement that adapts to all interests. As a result, Westminster continues to be recognized for its excellence in higher education as one of the best small liberal arts colleges in the Midwest.

The Maintenance Technician role provides skilled and semi‑skilled repairs and preventive maintenance services to campus facilities.

Requirements

Essential Functions:

• Performing a variety of tasks relating to electrical work – troubleshooting, re‑lamping, repairing or replacing fixtures, switches, outlets, ballasts, and covers.
• Performing a variety of tasks relating to carpentry work – installing shelves, bulletin boards, dispensers, pictures; repairing/replacing/installing building components such as walls, doors, ceilings, floors, hardware, partitions, shelving, bulletin boards, dispensers, minor exterior building repairs.
• Performing a variety of tasks relating to plumbing work – maintaining and repairing sinks, toilets, faucets, dispensers, fountains and pipes; clear obstructions from water, sewer lines, drains and sump pumps.
• May perform a variety of tasks relating to Plant Operations work as needed; must maintain a valid Missouri driver's license.

Job Requirements

Education: High school diploma or equivalent.

Experience: Five years experience responsible for general facilities maintenance.

Skills: Skilled in the application of maintenance, renovation, and repairs following recognized principles and practices of the trades associated with electrical, carpentry, and plumbing. Skilled in safe operation of equipment and tools.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision options
• Health Savings Account and/or Flex Spending Account
• Supplemental options: Short‑term disability, Hospitalization, Accident, and Critical Illness
• Stand‑alone EAP program
• Life, AD&D, and long‑term disability
• Retirement 403(b) plan
• Tuition remission or exchange programs
• Sick and Vacation time
• Paid Holidays (15+ each year)

Westminster College encourages and gives full consideration to all applicants for admission, financial aid, and employment. The College is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. The College does not discriminate in access to, treatment of, or employment in, its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, veteran status, marital status, disability, or genetic information.

Inquiries about compliance with this prohibition should be directed to:

Associate Vice President & Chief HR Officer/Title IX Coordinator

501 Westminster Ave, Washington West, 2nd floor

Fulton, MO 65251

[e-mail]

573-592-5226