Laboratory Schools: Facilities Specialist/Building Maintenance Worker VIII

Department ​

Lab School Operations

About the Department

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The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools provide one of the world’s most outstanding pre-collegiate educational experiences. Because Lab is part of the University of Chicago, the importance of intellectual life, of thought and exploration, infuses all aspects of our curriculum, and students in every grade benefit from outstanding UChicago academics and access to unmatched resources. John Dewey, one of the great minds in education, established the Schools in 1896 as a place to explore and implement his theories on childhood education. Today’s students still benefit from his vision, and today’s Lab faculty are recognized as experienced leaders in their field. Families who choose Lab care deeply about curiosity, inquiry, and creativity. Approximately 60 percent of Lab families are affiliated with the University, half live in Hyde Park, and the rest come from across Chicago, the suburbs, and northern Indiana. Lab’s student body reflects the diversity that is deeply valued by the Schools and its community; approximately half of our 2,000 students are people of color and families report speaking nearly 40 different languages in their homes. The Laboratory Schools seek the finest employees, people who wish to inspire a love of learning in our students and join a vibrant learning community. We employ people with a wide range of skills and training, in many different disciplines. At Lab, we value learning experientially, exhibiting kindness, and honoring diversity. We seek employees who share a similar commitment to these values. Lab people are engaged and excited by our mission. It is a great place to work and our connection to the University provides our faculty and staff with opportunities that would be nearly impossible to match in any other environment.

Job Information ​
 

Responsibilities: 

​General Service

• Regular attendance is required to perform all essential functions of this position.
• Performs non-mechanical repair and other services in common areas, classrooms and offices as directed.
• Completes work orders, which may include light bulb changing, light carpentry, touch-up painting, minor damage to furniture, window treatments, and storm window and screen removal, repair, cleaning and installation.
• Incumbent shall have a commitment to providing best-practice level of customer service to the Lab School Community, which includes students, faculty, staff and parents.
• Suggests to their supervisors or generates follow-up work orders for requests that require the services of engineers or skilled trades.
• Maintains and ensures the orderly appearance of adjoining areas and special equipment that supports the Lab Community, including site amenities such as loading docks, grills, patios, decks, exterior stairwells, green roofs and bicycle racks to maintain safe and presentable areas of travel accessible paths.
• Provides significant physical support for snow shoveling and removal, policing litter at entrances and exterior refuse collection.
• Provides entrance and lobby monitoring for cleanliness and emergency response cleaning.
• Responsibilities may include inspections, bulk content removal and disposal, furniture inventory and repair, window treatments, window screens and storms, light bulb replacement, minor plumbing, light carpentry, access coordination, follow-up and final quality inspection.
• Completes daily tasks including but not limited to loading dock organization and cleaning, exterior trash monitoring and collection, entrance and lobby monitoring and cleaning, playground maintenance and cleaning, and copy paper delivery.
• Performs emergency response cleaning, and holiday break and summer classroom and office cleaning.

Event Set-Up and Special Projects

• Performs all work required for setting up, moving, removing, cleaning and preparing for event setup in support of programs as directed.
• Assists the IS Department, when needed, with A/V installations for events.
• Performs and participates in office-wide programs, initiatives, and relationships and collaborating with colleagues.
• Serves as an ambassador for clients and Lab staff. Examples include resident staff moves, recommending products, accepting deliveries, storage room management and oversight on open days, and furniture and supply inventory management.
• Key member of the team supporting the annual summer maintenance program.

Service Coordination and Access

• Provides room or common space access and oversight for students, FS trades, outside  contractors, and management and for scheduled inspections by management, professional consultants or contractors.
• May provide coordination of activities with janitorial contractors and assist in new staff training orientation.

Emergency Response 

• Responds promptly to emergency situations such as water leaks and fire alarms.
• Assists security in missing student building sweeps.
• Other duties as assigned.

Competencies:

• Read and understand basic documentation such as help screens, departmental handouts, blue prints, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals required.
• Adhere to core values, including, but not limited to collaboration, safety, service,  efficiency and effectiveness, credibility, responsiveness, quality, accountability and respect.
• Decision-making skills to manage and complete multiple requests simultaneously required.
• Work on multiple projects simultaneously, set priorities, and meet deadlines required.
• Organizational, verbal and written communication and customer service skills required.
• Work with supervision to identify and describe work task priorities required.
• Work independently and as part of a team required.
• Coordinate and lead the work of others required.
• Interact and communicate with clarity, tact and courtesy with  patrons, staff, faculty, students and others required.
• Communicate effectively in English, both orally and in writing required.
• Recognize and resolve or refer problems and conflicts required.

Additional Requirements ​​
 

Education, Experience or Certifications:

Education:

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Associate’s degree in engineering, business, or another relevant field, from a college or technical school preferred.
• Certificate from a college or technical school preferred.

 

Experience:  

• A minimum of two years relevant work experience required.
• Lead experience preferred.
• Previous experience working in a facilities support role preferred.
• Previous experience working in a K-12 educational setting preferred.

Licenses and Certifications: 

• Valid driver’s license required. Must successfully complete the University’s Motor Vehicle Records process.
• Obtain a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) with a Passenger Endorsement within a specified date required.

Technical Knowledge or Skills: 

• Use or learn to use a range of position related software applications required. These may include standard software packages as well as  networked systems, email, the Web and other types of information structures.
• Knowledge of relevant building systems and maintenance techniques preferred.
• Knowledge of A/V equipment preferred.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements: 

• Work in a school and office environment with a diverse group of staff, students, parents, faculty.
• Strenuous daily physical activity such as snow shoveling and  removal, walking, crouching, kneeling, climbing, driving, and cleaning.
• Work efficiently, professionally and safely with tools of the maintenance trade,  snow blowers, snow shovels, equipment and small hand and power tools requiring high dexterity.
• Requisition materials and supplies as needed for projects so as to ensure productive and efficient use of skills and time.
• Carry or lift loads/objects of up to 99 lbs.
• Push or pull loads/objects of up to 99 lbs.
• Sit for up to 2 hours.
• Stand for 4 hours or more.
• Use computers.
• Climb stairs up to 5 stories.
• Occasionally work from ladders or lifts.
• Use standard office equipment.
• Safely operate a vehicle.

Pay Rate:

• $19.97 per hour.

  

Required Documents:

• Resume/CV
• Cover Letter
• Professional References Contact Information (3)

When applying, the document(s) MUST  be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.

Benefit Eligibility ​
 
Yes

Requires Compliance with University Covid-19 Vaccination Requirement
 

Yes

Pay Frequency ​
 
Hourly

Pay Range
 
Please refer to Additional Requirements to see the pay ranges

Scheduled Weekly Hours ​
 
40

Union ​
 
022- Local 743, I.B.T. Service Maintenance

Job is Exempt
 
No

Drug Test Required
 
No

Motor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required
 
No

Health Screen Required
No

Posting Date ​
 
2022-10-13-07:00

Remove from Posting On or Before ​
 
2023-04-13-07:00

Posting Statement: ​​
 

Employees must comply with the University’s COVID-19 vaccination requirements. More information about the requirements can be found on the University of Chicago Vaccination GoForward .
The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity /Disabled/Veterans Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, status as an individual with a disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or other protected classes under the law. For additional information please see the University’s Notice of Nondiscrimination.

 

Staff Job seekers in need of a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process should call 773-702-5800 or submit a request via Applicant Inquiry Form.

 

We seek a diverse pool of applicants who wish to join an academic community that places the highest value on rigorous inquiry and encourages a diversity of perspectives, experiences, groups of individuals, and ideas to inform and stimulate intellectual challenge, engagement, and exchange.

 

All offers of employment are contingent upon a background check that includes a review of conviction history.  A conviction does not automatically preclude University employment.  Rather, the University considers conviction information on a case-by-case basis and assesses the nature of the offense, the circumstances surrounding it, the proximity in time of the conviction, and its relevance to the position.

 

The University of Chicago’s Annual Security & Fire Safety Report (Report) provides information about University offices and programs that provide safety support, crime and fire statistics, emergency response and communications plans, and other policies and information. The Report can be accessed online at: http://securityreport.uchicago.edu . Paper copies of the Report are available, upon request, from the University of Chicago Police Department, 850 E. 61st Street, Chicago, IL 60637.