Facilities Maintenance Service Coordinator

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Job Summary
Join UT Southwestern as a Facilities Maintenance Service Coordinator. The Facilities Maintenance Coordinator 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.
Hours are Monday - Friday, 7:30 am - 4pm. On-call will be on a rotational basis every 12 weeks for one week.
Required 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 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.
• Installs new equipment as required.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Work requires ability to utilize specialized equipment and tools commonly used in laboratory and Animal Resource facility, such as cage washers, automatic water systems, autoclaves, etc. in addition to vibrator analyzer, infrared, detector, oscilloscope, etc.
• Work requires skill in use of welding torch and carpentry tools.
• 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 requires sometimes 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.

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