General Maintenance Technician

• Operates hand tools, power tools and other shop equipment as needed.
• Performs minor repairs on building fixtures, plumbing, heating, laundry and kitchen equipment, motors and electrical appliances.
• Operates automotive equipment to transport materials and supplies.
• May assist in the fabrication of equipment and materials constructed in trade shops in accordance with project requirements.
• Repairs windows, doors, screens, floors, floor coverings, and painted surfaces.
• Performs minor repairs on electrical circuits, steam or waterlines, plumbing fixtures, lights and partitions; cleans clogged drains and sewer lines; replaces broken windows.
• Responds to maintenance requests in a timely and professional manner.
• Detects and report the need for major maintenance repairs.
• Reads and interprets blueprints, drawings, schematics and written technical documents associated with general machinery in order to locate trouble areas and to complete repairs accurately.
• Operates and maintains building equipment and systems such as vacuum systems, control air systems, building air systems, emergency generators, electrical distribution systems, liquid pumping systems, steam, air handling systems, hot/cold water systems and natural gas and fuel oil systems.
• Performs preventive maintenance on equipment, buildings, and building systems to ensure safe operation.
• Provides guidance to staff to ensure work orders are completed accurately and in a timely manner.
• Maintains required record-keeping.
• Performs related responsibilities as required.

Qualified candidates will hold a high school diploma/GED plus 1.5 years of relevant professional experience, or, a Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant area of study. Degree must be conferred by the start date of the position. Degree requirements may be substituted with an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

• 1.5 years of experience in the repair, maintenance and operation of building operating equipment or graduation from a certified trade school with two years’ experience in the repair, maintenance and operation of building operating equipment is preferred.
• Knowledge and experience working with building automation systems.

• This position prefers an individual with the following characteristics:
• Commitment to GW’s values.
• Professional and a person of integrity.
• Honest, with the highest ethical standards.
• Passionate, collaborative, strategic, with a hands-on, roll-up-the-sleeves orientation.
• Ability to work independently. Self-starter; hard worker. Takes initiative; very high energy.
• Personally accountable. Assumes ownership, control and accountability for all areas of responsibility and commitments made to others.
• Sincere, open, and direct communicator. Puts organizational interests above self-interests and is comfortable expressing candid opinions.
• Highest levels of responsiveness.
• Practical and realistic common sense understanding of how to get things done.
• Ability to demonstrate initiative, a strong desire to succeed and exert the extraordinary effort often required.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high growth, entrepreneurial environment.
• Ability to work with faculty and staff in a respectful way.
• Establish trust and credibility with institutional leadership and across the University.
• Seeks “win-win” solutions to help foster continued integration and collaboration.
• Flexible and receptive to change.
• A positive “can-do” attitude.

The university is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer that does not unlawfully discriminate in any of its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law.