Position Vacancy ID:

100276

Employment Class:

University Staff-Ongoing

Working Title:

FACILITIES MAINTENANCE SPECIALIST - ADVANCED

Official Title:

FAC MAINT SPEC ADV(76102)

Hiring Department:

A855200-UNIVERSITY HOUSING/PHY FAC MAINTENANCE

FTE:

100%

Term:

This is an Ongoing appointment

Advertised Salary:

Minimum $16.55

Job Summary:

The Division of University Housing is committed to providing an exceptional workplace for its workforce of approximately 450 career staff members and over 2,000 students. University Housing provides a work environment that is focused on customer service and a commitment to students. Employee engagement and professional development are also priorities. University Housing operates nineteen residence halls across the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, providing a home to over 7,400 undergraduate students. We also operate three apartment communities, serving about 3,000 graduate students, academic staff, postdoctoral researchers, faculty, and their families. In addition, we manage seven dining venues across campus, and provide conference group and youth camp housing throughout the summer months.

University Housing is divided into six main departments: Administration, Dining & Culinary Services, Residence Hall Facilities, Residence Life, Information Technology, and University Apartments. Whether we're launching new academic support services, testing out a new recipe, renovating resident rooms, organizing welcome events, cleaning our facilities, or inviting a new summer youth camp to campus, everything that we do is to support the mission of the University and fulfill University Housing's goal to be, "The place everyone wants to live."

University Residence Halls is part of the Division of University of Wisconsin-Madison. As a student service organization, University Residence Halls provide quality living/learning environments and programs to approximately 7,400 undergraduate student residents. Residence Hall Facilities is a subsection of the University Residence Halls that focuses on housekeeping, mechanical maintenance, and long term infrastructure projects and planning.

University Residence Halls consists of 30 buildings containing approximately 2 million square feet and 37 acres of surrounding grounds. In addition to residential living spaces the residence hall infrastructure supports many functions and programs requiring many types of spaces such as classrooms, office space, dining and culinary space including commercial kitchens and marketplace areas, mechanical support spaces, and large meeting rooms.

Under the general supervision of the Building Grounds Supervisor, this position is a member of the Residence Hall Facilities Maintenance team and is expected to work with and learn from others on the team. This position is responsible for assisting in the operations, maintenance and repairs for a set of buildings that are a part of University Housing Residence Halls, including the repairing and maintaining mechanical systems and equipment including, as well as, various electrical, minor plumbing and carpentry repairs. In addition to repairs, this position is expected to perform scheduled and unscheduled preventative maintenance actions on vehicles and equipment.

Residence Hall Facilities is committed to demonstrating our Division of University Housing Core Values: Care in how we approach people and our work; Creativity in solving problems; Integrity in our interactions with staff and customers; Optimism, focusing on opportunities and positive outcomes; Respect for the differences, strengths, and potential in people; Stewardship of human, financial and natural resources; and Excellence in customer satisfaction and communication.

University Housing is an essential services provider and all University Housing employees are part of this commitment to our residents and guests. University Housing is unique from many other state agencies and university departments because we cannot close as our services must be maintained at all times.

Requirements:

--A driver's license which meets the UW Risk Management standards is required.
-Physical requirements: Ability to lift 50 lbs. on a routine basis; Ability to walk, stand, lift, carry, bend, stoop and climb for the majority of each shift.

Preferred requirements include:
-Six months continuous employment
-General maintenance experience in a residential environment
-Knowledge of routine vehicle maintenance
-Commercial snow removal
-Proven leadership skills.

--A criminal background check will be conducted on all finalists.

Schedule Comment:

Typical hours are within 8:00am - 4:30pm, Monday through Friday. Schedule alterations as operations and position expectations demand. Provide after hours, weekend and holiday on-call coverage as directed or necessitated by the job.

Contact:

Caleb Georgeson
hr@housing.wisc.edu
608-262-2766
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1 (out-of-state: TTY: 800.947.3529, STS: 800.833.7637) and above Phone number (See RELAY_SERVICE for further information. )

Instructions to Applicants:

To apply online, applicants must submit work history and references within the online application system.

Please identify three professional references that will be able to speak towards your performance in your current and/or most recent positions. University Housing requires that at least two of the three references be either your current or most recent supervisors. When listing your references to contact, please include the following information:
- Name
-Title of their position and relationship to you
-Phone number
-E-mail address

Online applications must be received by 11:55pm on Tuesday, January 24, 2017. Failure to submit complete application materials will result in ineligibility for this position. A criminal background check will be conducted on all finalists. The starting rate for this position will be $16.55 to $19.00 per hour, based on qualifications.

By applying for this vacancy, applicants will be considered for all current University Housing vacancies in this title. For a full list, visit www.housing.wisc.edu/jobs-career.htm.

Additional Link:
Full Position Details

NOTE: A Probationary Period will be Required

The University of Wisconsin is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.

The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report contains current campus safety and disciplinary policies, crime statistics for the previous 3 calendar years, and on-campus student housing fire safety policies and fire statistics for the previous 3 calendar years. UW-Madison will provide a paper copy upon request; please contact the University of Wisconsin Police Department.

Applications Open: 10 Jan 2017 Central Standard Time
Applications Close: 24 Jan 2017 11:55 PM Central Standard Time


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