Facilities Maintenance Technician
Job Description
Posting Number
PG194141SPInternal Recruitment
NoWorking Title
Facilities Maintenance TechnicianAnticipated Hiring Range
$60,000 - $65,000Work Schedule
Monday - Friday, 8 am - 5 pmJob Location
Raleigh, NCDepartment
Forest BiomaterialsAbout the Department
Department of Forest Biomaterials activities include teaching, research, extension programs, continuing education, and technical services that benefit the pulp and paper, sustainable materials and technology, wood products, and biomaterials industries. Many of our major research and extension initiatives are interdisciplinary in nature and take advantage of faculty expertise from other areas of the College of Natural Resources (CNR), across NC State, and around the world.
Essential Job Duties
Reporting directly to the Department Head for the Forest Biomaterials Department, the Facility Maintenance Technician will assist with the installation, maintenance, and repair of a variety of complex machines in the Robertson Pulp and Paper Laboratory Complex and the Hodges Sustainable Materials Complex.
Responsibilities include:
Responsibilities include:
- Perform installations of equipment including set up, mounting, and connections such as power, water, pneumatic, steam, and others.
- Help start-up and troubleshoot equipment in the department.
- Perform and record preventative maintenance on equipment.
- Receive, prioritize, and execute work orders from faculty, staff, and graduate students.
- Work safely and assist with addressing safety concerns.
- Maintain good housekeeping and organization in the pilot plant, workshop, and storage areas.
Other Responsibilities
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Experience/Education
High school diploma or equivalency; or demonstrated possession of the competencies necessary to perform the work. Some positions may require special licenses or certification(s).
Optional Guidelines: Experience in the trade(s) areas related to the area of assignment may be substituted on a year-for-year basis.
Optional Guidelines: Experience in the trade(s) areas related to the area of assignment may be substituted on a year-for-year basis.
Other Required Qualifications
- Understand and use safe working and operating practices in all areas of work.
- Basic problem-solving skills necessary to repair, maintain, specify, operate, and troubleshoot teaching, research, and pilot plant equipment.
- Be able to provide diagnostic, repair, periodic maintenances, and simple installation services for processing and testing equipment such as motors, drive trains, gears, pumps, piping, tubing, valves, steam services, heaters, mixers, refrigeration units, ovens, compressors, and vacuum pumps and services.
- Have skills at or near Journey level in plumbing, welding, electrical, refrigeration, HVAC, and millwright and somewhat lower level in machining.
- Have demonstrated the ability to use basic hand and shop tools, manual and powered, for maintenance and repair of equipment.
- Must be able to properly operate and maintain a forklift, or have the ability to complete training to operate a forklift, with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Instrumentation, machinery, and electronics experience.
- Ability to maintain and troubleshoot, or the ability to learn how to maintain and troubleshoot, the following types of equipment:
- Paper: small-scale process equipment (e.g. pumps, mixers, tanks, heaters, reactors)
- Woodworking equipment: saws, planer, CNC router, cold press, dust collection system
- Research: analytical instrumentation (chromatography, spectroscopy, thermal), environmental chambers, balances, centrifuges
- Miscellaneous: handle cryogenic liquids, machining, forklift
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in a mechanic position maintaining laboratory equipment or pilot scale equipment
- Certificate from a technical school in a mechanical maintenance or similar area.
Required License or Certification
- Valid NC DL within 60 days of hire.
Valid NC Driver's License required
YesCommercial Driver's License Required?
NoJob Open Date
07/30/2024Earliest Close Date---- (Positions will be posted until 5:00 PM ET on this date. Positions remaining posted after this date are still accepting applications but may close at any time.)
08/06/2024Notice to Applicants
Please make sure that the work history you list on your application is identical to the work history listed on your resume. The application must be filled out completely, do not use the phrase “see resume”.
Special Instructions
Please include as attachments a resume, cover letter, and contact information for at least 3 professional references.
Position Number
00050144Position Type
SHRAPosition Classification Band Title
Facility Maintenance Technician - Mechanical TradesPosition Classification Band Level
AdvancedPosition Classification Salary Range
$ 35,099 - $ 74,402Salary Grade Equivalency
GN10Alternate Option
If no applicants apply who meet the required competency level and training & experience requirements, then management may consider other applicants. Salary would be determined based on competencies, equity, budget, and market considerations.
Full Time Equivalent (FTE) (1.0 = 40 hours/week)
1.0Appointment
12 Month RecurringMandatory Designation - Adverse Weather
Mandatory - Adverse WeatherMandatory Designation - Emergency Events
Mandatory - Medical EmergenciesTime Limited Position
NoDepartment Id
150301 - Forest BiomaterialsAA/EEO
NC State University is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, status as an individual with a disability, or status as a protected veteran. Individuals with disabilities requiring disability-related accommodations in the application and interview process are welcome to contact 919-515-3148 to speak with a representative at the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity.
If you have general questions about the application process, you may contact Human Resources at (919) 515-2135 or workatncstate@ncsu.edu.
Final candidates are subject to criminal & sex offender background checks. Some vacancies also require credit or motor vehicle checks. Degree(s) must be obtained prior to start date in order to meet qualifications and receive credit.
NC State University participates in E-Verify. Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States.
If you have general questions about the application process, you may contact Human Resources at (919) 515-2135 or workatncstate@ncsu.edu.
Final candidates are subject to criminal & sex offender background checks. Some vacancies also require credit or motor vehicle checks. Degree(s) must be obtained prior to start date in order to meet qualifications and receive credit.
NC State University participates in E-Verify. Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States.
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