Title: 00637 - Locksmith

State Role Title: Trades Technician III

Hiring Range: $31,886 - $58,000

Pay Band: 3

Agency: Norfolk State University

Location: Norfolk State University

Agency Website: WWW.NSU.EDU

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

To install ,adjust ,repair ,and open residential and commerciallocks of all types and makes. Make keys and adjust/change lock combinations. Rebuild, change, and service mechanical and/or electrical locks using‘specialized equipment.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Consideragle years of experience.
2. Ability and experience installing and repairing residential and commecial door locks and hardware.
3. Abllity and experience installing, maintaining, and repairing security devices for commercial buildings
4. Ability and experience to make duplicate keys
5. Ability and experience to re-keylocking cylinders
6. Ability and experience maintaining professionalism and customer service
7. Abllity and experience maintaining customer confidentiality/privacy

Additional Considerations

1. 5 years ofexperience (university campus experience preferred)
2. Ability and experience installing, maintaining, and repairing electronic, magnetic keypad and vault systems, including related software
3. Locksmith certification through one of the following three (3)locksmith organizations:
A. Associated Locksmiths of America’(ALOA),
B. Society of professionalLocksmiths (SOPL)
C. Institutional Locksmiths Association (IA)

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Application and/or résumé for this position must be submitted electronically by 11:59 p.m. on the closing date through the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Job Board/Recruitment Management System (RMS). Mailed, emailed, faxed, or hand delivered applications and/or résumés will not be accepted. Applicants who possess an Interagency Placement Screening Form (Yellow Form) or a Preferential Hiring Form (Blue Form) as issued under the Department of Human Resources Management (DHRM) Policy 1.30 Layoff (Commonwealth of Virginia Employees Only), must attach these forms when submitting their state application and/or résumé. The decision to interview an applicant is based solely on the information received for this position from either the electronic application and/or résumé. RMS provides a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your RMS account to check the status of your application for this position.
Norfolk State University conducts background checks on all candidates identified as a finalist for employment consideration. The type of background check(s) performed are dependent upon the type of position for which you have been identified as a finalist and may include: criminal history, including sexual offender registry checks, reference checks, degree validation, DMV (driving) records, license verification, and credit report reviews. The results of background checks are made available to University employing officials. As a finalist, you will be required to sign an Authorization to Release form. Norfolk State University utilizes Form I-9 and E-verify in the verification of eligibility for employment. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without employer sponsorship.

Contact Information

Name: Office of Human Resources

Phone: 757-823-8160

Email: NO EMAILED DOCUMENTS ACCEPTED

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.