| Benefits of working at VCU |
All full-time university staff are eligible for VCU’s robust benefits package that includes: comprehensive health benefits, paid annual and holiday leave granted up front, generous tuition benefit, retirement planning and savings options, tax-deferred annuity and cash match programs, employee discounts, well-being resources, abundant opportunities for career development and advancement, and more. Learn more about VCU’s benefits here. |
| Duties & Responsibilities |
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 |
| Qualifications |
Minimum Hiring Standards
- Several years of experience performing commercial building maintenance
- Ability to repair and service a wide variety of building infrastructure components, including HVAC, plumbing, electrical systems, and carpentry related issues
- Ability communicate orally and in writing to supervision, other employees, and customers
- Ability to read/interpret drawings, plans, specifications, and scopes
- Ability to use a wide variety of hand tools and power equipment
- High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent
- Valid Driver's License is required
- Demonstrated experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff, and student environment or commitment to do so as a staff member at VCU
Preferred Hiring Standards
- EPA Universal Refrigerant Certification preferred
Required Licensure/Certification
- Valid Driver's License is required
Physical and Cognitive Requirements Physical Demands & Activities Light Lifting (<20 lbs): Essential
Moderate Lifting (20-50 lbs): Essential
Heavy Lifting (>50 lbs): Essential
Pushing/Pulling: Essential
Standing: Essential
Sitting: Marginal
Repetitive Motion: Essential
Walking: Essential
Climbing: Essential
Reaching: Essential
Bending: Essential Environmental Conditions Extreme heat/cold: Essential
Extreme Noise: Essential
Vibrations: Essential
Fumes: Marginal
Mists/gases: Marginal Emotional Demands Fast pace: Essential
Average Pace: Essential
Multiple Stimuli: Essential
Intense Customer Interaction: Essential
Frequent Change: Essential Mental/Sensory Demands Memory: Essential
Reasoning: Essential
Hearing: Essential
Reading: Essential
Analyzing: Essential
Logic: Essential
Verbal Communication: Essential
Written Communication: Essential Salary Range: $45,000 - $52,000 ($21.63/hr - $25.00/hr) up to $2,500 Sign-on Bonus Multiple Shifts Available Work Hours: 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM, Monday-Friday ORP Eligible: No VCU Job Code Slotting: Trades Specialist 1-3 (17121-17123) Closing on or before: February 16, 2025 |
