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About Us

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our strategic plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting Faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's Faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and is No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

1. Students are our top priority.

2. We strive for excellence.

3. We thrive on diversity.

4. We celebrate collaboration.

5. We champion innovation.

6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.

7. We nurture the well-being of our community.

8. We act ethically.

9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good, breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Department Information

Housing and Residence Life is passionate about the Georgia Tech residential student experience. With 97% of all first-year students choosing to live on campus, we create spaces and opportunities for Yellow Jackets to grow and connect from their first day of college through their graduate studies. We are proud to support our students¿ personal development and academic endeavors while providing a safe and comfortable living environment.

Our department is a large and complex organization supporting over 8,700 on-campus residents among 49 traditional halls, suites, and apartments, some of which were constructed for the 1996 Summer Olympics. Our team of 200 professional staff and 300 student staff from six departments supports residents directly and indirectly with their unique talents. We are housed within the Student Engagement and Well-Being division, which includes many student service offices.

Mission

Housing and Residence Life offers quality, safe, well-maintained residential facilities. We encourage, promote, and facilitate customer-focused programs and services that attract students to our facilities and Georgia Tech. We provide physical, programmatic, and technological systems to enhance the quality of life on campus, support the academic needs of resident students, and complement the academic goals of the institute.

Job Summary

Provides oversight and direction in the planning and/or execution of the operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and regulatory compliance of all types of mechanical systems, including boiler management, generators, fire and life safety (sprinklers, fire alarms, fire pumps), switchgear low/high voltage, utility location, and elevator management, including providing mechanical contract management oversight for 24/7 Housing and Residence Life operation. Plan and supervise activities of personnel in performing service and maintenance work within an assigned area. Work supervised involves the application of multiple craft disciplines, which can include electrical, mechanical, and structural, as well as general maintenance and upkeep activity.

The position is responsible for setting employee goals, assessing employee performance, providing feedback, and making pay recommendations.
This position will interact on a consistent basis with Operations and Maintenance management, supervisors and staff, contractors, vendors, and customers.
This position typically will advise and counsel Operations and Maintenance management, contractors, and customers.
This position will supervise assigned craft and general maintenance personnel.

Responsibilities

Job Duty 1 -
Receive, review, assign, and track Projects/Services and Preventive Maintenance work orders; make appropriate entries in the work order system.

Job Duty 2 -
Monitor work/projects in progress; provide guidance and direction as required.

Job Duty 3 -
Review completed jobs to ensure requirements were met; follow up as required; solicit customer feedback.

Job Duty 4 -
Coordinate services with other departments as required.

Job Duty 5 -
Maintain and approve time records; address and resolve personnel issues.

Job Duty 6 -
Order materials and supplies; maintain adequate inventory

Job Duty 7 -
Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Educational Requirements
High school diploma, GED Certificate, or Vocational School Diploma

Required Experience
Six to seven years of job-related experience

Other Required Qualifications
This position is on call 24/7.

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Educational Qualifications
Technical Diploma, Associate's Degree, or two years of college coursework

Preferred Experience
Lead work in a multi-craft shop or organization, with three years in a supervisory role.

Additional Preferred Experience

Lead work in a multi-craft shop or organization
three years in a supervisory role
Experience working in the arena of higher education
Nicet 2 or higher certification
Low-voltage electrical certification
Additional Preferred Qualifications
Use of specialized computer applications

Proposed Salary

Salary Range: $65,393-$88,934/yr

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

SKILLS
This job requires skills in supervision/management within a facilities maintenance environment. Included are skills in the application of multi-craft maintenance processes and practices, effective communications, troubleshooting, and conflict resolution. Use of the office and specialized computer applications is required.

USG Core Values

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The Institute is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and Institute policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Equal opportunity and decisions based on merit are fundamental values of the University System of Georgia (USG) and Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of an individual¿s race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

More information on these policies can be found here: https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/c2714 Board of Regents Policy Manual | University System of Georgia (usg.edu).

Other Information

This is a supervisory position.
This position does not have any financial responsibilities.
This role is not considered a position of trust.
This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card).
This position does not require a security clearance.

Location: Atlanta, GA

Background Check

The candidate of choice will be required to pass a pre-employment background screening. http://policylibrary.gatech.edu/employment/pre-employment-screening.

Salary : $65,393 - $88,934

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