Part-Time Facilities Coordinator for Research Lab

UWMSN University of Wisconsin Madison; United States; On-site; USD 28,000 - 40,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation and holidays

Sick leave

Insurance and retirement benefits

Job summary

University of Wisconsin–Madison is seeking a part-time Facilities Coordinator to oversee daily and emergency building maintenance in the Biomolecular Chemistry department. The role coordinates with Physical Plant, custodial staff, and PIs to manage equipment, service contracts, and capital assets.

It also includes inventory control, reporting, and ensuring regulatory compliance. The position is 50% time, onsite, with a 11:00am–3:00pm schedule, Monday through Friday.

Qualifications

• Good organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to complete tasks in a timely manner.
• Familiarity with Microsoft products; Excel and Google.
• Preferred: previous science building manager experience.
• Preferred: equipment maintenance experience.

Responsibilities

• Building inventory and capital equipment disposal
• Prepares reports of building findings with recommendations to address identified maintenance or facility improvement issues
• Works with PIs and physical plant to repair or replace laboratory equipment
• Coordinates the maintenance of protection systems such as fire panels, smoke/heat detectors, sprinkler systems, and pumps in accordance with regulatory requirements and industry standards including ensuring emergency generators/power systems, rigging systems, and elevators are properly maintained in accordance with industry standards and are operational at all times
• Coordinates scheduled mechanical and electrical services within an area of responsibility, administering preventive maintenance programs for facilities, inspecting facilities to determine repair or replacement needs, and supervising the performance of emergency and routine maintenance on campus facilities within the area of responsibility
• Budgets and monitors costs involved with services including waste services, recycling management and maintenance groups
• Ensures that the work performance of employees in the area of responsibility and maintenance zones or sections as a whole meet standards and expectations
• Ensures buildings are maintained by touring the common areas/public spaces, tracking and identifying needed repairs, and communicating with building managers and department administrators

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Task management

Microsoft Office

Excel

Google

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

University of Wisconsin–Madison is seeking a part-time Facilities Coordinator to oversee daily and emergency building maintenance in the Biomolecular Chemistry department. The role coordinates with Physical Plant, custodial staff, and PIs to manage equipment, service contracts, and capital assets.

It also includes inventory control, reporting, and ensuring regulatory compliance. The position is 50% time, onsite, with a 11:00am–3:00pm schedule, Monday through Friday.