The Department of Facilities and Services at West Virginia University is seeking applications for a Maintenance Worker II position.

About the Opportunity

The Maintenance Worker II will provide leadership in maintaining the interior and exterior appearance of institutional buildings. This work involves adhering to established standard procedures, techniques, and safety requirements with some judgment required to interpret instructions. Must be very familiar with interpreting event diagrams and completing set-ups as required

We strongly believe in work-life balance and keeping time for things we love outside our work. WVU offers generous benefits, including:

• 37.5-hour work week
• 13 paid holidays ()
• 15 annual leave (vacation) days per year or more based on years of service ()
• 18 sick days per year (for when you're ill, for when you need time to care for sick family, for your own, or your family's, regularly scheduled medical appointments. Who is family for the purpose of this leave? A lot of people in your life including immediate relatives and in-laws as well as others considered to be members of your household living under the same roof)
• WVU offers a range of
• 401(a) retirement savings with 6% employee contribution match, eligibility to continue health insurance, and other retiree perks. Looking for ? Check out retirement health insurance benefits, retirement income, and FAQ's.
• Wellness programs

What You'll Do:

• Provide leadership and coordination of all assignments for events. Leadership to include decision-making responsibilities for the various events taking place as well as providing assistance to individuals with special needs to ensure their comfort. Provide leadership for setting up staging, dance floors, and various styles of tables and seating along with knowledge to provide general and special cleaning needs.
• Coordinates the cleaning and maintenance of the interior and surrounding exterior appearance of all buildings performing duties associated with a Campus Service Worker position; ensuring supplies and materials are adequately stocked throughout the buildings by inventorying supply areas and completing requisitions for submission to supervisor for additional supplies; notifying supervisor of classroom furniture, equipment, and facilities needing repair or replacement and of potential safety/fire violations by completing the proper maintenance order, location, and interpretation of Safety Data Sheets (SDS).
• Follow procedures and make work assignments to those individuals assigned to the crew to ensure work is completed in a timely manner and to ensure proper quality and quantity. Also monitor and direct the work of the custodial staff that indirectly report to him. Monitor multiple simultaneous events. Inspect completed work assignments of Campus Service Workers to ensure quality control.
• Receive work orders. Interface with all supervisors, managers, and requesting party to finalize needs and scope. Communicate work schedules and goals to employees and customer, creating efficiency and a timely completion of assigned tasks.
• Provide continual inspection of assigned area to ensure assigned work is completed on schedule; recommend to the supervisor major repair needs; assist supervisor in updating deferred maintenance.
• Recommend to the supervisor as to crew size, materials availability, and equipment in order to maintain schedule.
• Coordinate relocation of offices, classrooms, and set-ups for special events in all facilities by performing duties associated with a Campus Service Worker position; ensuring departmental personnel are aware of schedule for moves and set-ups; training new employees on proper techniques and operation of equipment; adjusting daily task assignments to meet changes in needs in priorities; and informing supervisor of problem situations. Lock and unlock doors to accommodate building schedule.
• Provide daily reports on actual progress versus projected progress to supervisor. Maintain the original scope of project to ensure project cost control. Inform supervisor of needed discipline and performance problems. Ensure that work group processes all work requests, material requisitions, weekly reports, and invoices necessary to complete assignments according to Physical Plant operation.
• Operate computers utilizing various software programs such as: Facilities Management maintenance management programs involving work orders and materials accountability, building support systems and other systems as necessary.
• Clean and maintain the interior appearance of assigned buildings including classrooms, offices, public areas, etc. by sweeping, mopping, stripping, and waxing floors; vacuuming and shampooing carpets, rugs and upholstery; dusting and polishing furniture; washing and cleaning walls, ceilings, doors, windows, etc.; and performing other related internal cleaning activities.
• Ensure that employees have adequate staff and supplies to complete assigned cleaning duties.
• Clean and disinfect bathrooms and kitchenettes including walls, floors, lavatories, commodes, sinks, refrigerators, stoves, fixtures, mirrors, etc. Replenish supplies including toilet tissue, towels, and soap.
• Operate walk-behind and riding scrubbers, high-speed buffers, automated carpet cleaners, power lifts, and all other associated equipment needed to perform duties listed above.
• Operate equipment in performance of duties such as brooms, mops, vacuums, shampooers, high-speed burnishers, etc. Mix and dilute commercial strength disinfectants, germicidal detergents, and other stringent cleaning solutions. Calculate area to determine amounts of cleaning solutions required. Follow established safety procedures in the use of equipment and materials; locking and unlocking doors, offices, classrooms, and meeting rooms as directed by the supervisor. Moves equipment, chairs, tables, etc. to other floors using dollies, carts, etc. on elevators or stairways.
• Relocate offices and classrooms within buildings and throughout campus by lifting, loading, and unloading furniture, file cabinets, boxes, etc. onto hand trucks, dollies, and box vans for transportation. May require removing desk components, doors, and shelves to ease in relocations. Move, sets-up, rearrange, and erect tables, chairs, platforms, bleachers, tents, displays, etc. for registration, commencement, and other special events. Disassemble and store items at the end of events. Must be able to interpret blueprints and drawings as they pertain to special event set-ups.
• Clean and maintain the surrounding exterior appearance of all institutional buildings by raking, removing, and disposing of leaves and debris; cleaning gutters, culverts, and other drainage areas; sweeping, shoveling, and removing snow, ice, slush, and mud from entryways and sidewalks; spreading salt and cinders on public passageways; washing graffiti from walls and sidewalks; and performing other related external cleaning activities. May be required to operate blowers, walk-behind sweepers, or any other equipment needed to perform duties listed above. Remove weeds from shrub and flowerbeds as required.
• Collect and properly dispose of trash and litter throughout institutional buildings and grounds including cleaning of trash receptacles and assisting sanitation vehicle operators. Collect recyclable items and places in appropriate storage location.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Work Hours: Monday-Friday, 4:00pm to 12:00am

Pay Grade: 11; WVU provides competitive wages for its employees, and takes experience and related education into consideration when determining appropriate salary.

• Vocational or technical training of up to 18 months beyond high school or an equivalent combination of education and directly related work experience
• A minimum of one (1) year of experience in the following areas is required:
  • Setting up cleaning schedules,
  • Commercial cleaning procedures
  • Training others in the safe and proper ways to operate all commercial cleaning custodial equipment
• Must be able to interpret diagrams or blueprints for event set-ups
• Must have knowledge to be able to set-up staging and dance floors
• Must have experience operating basic powered hand tools, such as drills and saws
• Must have experience operating basic roads and grounds equipment such as weed eater, leaf blower and power washer

• Valid US Driver's License

At West Virginia University, we leverage our talents and resources to create a better future for our state and the world. As West Virginia's land-grant university, WVU has three campuses that touch each corner of the state. The WVU System includes 518 buildings on 15,880 acres, Extension Service offices in all 55 counties, ten experimental farms and four forests.

From the groundbreaking R1 research of our flagship campus in Morgantown to the career-oriented programs of WVU Potomac State in Keyser to the technology-intensive programs at WVU Tech in Beckley - the contributions of WVU employees directly impact the 1.8 million people of West Virginia every day, no matter their role or position.

Service, curiosity, respect, accountability, and appreciation are the core values that unite Mountaineers, inspiring one another to work tirelessly and support others as they seek to reach new heights. After all, when you're a Mountaineer, impossible is just another mountain to climb.

Creating an inclusive, engaged, and dynamic learning environment is core to WVU's academic mission. We welcome candidates who can contribute a range of ideas, approaches and experiences.

To learn more about West Virginia University, visit go.wvu.edu. View current career opportunities at careers.wvu.edu.

West Virginia University is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer and is the recipient of an NSF ADVANCE award for gender equity. The University values diversity among its faculty, staff, and students, and invites applications from all qualified applicants regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, nationality, genetics, disability, or Veteran status.