Building Maintenance Worker

University of Chicago•Hyde Park, IL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Facilities Services (FS) supports the mission of the University of Chicago by maintaining and enhancing the campus environment and providing superior client service. This role operates the University’s undergraduate, graduate, faculty, and staff housing. Reporting to a Facilities Manager, this position provides standard and conference room service, room turnover, access, and event set-up for residence hall operations. This position can perform any and all duties of lower classifications in the same occupational group.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED from an accredited institution.
Extensive experience as a skilled janitor/housekeeper or maintenance specialist for a residential property with demonstrated experience with service and minor repair typical of a furnished residential property.
Valid Driver's License.
Must successfully complete the University’s Motor Vehicle Records process.
Demonstrated ability to use or learn to use a range of position-related software applications, including standard software packages, networked systems, email, and the Web.
Demonstrated ability to read and understand basic documentation such as help screens and departmental handouts.
Adherence to F/A Core Values (collaboration, safety, service, efficiency and effectiveness, credibility, responsiveness, quality, accountability, and respect).
Demonstrated organization skills to manage and complete multiple requests simultaneously.
Demonstrated ability to work with supervision to identify and describe work task priorities.
Demonstrated ability to coordinate and lead the work of others.
Demonstrated ability to interact and communicate with clarity, tact, and courtesy with patrons, staff, faculty, students, and others.
Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in English, both orally and in writing.
Demonstrated ability to recognize and resolve or refer problems and conflicts.
Must be capable of strenuous daily physical activity such as snow shoveling and removal, walking, crouching, kneeling, climbing, lifting up to 50 pounds, carrying, driving, and cleaning.
Ability to work efficiently, professionally, and safely with tools of the maintenance trade, snow blowers, snow shovels, and small hand tools.
Ability to occasionally work from ladders or lifts up to ten feet.
Ability to requisition materials and supplies as needed for projects.

Nice To Haves

Completion of a maintenance apprentice program or certificate program.

Responsibilities

Performs non-mechanical repair and other services in common and student room space, including light bulb changing, light carpentry, touch-up painting, and minor furniture repair.
Removes, repairs, cleans, and installs window treatments, storm windows, and screens.
Maintains and ensures the orderly appearance of adjoining areas and special equipment supporting student life, such as loading docks, grills, patios, decks, exterior stairwells, green roofs, and bicycle racks.
Provides physical support for snow shoveling and removal, and policing litter at entrances and exterior refuse collection.
Monitors entrances and lobbies for cleanliness and performs emergency response cleaning.
Performs non-mechanical repair and other services necessary for room/apartment turnover between student or residence staff occupancy, which may include household moving.
Conducts post-occupancy inspections, bulk content removal and disposal, furniture inventory and repair, window treatments, window screens and storms, light bulb replacement, minor plumbing, light carpentry, access coordination, and follow-up and final quality inspections.
Generates follow-up work orders for requests requiring the services of engineers or skilled trades.
Completes daily tasks including loading dock organization and cleaning, exterior trash monitoring and collection, and entrance and lobby monitoring and cleaning.
Performs emergency response cleaning, off-season apartment and dorm room cleaning, and summer conference room cleaning.
Performs various cleaning, minor turnover maintenance, and linen/towel/accessory coordination and distribution, and room make-up tasks for short-term conference and guest room/apartment turnover.
Performs all work required for setting up, moving, removing, cleaning, and preparing for event setup in support of programs.
Participates in office-wide programs, initiatives, and relationships, collaborating with colleagues.
Serves as an ambassador for clients and residence staff, assisting with resident staff moves, recommending products, accepting deliveries, storage room management, furniture and supply inventory management, installing common bath dispensers, and bicycle room clean-outs.
Supports annual move-ins and move-outs with significant student and family contact.
Provides room or common space access and oversight for students, FS trades, outside contractors, and management, and for scheduled inspections.
May coordinate activities with janitorial contractors and assist in new staff training orientation.
Responds promptly to emergency situations such as water leaks and fire alarms.
Performs other duties as assigned.