Facilities Technician

Department Contact: Thomas Villalobos, ftlobos@nmsu.edu, 575-646-5513

Internal or External Search: External - Open to all applicants

Advertising Summary: Join our team! Install, repair, and maintain locks, keys, and access control systems. Re-key, issue keys, and support master key systems while ensuring safety and secure campus operations.

Position Details

Position Title: Facilities Technician

College/Division: Facilities and Services

Department: 500730-FS ACCESS CONTROL

Location: Las Cruces

Offsite Location (if applicable):

Target Hourly/Salary Rate: $16.83

Appointment Full-time Equivalency: 1.0

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Bargaining Unit Announcement: This is a bargaining unit position with American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME).

Contingent Upon Funding: Not Applicable

Standard Work Schedule: Standard (M-F, 8-5)

If Not a Standard Work Schedule: 

Job Duties and Responsibilities: Perform installation, maintenance and/or repairs on structural building systems. Performs non-technical maintenance tasks on the mechanical systems inside of campus buildings. Building mechanical systems include the piping and individual components for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. Performs non-technical maintenance tasks on the electrical systems inside of buildings. Non-technical maintenance tasks include but are not limited to routine inspection and testing of emergency egress lighting, switches, outlets, photocells. This also includes changing light bulbs and light fixtures. Performs non-technical maintenance tasks on the plumbing systems inside of campus buildings. Building plumbing systems includes all components and fixtures associated with the domestic water, wastewater, and natural gas systems located inside of the building.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience: 
High School diploma or higher degree.

Equivalent Qualifications: 

Preferred Qualifications: 
Ability to cut and issue keys, re-key, install and repair locks and hardware. Ability to interpret, implement, and maintain pre-defined master key systems; Ability to use hand and power tools applicable to trade. Ability to make administrative/procedural decisions and judgments Ability to install, troubleshoot, and repair both mechanical locking and electronic access control device. Ability to read, understand, follow, and enforce safety procedures.

Special Certification/Licensure: 

Working Conditions and Physical Effort

Environment: Work involves moderate exposure to unusual elements, such as extreme temperatures, dirt, dust, fumes, smoke, unpleasant odors, and/or loud noises.

Physical Effort: Moderate physical activity.

Lifting Requirements: Requires handling of average-weight objects up to 25 pounds or standing and/or walking for more than four (4) hours per day.

Risk: Work environment involves some exposure to hazards or physical risks, which require following basic safety precautions.