General Maintenance/ Facilities (NASA Ballon Facility)

Peraton•Palestine, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Peraton provides management and technical support for NASA’s scientific balloon program which supports enabling science missions for NASA and universities across the United States and foreign scientific communities. Scientific balloon missions provide researchers inexpensive, relatively quick, long duration access to near space altitudes and environments. Balloon missions cost orders of magnitude less than satellite missions and provide platforms for heavy experiments (some greater than 5000-lbs) to operate for weeks and even months. Balloon missions have provided significant science theories and discoveries about cosmic rays, gamma ray and x-ray astronomy, optical and UV astronomy, atmospheric sciences, and cosmic microwave background studies. Our staff are located at the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility (CSBF) in Palestine, TX where we design, analyze, build and assembly the support hardware and balloon gondola payloads for the missions. We launch the balloons from locations within the United States (Texas, New Mexico, and Hawaii) and around the world including Antarctica, Sweden, New Zealand, and Australia. Our engineers and technician staff support the launches and balloon and payload recoveries in the US and many worldwide locations. Peraton’s NASA Balloon Operations Contract (NBOC) program is seeking a Facilities Maintenance Technician to join our team in Palestine, Texas.

Requirements

Ability to perform physical activities, i.e., recurrent walking, bending, climbing, lifting up to 50 pounds
Must maintain a valid Driver’s License
High School Diploma/GED
One or more years of experience with building maintenance
Experience with painting, hardware installation
Must be able to obtain a NASA PIV badge
Must be able to pass the background check and drug screening
Must be a US Citizen

Nice To Haves

Good communications skills
Ability to work with others with good team player skills
Basic computer skills
Self-starter / motivated to create own tasks

Responsibilities

Assist licensed electricians with non-technical repairs as appropriate
Monitor performance of heating, ventilation, and cooling systems for the facility; perform standard repair / replacement of components, as appropriate, and non-technical maintenance tasks such as cleaning of heating and cooling fan coil units and adjustment of system controls
Monitor and perform non-technical maintenance of plumbing systems, to include standard repair of leaking fixtures, cleaning obstructed waste lines, installing water coolers, and/or performing non-technical modifications to plumbing and water supply systems; assist licensed plumbers, as appropriate
Perform carpentry maintenance tasks including routine sheetrock / drywall installation and/or repair, window replacement, cabinet and countertop replacement, painting and texturing, and door and hardware installation; paint interior and exterior finishes, as appropriate
May assist in maintaining water treatment and storage system
May perform general maintenance, custodial, and trash removal tasks
May repair kitchen equipment
Ensure proper care in the use and maintenance of equipment and supplies; promotes continuous improvement of workplace safety and environmental practices
Document facilities maintenance requirements; maintain appropriate records of work performed
Perform snow removal, as required
Perform grounds keeping activities as required
Perform miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned