Maintenance/Construction Worker
About Us
Housing and Residence Life is passionate about the Georgia Tech residential student experience. With 97% of all first-year students choosing to live on campus, we create spaces and opportunities for Yellow Jackets to grow and connect from their first day of college through their graduate studies. We are proud to support our student’s personal development and academic endeavors while providing a safe and comfortable living environment. Our department is a large and complex organization supporting over 8,700 on-campus residents among 49 traditional halls, suites, and apartments, some of which were constructed for the 1996 Summer Olympics. Our team of 200+ professional staff and 300+ student staff among seven departments support residents directly and indirectly with their unique talents. Housing and Residence Life is a department within the Division of Student Engagement and Well-Being that includes all Campus Services and Student Life offices.
Job Summary
Perform a variety of basic, semi-skilled mechanical, and building trade tasks in the maintenance and repair of buildings and equipment and in performing simple construction and fabrication work within assigned facilities. This position will interact on a consistent basis with the unit supervisor and staff members.
Responsibilities
Job Duty 1 -Inspect assigned buildings, fixtures, machines, appliances, and other units; note where maintenance or repair is required.
Job Duty 2 -Perform basic maintenance and repair services on appliances, plumbing, electrical systems, HVAC units, etc.
Job Duty 3 -Perform installation of lavatory fixtures, ceilings, floor tiles, locks, glass, doors, etc.
Job Duty 4 -Perform fabrication and finishing of walls, shelving, cabinetry, storage areas, etc., in the construction of remodeled or expanded facilities.
Job Duty 5 -Coordinate maintenance and construction work performed by contractors
Job Duty 6 -May provide design input.
Job Duty 7 -Perform other duties as assigned
Benefits
Georgia Tech offers a robust employee benefit package to include health, dental, vision and supplementary insurance, paid sick and vacation time (8 hours, and 10 hours a month accruing with service), tuition assistance for continuing education, and a 19.98% employee match in the Teacher Retirement System pension.
*To be eligible for consideration, applicants must apply through the GT Human Resources website*
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $20.68 - $28.12 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- On call
People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply
Application Question(s):
- To be eligible for consideration, applicants must apply through the GT Human Resources website. You may search and apply for the position on your own, but if you would like to receive a direct link to the application, please type your email below and you will receive it within 48 hours.
Work Location: In person