Maintenance Technician (Afternoons)

Maintenance Technician

The Maintenance Technician role at Start State College (Main Campus - North Canton) ensures facilities are safe, reliable, and ready to support teaching, learning, and daily operations. Under general supervision, this hands-on role handles the upkeep, repair, and routine maintenance of a facility's physical structure and mechanical systems. The worker troubleshoots and fixes issues across multiple tradesincluding plumbing, electrical, carpentry, painting, and basic HVACwhile performing regular preventative checks. They also manage minor remodeling projects, operate repair tools, and coordinate with vendors to order necessary supplies to ensure the building operates safely and efficiently.

Typical Hours of Work: Mon - Thur, 12:00p.m. - 10p.m., please note this is an hourly role, consisting of four - 10 hour days worked. Hourly Rate: $20.15 to $26.19/hour, commensurate on experience. Location: Main Campus, North Canton, and as needed on other campuses including Stark State Akron, and other Canton/Akron bound ancillary locations.

The positive energy at Stark State College comes from exceptionally dedicated employees who work hard for students. Success for both our employees and our students is the result.

You'll be a great fit if you enjoy taking the lead on general maintenance work and keeping critical campus systems safe, reliable, and ready for daily use.

Typical Responsibilities Include:

• Maintain, repair, and replace plumbing infrastructure, including water/sewage lines, sinks, fountains, toilets, and various pipe materials.
• Troubleshoot and service electrical equipment, including ballasts, outlets, breakers, conduit bending, lighting systems, and low-voltage wiring.
• Execute carpentry, structural repairs, and painting for doors, windows, flooring, walls, ceiling tiles, roofs, and furniture.
• Perform full-scale remodeling work, including wall framing, drywall hanging and finishing, and wallpaper installation.
• Service and maintain HVAC systems, including thermostats, air conditioners, air handlers, heaters, motor belts, and air compressors.
• Conduct preventative maintenance inspections using technical orders, blueprints, and specifications to identify and report needed repairs.
• Manage vendor communications and logistics to source, order, and track required maintenance parts and building supplies.
• Provide facility support and ground operations, including custodial work, shipping/receiving, snow removal, and driving vehicles for personnel or materials.

To be Considered You'll Need:

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED) required.
• Minimum 2 years of skilled work experience in carpentry, electrical, plumbing, heating/air conditioning, or a combination of these fields is required.
• Must have a current, Valid Ohio driver's license with a satisfactory Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) check.
• Formal technical training preferred, such as vocational school, business school, relevant college courses, or a general maintenance apprenticeship.

In order to improve hiring efficiency, be more responsive, and help us find the best candidates, Stark State has implemented the use of a few recruiting tools, such as Humanly (formerly Qualifi) and Skill Survey. You may hear from us through one of these platforms during the recruitment process.

Humanly (formerly Qualifi) is a cloud-based phone interviewing platform. Think of this like traditional phone interviews, but faster allowing us to be more responsive to you, the applicant.

Checking candidates' references for multiple top candidates provides a valuable means of verifying skills and experience represented in resumes and interviews. SkillSurvey Reference, a cloud-based, data-driven solution allows us to access relevant feedback from references provided by our candidates. The chosen references receive job-specific surveys on at least 26 critical behaviors and skills. These behavioral competencies have been scientifically studied and have been shown to correlate with work outcomes.

Stark State College utilizes E-Verify to ensure compliance with applicable employment eligibility laws. E-Verify is an electronic system used to confirm the employment eligibility of new hires. This process will be conducted in accordance with I-9 verification and will be done promptly upon hire for all incoming employees. To understand what E-Verify is and how it works please visit E-Verify.

Please note: Candidates selected for employment must either reside in Ohio or be willing to relocate to Ohio.

Should you have any questions regarding your application or our recruiting and hiring process, please reach out to View email address on click.appcast.io.