With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the in Dallas-Fort Worth for the sixth consecutive year, we invite you to continue your healthcare career with us at UT Southwestern. You will discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and consistent opportunities for learning and advancement into leadership roles.

All full-time employees will have a robust benefits package including employer paid medical insurance. Children and family medical insurance plans are available at a cost to the employee.

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The Building Maintenance Specialist (BMS) is responsible for responding to and fixing multiple hospital facilities building related issues. One day a week this position works on a weekend day and takes all calls for the entire hospital. The other four days a week, the BMS takes calls related to assigned floors. The BMS responds to all HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and other specialty system issues. Direct patient care systems like nurse call, TransVac, and the pneumatic tube are also critical systems addressed. The BMS also conducts TJC inspection of items and records the documentation in an appropriate manner.

This is a 1st Shift position, 7:30am - 4:00pm, Tuesday through Saturday.

• High school graduation, GED, or vocational school.
• Four (4) years skilled or journeyman level experience, including at least two (2) years' experience in each of two trades or crafts.

• Performs plumbing, electrical, welding, mechanical, housekeeping, carpentry, and painting repairs according to service requests for specifically assigned specialties.
• Inspects plumbing, electrical, mechanical housekeeping, etc. in assigned buildings as scheduled by work order from Management.
• Maintains records and documents of work completed.
• Installs new equipment as required.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Work requires ability to utilize specialized equipment and tools commonly used in laboratory and Animal Resource facility, such as cage washers, automatic water systems, autoclaves, etc. in addition to vibrator analyzer, infrared, detector, oscilloscope, etc. Work requires skill in the use of welding torches and carpentry tools.
• Work requires proficiency in all phases of duties performed.
• Work requires alertness and careful attention to avoid serious injury to self and others.
• Work requires wearing gloves, masks, respirators, hearing protection, face shields, eye protection, and protective clothing.
• Work requires walking, bending, climbing, lifting up to 50 lbs., pulling/pushing equipment up to 50 lbs.

The following is the acronym, "PACT", and is fundamental to all non-clinical positions at UT Southwestern Medical Center:

• P-Problem Solving: Employees take ownership in solving problems effectively, efficiently, and to the satisfaction of customers, or managers. They show initiative in addressing areas of concern before they become problems.
• A-Ability, Attitude and Accountability: Employees exhibit the ability to perform their job and conduct themselves in a professional and positive manner reflecting a professional environment readily assuming obligations in a dependable and reliable manner.
• C-Communication, Contribution, and Collaboration: Who are our customers? Anyone who requests our help, needs our work product, or receives our services. Employees focus on customer service with creative solutions while improving the customer experience through clear, courteous, and timely delivery and communication. Sharing ideas with others helps expand our contribution to department goals.
• T-Teamwork: Employees work to contribute to the department's success by supporting co-workers, promoting excellence in work product and customer service, and in maintaining a satisfying, caring environment for each other.

• Work is performed primarily in a laboratory, general office, or outside area.
• Working conditions involve exposure to one or more disagreeable elements, such as dust, dirt, heat, moisture, cold conditions, contact with animals, animal odors, lifting, moving heavy equipment, and occasional work where biohazardous, chemicals, or zoonotic diseases will require use of appropriate safety procedures.

Any qualifications to be considered as equivalents in lieu of stated minimum require prior approval of Vice President for Human Resources Administration or his/her designee.

This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code *51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information.

UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status. To learn more, please visit: .