Facilities Technician (Part-Time)

Facilities Technician

The SEED School of Maryland is a statewide, public, college-preparatory boarding school that opened in August 2008. The School educates and boards 400 students in grades six through twelve. The SEED School is an extraordinary educational opportunity for students across the state to receive a tuition-free, college-preparatory, boarding education.

The SEED School of Maryland combines a rigorous and engaging academic curriculum with life skills and enrichment activities to provide students with a thoughtfully balanced learning and living experience. Students and their families commit to a seven-year educational program that offers small class sizes, high quality teaching and learning experiences, mentoring, community service, and extracurricular activities such as sports and arts. The SEED School is centered around its character values: compassion, self-discipline, integrity, respect for oneself and others, responsibility, honesty, and self-determination. The SEED School staff are in partnership with parents, families, and communities to guide and support student success. The School follows a typical academic school year calendar.

The Facilities Technician will have a variety of duties and report directly to the Facilities Engineer, will provide support to all SEED School of Maryland staff. The Facilities Technician scheduled hours are Sunday through Thursday 2:00 pm till 10:00 pm. These hours are subject to change with advanced notice at the desertion of the school. In addition, staff should be available as school needs and facilities needs dictate. Facilities Technician is to punch in at the start time daily. Staff is required to help maintain the SEED campus by cutting and trimming all turf areas.

Essential Duties and Functions

• Assist with maintenance requests from staff including but not limited to replacing light bulbs, fixing broken furniture, plastering damaged walls, painting touch up jobs, hanging pictures, office repairs and other requests
• Provide facilities support for basic electrical and plumbing maintenance problems
• Maintain storage of basic maintenance supplies to be able to respond to facilities requests in a prompt manner
• Prepare conference rooms and other areas for meetings.
• Assist teachers with classroom setup and staff with office moves.
• Attend a daily stand-up meeting with the Facilities Engineer 30 min start of shift
• Be on emergency call as scheduled. Be available to respond to facilities needs at all hours as necessary and to communicate plans and needs of situations prescribed by process.
• Maintain and basic repair heating, ventilating, air conditioning systems
• Operate a variety of equipment and hand tools to perform work
• Reads blueprints, piping, sketches, schematics and wiring diagrams
• Regulates materials and supplies. Calls vendors to discuss needs for parts and supplies.
• Performs brazing, soldering for repairs.
• Maintain all documentation
• Perform as a member of the facilities team and support of all campus emergency situations.
• Help maintain the campus, cutting and trimming lawn areas.
• Assist in all snow removal operations
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent work experience
• Must have two years of experience performing a variety of support functions in an office/campus environment.
• General experience in generating basic maintenance reports or logs
• Experience with using basic hand and power tools
• Valid driver's license
• Must have general knowledge of HVAC

Language Skills

• Ability to read, analyze and interpret orders
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from staff members, customers, board members
• Ability to effectively present information to supervisors, customers and others
• Ability to analyze and solve basic maintenance issues

Salary Description $20/hour