Trades Specialist (27-04)

FMU Nursing; South Carolina; On-site; USD 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Francis Marion University is seeking a Trades Specialist to perform skilled maintenance, repair, and modification of buildings and equipment under general supervision. Responsibilities include installing and repairing building components, surveying requirements, assisting other trades, painting, and responding to facilities issues with overtime on occasion.

Minimum state requirements include formal training or related trades experience; preference for a high school graduate with 3-5 years of

Qualifications

• Formal training or trades experience directly related to the area of employment.

Responsibilities

• Install, repair, or replace building components including locks, door closers, windows, glass, walls, and other building elements.
• Survey job requirements and requisition parts, tools, equipment, and materials.
• Assist other craftsmen in maintenance and repairs of plumbing, electrical systems, and carpentry items.
• Prepare and paint elements of buildings and equipment.
• Troubleshoot, repair, and install locks, door closures, and panic bars.
• Respond to facilities problems requiring overtime and on-call rotations.

Skills

3-5 years’ related work experience

Trades training

Education

High School diploma

Job description

Francis Marion University invites applications for a Trades Specialist who, under general supervision, performs skilled duties involved in the maintenance, repair, and modification of buildings and equipment.

Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Installs, repairs, or replaces building components, including locks, door closers, windows, glass, walls, and other sections thereof, masonry, carpet, tile, vinyl tile, light fixtures, ballasts, bulbs, toilets, sheetrock railings, roofs, and miscellaneous other elements of buildings and items of equipment.
• Surveys job requirements and requests parts, tools, equipment, and/or materials needed.
• Assists other craftsmen or, to the extent of their own expertise, accomplishes necessary tasks in maintenance and repairs of plumbing, electrical systems, and carpentry related items.
• Properly prepares and paints elements of buildings and items of equipment.
• Troubleshoots, repairs, and installs locks, door closures, and panic bars.
• Can respond to facilities problems during other than normal working hours, earning overtime; may serve as primary person on call on a rotating basis earning overtime.

State Requirements: Formal training or trades experience that is directly related to the area of employment.

FMU Preferences: High School graduate with 3-5 years’ work experience directly related to the area of employment. A trade course would be helpful but not required. Desirable skills but not required: plumbing, welding masonry, concrete work, rough carpentry, framing, drywall construction, painting, etc. Must be able to see well enough to read chemical labels accurately in various lighting conditions and to operate equipment safely at normal sound cues from other traffic and from equipment being operated.

*Must have a valid SC Drivers License.

Normal Working Hours: Monday-Friday 7:00am- 3:00pm. Summer Hours will vary.

State Classification: Trades Specialist III, KC30

Pay Grade: GEN06

Salary: $37,944

Materials Needed:

• 1. Letter of Interest (Referencing Position Number 27-04).
• 2. Copies of all transcripts (official transcripts will be required of the successful candidate).
• 3. Resume.
• 4. The names, addresses, email addresses, and telephone numbers of three references; and
• 5. FMU Staff Application

Review of applications will begin immediately

As Francis Marion University has continued to be recognized for its diverse student body, it especially welcomes applicants who can affirm and enhance its mission.

Applicants honorably discharged from a branch of the United States Armed Forces, who meet the minimum training and experience requirements, are given employment preference by all State agencies and higher education institutions in SC.

An Affiliated Equal Opportunity Institution