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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
Works under minimal supervision to coordinate Building Services across campus and provide journeyman level skills in performance of work of at least two trades or crafts and to act as liaison between Physical Plant and Administrator of assigned facility.
Shift Requirement: Monday through Friday, 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM; on-call for one week on a rotating basis every 12 weeks.
Experience and Education
Must have a degree from a vocational school in building trades or have a license in a trade; and six (6) years’ experience in building maintenance.
Must have and maintain a State of Texas driver’s license.
Hospital background (hospital work experience) preferred.
Job Duties
Coordinates building attendants by providing clear work instructions and observing performance.
Supervises Building Maintenance Specialists throughout campus as needed.
Assigns, sets, and disseminates tasks to other employees.
Performs plumbing, electrical, mechanical, housekeeping, carpentry, and painting repairs according to service requests for specifically assigned specialties.
Conducts periodic inspections of building roofs, plumbing, electrical, mechanical rooms, and housekeeping.
Maintains records and documents of work completed.
Install new equipment as required.
Liaison with building occupants to identify building maintenance requirements, trends of recurring issues, and coordinate work activities.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Work requires skill in the use of basic tools of the trade.
Basic computer skills.
Work requires the ability to do general Carpentry, Electrical, Plumbing, Painting, and Housekeeping.
Work requires proficiency in all phases of duties performed.
Work requires alertness and careful attention to avoid serious injury to self and others.
Work sometimes requires wearing gloves, masks, respirators, hearing protection, face shields, eye protection, protective clothing.
Work requires walking, bending, climbing, lifting up to 50 lbs., pulling/pushing equipment up to 50 lbs.
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 a laboratory, general office, or outside area.
Working conditions involve exposure to one or more disagreeable elements, such as dust, dirt, heat, moisture, cold conditions, and contact with animals, animal odors, lifting, moving heavy equipment, and occasional work where biohazardous, chemicals, or zoonotic diseases will require use of appropriate safety procedures.
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: why-work-here/diversity-inclusion .
