MT Multi Trades Chief II- Area Maintenance

Campus / College Information :

Founded in 1856, University of Maryland, College Park is the flagship institution in the University System of Maryland. Our 1,250-acre College Park campus is just minutes away from Washington, D.

C., and the nexus of the nation’s legislative, executive, and judicial centers of power. This unique proximity to business and technology leaders, federal departments and agencies, and a myriad of research entities, embassies, think tanks, cultural centers, and non-profit organizations is simply unparalleled.

Synergistic opportunities for our faculty and students abound and are virtually limitless in the nation’s capital and surrounding areas.

The University is committed to attracting and retaining outstanding and diverse faculty and staff that will enhance our stature of preeminence in our three missions of teaching, scholarship, and full engagement in our community, the state of Maryland, and in the world.

Background Checks Offers of employment are contingent on completion of a background check. Information reported by the background check will not automatically disqualify you from employment.

Position Summary / Purpose of Position : To provide day-to-day liaison between occupants of assigned buildings and Facilities Management.

To process and complete a wide range of multi-trade work orders. To be responsible for multiple buildings with unique needs, sophisticated mechanical and electrical equipment, laboratory and research areas, and high visibility buildings.

The incumbent is generally responsible for 200,000 or more maintainable gross square footage. Minimum Qualifications : Education :

HS / GED.

Experience :

Five years progressively responsible experience in the trade(s) where assigned to include at least two years in a lead or supervisory capacity.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :

• Comprehensive knowledge of and skill in the methods and techniques of the trade(s) where assigned; of the OSHA regulations related to the trade(s) area.
• Thorough knowledge of and skill in the practical application of electronics, hydraulics, and mechanics as used in maintenance work;
• of basic mathematics including area, volume, weights and the practical application of fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions;

of the care and storage of equipment and supplies used in the area where assigned.

• General knowledge of the principles of supervision in the maintenance trades.
• Skill in the use and maintenance of the tools and equipment of the trade(s) where assigned.
• Ability to read, interpret, and work from blueprints, schematics, drawings, and specifications; to communicate effectively both orally and in writing;
• to lead and train skilled and unskilled employees in assigned trade(s) work; to prepare summaries and reports; to work in, on, around, over and under fixed equipment and machinery;

to work from ladders and scaffolding; to manipulate heavy equipment, tools, and supplies and / or exert force up to 70 lbs.

to concurrently manipulate multiple controls on machinery and equipment; to work in hazardous or irritating environments, confined spaces, and adverse weather or temperature conditions;

to wear and work in personal protective equipment.

Other :

Except for qualifications established by law, additional related experience and formal education in which one has gained the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for full performance of the work of the job class may be substituted for the education or experience requirement on a year-for-year basis with 30 college credits being equivalent to one year of experience.

Preferences : Additional Certifications : Must possess and maintain a Class C Driver’s license or equivalent valid in the State of Maryland with fewer than 6 points.

Additional Information : Job Risks Not Applicable to This Position Physical Demands

Works around fixed machinery; works from ladders, aerial work platforms and scaffolding; manipulates heavy equipment and exerts force up to 70 pounds;

works in hazardous or irritating environments; wears and works in personal protective equipment.

May be required to report to work for snow removal. Assigned work hours are 7 : 00 A.M.-3 : 30 P.M. Mon.-Fri. Incumbent is considered an Essential Employee;

subject to a 24-hour day, 7-day week span of operation.

Personal hand tools are not required for this position. If brought to the job, the University is not responsible for the repair or replacement of lost, stolen or damaged personal property.