What are the responsibilities and job description for the Preventive Maintenance Technician I position at Berea College?
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Description
This position’s primary role is to respond to both planned, reactive, and preventive maintenance and repair work orders on a college campus. The position will work alongside experienced PM technicians to assist with and learn the processes required to complete preventive maintenance tasks on residential, commercial, and industrial equipment on a college campus. Candidate may be asked to perform basic work for various trades and must have a strong mechanical aptitude and willingness to learn. Position requires the candidate to be self-motivated. Customer service and good communications within the team and to campus customers requesting work is necessary for success in the position. Normal working hours for the position are Monday-Friday 8:00-5:00, but occasional shift work, overtime and periodic call back time (on-call) are also a necessary and required part of the job.
Your Key Responsibilities
Education required to ensure success in this position:
Located where the Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea (pop. 16,000) lies forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately two hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville. More information about Berea College is available at www.berea.edu.
Berea College, in light of its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social equality, welcomes all people of the earth to learn and work here.
Berea College is always looking for talented, self-motivated individuals to join our team. If you think you are ready to be a part of an exciting team, then we encourage you to continue with this applicant friendly, online job application!
Berea College is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.
Our Benefits
Berea College offers a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees and their families including health care, dental, vision, retirement, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability and an Employee Assistance Program. The benefit package also includes access to the Child Development Laboratory for children of College Staff, ages 6 weeks to 6 years, Seabury Center Membership, Staff Development Funds and Tuition Reimbursement.
Eligible staff employees also receive paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave.
Part-time employees who work an average of 24 hours per week over the course of a year, receive benefits on a pro-rated basis.
To learn more details, visit our benefits page at https://www.berea.edu/human-resources/employee-benefits.
Our Unique Culture
Berea College strives to be a place where people with various Christian interpretations, different religious traditions, and no religious traditions work together in support of Berea's Great Commitments.
Over the past century, various leaders of the College have applied the College’s inclusive scriptural foundation and spirit to their expanding world and welcomed those whose beliefs were consistent with the Christian gospel of impartial love. Therefore, Berea College today affirms its inclusive Christian tradition even as it respects the traditions of Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, and Hindus, as well as other faiths, and those holding no religious beliefs. We strive not to ignore our differences, but rather seek to understand each other honestly and respectfully, and together create a climate where anyone can openly discuss what they believe without fear of sanction. To that end, all persons who are willing to share in the spirit and the work of the Great Commitments as shaped by its preamble are welcome to study, to teach, and to work at Berea
Labor Supervision
In support of Berea College’s great commitments, staff and faculty serve as labor supervisors. Our fourth great commitment, The Dignity of Labor, promotes learning and serving in community through the student Labor Program, honoring the dignity and utility of all work, mental and manual, and taking pride in work well done. Student Labor Supervision includes scheduling, assigning, and approving student work, developing students' workplace acumen, and providing tangible work experience. To learn more about the labor program office please see the following link Labor Program Office.
Description
This position’s primary role is to respond to both planned, reactive, and preventive maintenance and repair work orders on a college campus. The position will work alongside experienced PM technicians to assist with and learn the processes required to complete preventive maintenance tasks on residential, commercial, and industrial equipment on a college campus. Candidate may be asked to perform basic work for various trades and must have a strong mechanical aptitude and willingness to learn. Position requires the candidate to be self-motivated. Customer service and good communications within the team and to campus customers requesting work is necessary for success in the position. Normal working hours for the position are Monday-Friday 8:00-5:00, but occasional shift work, overtime and periodic call back time (on-call) are also a necessary and required part of the job.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Has minimal to basic working knowledge and may be called on to perform duties in the following trades: HVAC/r, plumbing, automotive, electrical, food service, or generator systems.
- Assist PM team members and learn systems.
- Conducts preventive, planned and reactive work orders to completion and satisfaction of campus customers.
- Performs work and repairs on systems not requiring a license.
- Reports any safety hazards to Facilities Management and follows safe work practices.
- Work necessary overtime, shiftwork, and emergency call out.
- Performs all other required tasks as assigned.
- Introduction to and learning of FM procurement policies and FM Storeroom material purchasing policies.
Education required to ensure success in this position:
- High School diploma or GED required
- Diploma from a recognized trade or vocational school at high school level or higher with a major in the following construction trades- HVAC/R, plumbing, automotive or electrical field is recommended.
- One to Three years of related experience and beginning level competence in preventive maintenance tasks on HVAC/r, plumbing, automotive, electrical, or generator systems.
- Prefer experience from an industrial, commercial, or educational campus environment.
- Beginner level knowledge of principles and techniques of one or more of the following trades: HVAC/r, plumbing, automotive, electrical, food service, or generator systems
- Basic experience completing work orders consisting of one or more of the multiple trades listed above.
- Minimal to basic experience performing preventive maintenance on HVAC/r, plumbing, automotive, electrical, food service, or generator systems. Candidate would be learning systems and techniques and will require supervision.
- Basic knowledge of the types and uses of materials, tools and equipment associated with multiple repair trades.
- Basic knowledge of the work methods, procedures and safety practices associated with one or more of the specified repair trades.
- Basic knowledge of the types and uses of safety equipment and/or climbing equipment, such as protective clothing, breathing apparatus, ladders, scaffolds, staging, rigging, etc.
- Computer/tablet literacy
- Ability to establish and maintain collaborative working relationships with others.
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as operations and maintenance manuals, plans, blueprints or drawings.
- Ability to organize records and prioritize work orders
- Ability to handle multiple tasks at the same time.
- Valid Driver’s License
- Ability to obtain other certifications as job requires
- Ability to navigate campus/public buildings and grounds and traverse campus on foot.
- Ability to travel independently by vehicle.
- Ability to routinely carry 25 pounds and occasionally lift up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to climb ladders and stairs, walking, squatting, bending, kneeling to perform job responsibilities
- Ability to traverse uneven ground
- Ability to do manual labor
- Visual acuity including color, depth perception, and field of vision
- Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound
- May be exposed to noise and noxious fumes with required personal protective equipment
- May be exposed to the hazards of sharp tools and running machinery
- May operate fixed and hand-held power equipment
- May work varied shifts
- May be exposed to extreme indoor or outdoor temperature and weather conditions
- Car, truck, fork lift, power tools, computer
Located where the Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea (pop. 16,000) lies forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately two hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville. More information about Berea College is available at www.berea.edu.
Berea College, in light of its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social equality, welcomes all people of the earth to learn and work here.
Berea College is always looking for talented, self-motivated individuals to join our team. If you think you are ready to be a part of an exciting team, then we encourage you to continue with this applicant friendly, online job application!
Berea College is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.
Our Benefits
Berea College offers a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees and their families including health care, dental, vision, retirement, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability and an Employee Assistance Program. The benefit package also includes access to the Child Development Laboratory for children of College Staff, ages 6 weeks to 6 years, Seabury Center Membership, Staff Development Funds and Tuition Reimbursement.
Eligible staff employees also receive paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave.
Part-time employees who work an average of 24 hours per week over the course of a year, receive benefits on a pro-rated basis.
To learn more details, visit our benefits page at https://www.berea.edu/human-resources/employee-benefits.
Our Unique Culture
Berea College strives to be a place where people with various Christian interpretations, different religious traditions, and no religious traditions work together in support of Berea's Great Commitments.
Over the past century, various leaders of the College have applied the College’s inclusive scriptural foundation and spirit to their expanding world and welcomed those whose beliefs were consistent with the Christian gospel of impartial love. Therefore, Berea College today affirms its inclusive Christian tradition even as it respects the traditions of Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, and Hindus, as well as other faiths, and those holding no religious beliefs. We strive not to ignore our differences, but rather seek to understand each other honestly and respectfully, and together create a climate where anyone can openly discuss what they believe without fear of sanction. To that end, all persons who are willing to share in the spirit and the work of the Great Commitments as shaped by its preamble are welcome to study, to teach, and to work at Berea
Labor Supervision
In support of Berea College’s great commitments, staff and faculty serve as labor supervisors. Our fourth great commitment, The Dignity of Labor, promotes learning and serving in community through the student Labor Program, honoring the dignity and utility of all work, mental and manual, and taking pride in work well done. Student Labor Supervision includes scheduling, assigning, and approving student work, developing students' workplace acumen, and providing tangible work experience. To learn more about the labor program office please see the following link Labor Program Office.