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Title: Senior Maintenance Mechanic (1st Shift)

Division: Finance and Administration

Department: Facility Operations and Planning

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Salary Range: Grade 10: $20.57/hour

EEO Job Group: 6 E7

Position Summary

The University of Southern Indiana seeks applications for a Senior Maintenance Mechanic to perform skilled maintenance tasks in support of structural systems, and equipment maintenance, renovations and rehabilitations, and instructional programs in a multi-building University complex.

Duties/Responsibilities 

• Tend to the preventive and general needs for maintenance of the University’s structures, equipment, furnishings, and systems and for various assignments for repair and rehabilitation projects.
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• Perform routine door maintenance including adjusting doors, closures, openers, panic devices, and oiling door hinges and pivots.
• Work from blueprints, drawings, work orders, or oral instructions to construct and repair University assets.
• Plan, execute, and coordinate personnel and oversee basic building maintenance and renovation projects, determine tasks, making layouts, and estimating materials and labor costs.
• Able to schedule materials, labor, equipment, and personnel to complete a given task.
• Assemble furniture, seats, and other equipment.
• Perform welding on various materials using assortment of different types of welding machines.
• Set up furniture and equipment for special and academic events.
• Perform carpentry tasks related to maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, and construction projects for buildings, equipment, furniture, and systems.
• Perform plumbing tasks related to maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, and construction projects for buildings, equipment, and systems.

Required Knowledge and Skills

• High school diploma/GED required.
• Vocational training and/or 4 years’ experience in trades including carpentry, electrical, plumbing, painting, and/or heating and air conditioning required.
• Possess extensive knowledge of practices, procedures, materials, tools, and skills from a variety of trades required. Ability to perform functions of those trades and coordinate those trades on the same project/job.
• Ability to plan and layout job assignments required.
• Possess excellent troubleshooting skills to solve issues related to renovations, construction, repairs, and general maintenance in various building systems.
• Possess and show expert knowledge in the proper construction/maintenance techniques and procedures for various tasks, (setting doors, installing trim, hanging drywall, framing walls – wood and steel, building and installing cabinets, manufacturing countertops, hanging items on walls, installing ceiling tiles and grid systems, setting ceramic/granite tile, laying out and installing carpet squares and flooring, repairing windows/siding/guttering, repairing various types of roofs – (asphalt shingles, rubber, PVC), and forming, pouring, patching concrete.
• Ability to work productively unsupervised.
• Valid driver’s license required.

Preferred Knowledge and Skills

• Four years’ experience in journey level of a trade listed preferred.

Regular Work Hours/Travel Requirements

About USI          

The University of Southern Indiana is a public higher education institution located on a beautiful 1,400-acre campus in Evansville, IN. We offer employees exceptional benefits! Benefits for this position include:

• Affordable medical, dental, vision, life and short term and long-term disability insurance plans.
• Retirement plan where the University makes the total contribution equivalent to 7% of annual salary.
• Full tuition fee waiver for employees/75% for spouses and dependent children.
• Accrue up to 10 paid vacation days per fiscal year – accrual increases after 4, 7, and 11 years of service

For more information about the benefits that USI offers, please visit www.usi.edu/hr/benefits.

Pre-Employment Screening

A background check will be required for employment in this position.

Authorization to Work in the United States

USI will not sponsor an employment-related visa for this position.

Interview Accommodations

Persons with disabilities requiring accommodations in the application and interview process please contact the manager of Employment at mcweinzapf@usi.edu or (812) 464-1840. Contacting the manager of Employment is intended for use in seeking disability-related accommodations only. For general applicant inquiries, contact Human Resources at HumanRes@usi.edu or (812) 464-1815.

EEO Statement

The University of Southern Indiana is an EEO/AA employer. All individuals including minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply.