Part-Time Technician II, Conference Center

Lone Star College; Shenandoah (TX); On-site; USD 18,000 - 26,000; Part time

Job summary

Lone Star College System in Houston, TX is seeking a Part Time Assistant II for the Conference Center to maintain furniture and equipment, assist with event setup and breakdown, and help ensure a safe, organized environment for campus events.

You will perform inventory, signage creation, and support maintenance staff, while following college guidelines and safety procedures; this role requires teamwork, physical stamina, and the ability to read instructions and blueprints.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED required.
• Associate's degree preferred.
• Experience with office tools and basic maintenance tasks.
• Able to read procedural docs and blueprints.
• Strong customer service and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain in-house conference center furniture and equipment.
• Configure setup/breakdown for events to support clients.
• Follow safety guidelines per college and state rules.
• Assist with event setups and teardowns for campus events.
• Prepare monthly inventory of furniture and equipment.
• Assist maintenance staff with moving requests.
• Create accurate event signage for daily placement.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Skills

Hand tools

Procedural documentation

Math skills

Customer service

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Heavy lifting

Blueprint reading

PC literacy

MS Word/Excel/Outlook

Education

High School diploma or GED

Associate's degree

Tools

PCs/Printers/Scanners/Copiers

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Publisher

Job description

Commitment to Mission

At Lone Star College System, every employee contributes to our mission of providing transformational educational opportunities that help individuals get from where they are to where they want to be. Guided by our vision to lead higher education through high-quality, affordable, and innovative learning opportunities, employees are expected to exemplify professionalism, integrity, accountability, and collaboration.

Through our One LSC Philosophy, we deliver excellent and uniform customer service, providing consistent information, and uniformly helping every student regardless of physical location, modality, college, campus, center, or medium.

This commitment supports Lone Star College System's strategic goals:

1. Opportunity through financial resilience
2. Leading in academic excellence
3. Strength in culture and talent development
4. Connections through bridges of prosperity

Great Colleges to Work For

Lone Star College System is proud to be recognized as a Great Colleges to Work For institution by The Chronicle of HigherEducation. This recognition reflects our commitment to creating an organizational culture where employees are valued, supported, and empowered.

Campus Marketing Statement

Lone Star College-System Office, University Park

With 100,000 students and counting, Lone Star College System provides transformational educational opportunities that help individuals get from where they are to where they want to be. The two‑year institution is training tomorrow's workforce today, offering more than 200 degrees and certification programs that empower students to take the next step.

Lone Star College System has eight main campuses and more than 20 locations in the Houston area. Learn more at LoneStar.edu.

Lone Star College System Office employees are based at one of two System Office locations: The Woodlands and University Park. Both are sites for multiple administrative departments and system‑wide training programs.

The address is 20515 SH 249 (SH 249 and Louetta Road), Houston, Texas 77070-2607. All applicants must reside in Texas.

Job Description

PURPOSE AND SCOPE:

The Part Time Assistant II, Conference Center maintains in‑house event furniture and equipment. This includes maintaining, distributing, installing, configuring and repairing conference center tables, chairs, podiums, stage risers, transport carts and portable AV equipment. The person will also troubleshoot problem areas in a timely and accurate fashion and provide assistance wherever required.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

1. Participates in preventive and corrective maintenance of conference center furniture and equipment
2. Works closely with Conference Center Director and other conference center personnel to configure most optimum setup/breakdown of facility in support of corporate client events
3. Follows college, state, and federal guidelines regarding safety
4. Participates in set ups and tears downs for internal LSC sponsored events
5. Prepares monthly inventory of Conference Center furniture and equipment
6. Assists Maintenance and Custodial personnel with moving requests
7. Creates accurate and timely event signage for daily placement throughout Conference Center and campus
8. Responsible for other reasonable related duties as assigned

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Ability to operate hand tools, such as example, hammer, screwdriver
• Able to read and understand procedural documentation
• Able to perform quick and basic math problems
• Strong customer service skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to effectively work in a team‑oriented, collaborative environment
• Ability to lift and move items safely; Physically capable of performing heavy lifting (50 pounds) and labor intensive work.
• Must be able to understand and follow directions given orally and in writing, and must be able to read and understand blueprints, setup forms and client provided diagrams
• Must be able to operate PCs, printers, scanners, copiers and fax machines
• Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Publisher for Windows 2000/XP

PHYSICAL ABILITIES:

• Physically capable of performing heavy lifting (50 pounds) and labor intensive work
• Ability to move about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another
• Able to perform intensive physical labor associated with maintenance work; routine vehicle safety precautions must be observed at all times
• Capable of safely operating powered equipment, such as: saws, drills, and sanders, and be able to determine which equipment to use for a particular purpose
• Picking, holding, or otherwise working, primarily with the whole hand
• Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound
• Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction
• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly
• Close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; viewing a computer terminal; repairing small items

WORKING SCHEDULE AND CONDITIONS:

• Equipment used includes, PC workstation running on a LAN in a Microsoft Windows environment, calculator, phone and other general office equipment; gas and electric powered tools and equipment typical in the maintenance industry, including but not limited to power tools, vacuum devices, saws, and drills
• Interface with internal and external contacts as needed to carry out the functions of the position
• Work is performed inside and outdoors; exposure to normal atmospheric conditions, dirt, dust, weather variables, etc.
• Potential risks exist due to handling power tools, equipment, and chemicals
• Position involves intensive physical labor associated with maintenance work and requires safety precautions at all times

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School diploma or GED

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Associate's degree

Salary

Hourly Pay Rate is $15.92

Benefits Marketing Statement

By joining our top‑notch institution, you will enjoy being a part of an organization that offers a supportive, collegial work environment, excellent work/life balance, tuition waiver, participation in a tax deferred retirement plan and more.

Lone Star College is an EEO Employer. All positions are subject to a criminal background check.