Industrial Maintenance Trades Specialist

Summary

VCU’s Facilities Management Department is seeking to hire an Industrial Maintenance Trades Specialist for Facilities Operations.

Primary Responsibilities include:
Utilize knowledge of the trades to perform preventive maintenance, repair, and installation of building infrastructure, ensuring efficient operation of Zone facilities

Provide exemplary customer service to all faculty, staff, and students supporting the University's mission of teaching, high-impact research, and creative expression Identify and document system deficiencies using diagnostic tools and advise management of tasks requiring priority attention
• Provide quality workmanship and service to maximize system availability and minimize unscheduled downtime

Additional duties include (but are not limited to):


Reactive/Service Work

• Respond and complete service work orders requiring diagnosis and repair of fan coil units, heat pumps, room air conditioners, and hydronic pumps
  
• Respond to service requests requiring diagnosis and repair of various building infrastructure, including ceiling tiles, floor tiles, cove base, and doors
  
• Respond to and complete service electrical requests, including lamps, ballasts, switches, and receptacles
  
• Respond to and complete various plumbing service requests, including flush valves, water closets, sinks, and water coolers

Preventive Maintenance

• Perform and complete regularly scheduled preventive maintenance to various building infrastructure, such as doors, fan coil units, room air conditioners, heat pumps, and hydronic pumps

Customer Service/Teamwork

• Works collaboratively and collegially throughout the department, division, and University
  
• Interact with others to collectively resolve problems, accomplish mutual goals, and foster an atmosphere of trust
  
• Share information and ideas to improve customer service and promote Facilities Management's goals
  
• Listens to and anticipates customer needs; provides clear explanations; responds quickly;
• takes initiative to assist internal and external customers
  
• Communicates respectfully to internal and external customers; appreciates diversity and respects differences

Designated/Essential Personnel

• Other duties as assigned
  
• Work/on-call during inclement weather and emergencies
  
• Work a rotating on-call schedule where response to campus will be required for expedited/emergency issues

Computer Skills/AiM

• Utilize computer skills to access email, research parts/information, and place orders as required
  
• Demonstrate working knowledge of AiM and AiM Go ensuring prompt completion of work requests and time card entry following all established workflow processes, including notes logs for all work requests over 30 days

Multiple shifts available

Work Hours: 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM, Monday-Friday

Salary Range: $45,000 - $52,000 ($21.63/hr - $25.00/hr) + up to $2,500 Sign-on Bonus

Each agency within the Commonwealth of Virginia is dedicated to recruiting, supporting, and maintaining a competent and diverse work force. Equal Opportunity Employer