What are the responsibilities and job description for the Maintenance Technician position at VCU Health?
Job Description:
The Facilities Specialist will provide general maintenance services to ensure a safe and functional environment for all building users. This includes maintaining building fixtures, hardware and systems, HVAC equipment and systems, refrigeration equipment and systems, electrical equipment and systems, plumbing equipment and systems, and construction techniques.
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain a safe and workable environment for all building users
- Cross-train and understand major systems within the facility
- Troubleshoot equipment problems and effect repairs with general direction
- Interpret and understand blueprints, wiring diagrams, and drawings
- Use precision hand and power tools, calibration or monitoring instruments, machines, and test equipment pertinent to particular skills
- Resolve problems involving several variables in or from standardized situations
- Perform a variety of duties, involving frequent changes of tasks which require different aptitudes, technologies, procedures, working conditions, physical demands, or degrees of attentiveness without loss of efficiency or composure
Requirements:
- Minimum of five (5) years of general maintenance experience, or
- Three (3) years of progressive experience in applicable technical skills with a mechanical or electrical contractor or in an industrial/institutional setting
- Graduation from a technical or vocational trades program will substitute for one (1) year of work experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous maintenance work experience in a healthcare environment
- Education/training: High School Diploma or equivalent
- Graduation from a technical or vocational trades program
