Locksmith

Why UT Southwestern?

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. UT Southwestern is honored to be a veteran-friendly work environment that is home to approximately 800 veterans. We value your integrity, dedication, and the commitment you’ve made to our country. We’re proud to support your next mission.

Ranked as the #1 hospital 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.

To learn more about the benefits UT Southwestern offers visit https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/employees/hr-resources/.

Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Locksmith. This position is full-time and works under minimal supervision to provide journeyman locksmith skills for lock and key services involving installation, maintenance, and repair of locks and making of keys.

Minimum Experience and Education Requirements

• Requires graduation from high school or vocational school.
• Requires three (3) years of work experience as journeyman locksmith in a commercial institution or healthcare setting.
• State of Texas Locksmith license preferred, but not required.

Job Duties

• Assists in preparing plans and specifications for lock security systems, coordinating with departments concerned in determining kinds of controls required for security purposes and monitors transition from former key system to new one.
• Maintains established key control systems, making changes when necessary either by issuing new keys or recoding locks.
• Makes keys for padlocks, doors, cabinets, lockers, and desks, selecting blanks, cutting and fitting keys to locks.
• Unlocks locks when keys are lost or broken.
• Repairs and renovates locks on a periodic basis or as needed.
• Installs, maintains, adjusts, services, and resets all types of locks and locking equipment.
• Adjusts and installs door closures and hinges.
• Builds key tree systems for various renovations and projects.
• Develops new master systems as needed for security purposes.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Work requires skill in operation of key-cutting machines mortising machine and in use of various hand tools of locksmith trade.
• Work requires proficiency in all phases of work performed.

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.

Working Conditions

• Work is performed primarily in indoor and outdoor areas.

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: https://jobs.utsouthwestern.edu/why-work-here/diversity-inclusion.