Locksmith

Locksmith

St. Paul's School seeks a locksmith who will be responsible for installing, maintaining, repairing, and adjusting all types of locks and their components for school buildings, rooms, furniture, and vehicles. The locksmith will cut and issue keys; program and issue key cards; implements, troubleshoots, repairs, and programs electronic access control systems; upgrades and maintains repairs of automatic door openers, door closing units, and control gates; inspects related contractor-completed work for conformance with specifications. Performs light carpentry and other duties as required.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Install, repair, and maintain commercial locks and related hardware including card access locks, on doors, windows, lockers, and magnetic keying systems to ensure safety of facilities.
• Produce and/or modify hardware for locks.
• Design, implement, and maintain preventative maintenance program.
• Diagnoses causes of problems and/or failures in automatic locks for the purposes of identifying equipment and/or systems repair and/or replacement needs.
• Requests equipment and supplies for the purpose of maintaining inventory and ensuring availability of items required to complete the necessary installation and/or repair.
• Responds to emergency situations during or after hours for the purpose of resolving immediate safety or security concerns.
• Cleans, maintains, adjusts, calibrates, and services equipment used in the performance of duties.
• Monitors work done by outside contractors for adherence to school specifications and requirements.
• Assists in the writing of specifications for repairs and new construction.
• Operate and maintain computer software related to card access control systems.
• Light carpentry/repair/painting generally related to doors, windows, millwork, glazing, and screens.

Supervisory Responsibilities: None

Qualification Requirements:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Locksmith training or at least two years of locksmith experience.
• Ability to operate a personal computer and software related to automatic locks.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Valid New Hampshire driver's license required.
• Requires complete understanding of all phases of the Carpentry Trade (to include casework construction), and a general knowledge of all phases of building construction. Ability to read and understand prints and shop drawings.
• Familiarity with various construction materials and tools. Must be able to prioritize work so that all assignments are completed in an efficient manner.

Physical Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, and climb or balance. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. Must be able to climb ladders, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl to inspect or make repairs located in ceilings, underground, and between walls.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

• While performing the duties of the job, the employee is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock.
• May be required to stand on and in wet areas to perform required work.
• Must be able to work long overtime hours as needed.
• The noise level in the work environment varies from moderate to loud.

Special Requirements: Must be available for emergency call-in, and vacation approval may be limited during peak activity periods.

St. Paul's School is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and has a strong commitment to the principles of diversity. St. Paul's School does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, ethnic origin, disability, or sexual orientation, and complies with applicable laws for the protection of civil rights.