Housing Maintenance Inspector - University Housing

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana, IL

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Building Systems, Construction Equipment, Construction Inspection, Documentation, Electrical Components, Electricity, Equipment Maintenance/Repair, Equipment Replacement, Fire Alarm, Food Services, Home Inspections, Inventory Management, Life Safety Systems, Maintenance - Electrical, Maintenance Services, Masonry, Painting (Facilities and Maintenance), Plumbing, Project Tracking, Property Maintenance, Record Keeping, Records Management, Refrigeration, Safety Equipment, Student Housing, System Operations, Systems Maintenance
LOCATION
Urbana, IL
POSTED
12 days ago

Duties & Responsibilities

Facility and Equipment Inspections

  • Inspects buildings, equipment, and grounds and identifies and reports any maintenance issues and/or necessary repairs.
  • Inspects Housing units for defective and missing items such as door hardware, glass, tile, paint, light fixtures, etc.
  • Inspects and maintains life safety equipment including recharging fire extinguishers, cleaning and replacing smoke detectors, operating a computer-based fire alarm system, and inspecting standpipes, sprinkler heads and other fire extinguishing systems.
  • Inspects and maintains building exteriors and grounds including interior lighting systems, on-site utilities, drains, gutters and downspouts, masonry, siding, windows, and doors.
  • Inspects and makes minor adjustments to kitchen equipment.
  • Inspects and coordinates repairs for food service equipment such as freezers, coolers, dish machines, conveyors, grills, ovens, steam cookers, dispensers, and slicers.

Work Orders and Maintenance Coordination

  • Prepares, issues, and monitors work orders for building maintenance and repair.
  • With direction from supervisor develop priorities and the coordination of work with appropriate Housing crafts and trades staff.
  • Maintain related records and documentation.

Key and Lock Systems

  • Inspects, adjusts, and builds locks; cuts and maintains building keys and access/security codes.
  • This may include changing lock cores, recombinating locks, cutting keys and maintaining key inventories.

Building Systems Maintenance

  • Maintains electrical and mechanical building equipment.
  • Conducts ongoing inspection of building heating, ventilating, air conditioning, electrical, refrigeration, temperature control, plumbing and fire protection systems for proper operation.
  • This may include lubrication and changing of belts replacing filters and performing other maintenance as required.

Equipment Monitoring and Records Management

  • Reads and checks gauges, meters, and thermometers to control temperature and humidity levels.
  • Maintains electronic and paper logs as required.
  • Operates electrical and mechanical equipment using manual, electronic or computer-based control, to maintain proper lighting, temperature and humidity level.

Inventory Management

  • Maintains stock of repair parts and participates in making necessary purchases as required.
  • Maintains an inventory of equipment and replacement parts.

Performs other duties as assigned.

About the Company

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign