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Posted: 22-Apr-22
Location: Nationwide
Salary: Open

Building Maintenance Worker (8213C, Temporary) - 32855 About Berkeley
At the University of California, Berkeley, we are committed to creating a community that fosters equity of experience and opportunity, and ensures that students, faculty, and staff of all backgrounds feel safe, welcome and included. Our culture of openness, freedom and belonging make it a special place for students, faculty and staff.
The University of California, Berkeley, is one of the world's leading institutions of higher education, distinguished by its combination of internationally recognized academic and research excellence; the transformative opportunity it provides to a large and diverse student body; its public mission and commitment to equity and social justice; and its roots in the California experience, animated by such values as innovation, questioning the status quo, and respect for the environment and nature. Since its founding in 1868, Berkeley has fueled a perpetual renaissance, generating unparalleled intellectual, economic and social value in California, the United States and the world.
We are looking for equity-minded applicants who represent the full diversity of California and who demonstrate a sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds present in our community. When you join the team at Berkeley, you can expect to be part of an inclusive, innovative and equity-focused community that approaches higher education as a matter of social justice that requires broad collaboration among faculty, staff, students and community partners. In deciding whether to apply for a position at Berkeley, you are strongly encouraged to consider whether your values align with our
Guiding Values and Principles, our
Principles of Community, and
our Strategic Plan. Departmental Overview
Residential and Student Service Programs (RSSP) is part of the Division of Student Affairs under the direction of the Associate Vice Chancellor of RSSP. RSSP provides student housing, residential life programs, self-operated dining services for undergraduate and graduate students and their families, and child care services for students, faculty, and staff; it also conducts a year-round conference business, operates eleven campus restaurants/retail operations, and manages twenty-six faculty apartments.
Family Housing is part of the Housing Operations Maintenance and Environment (HOME) department within Residential and Student Services Programs (RSSP). RSSP is a division of Student Affairs. RSSP provides housing, dining, childcare and student programs. HOME provides housing for single students and student families. University Village Family Housing complex, located in Albany, CA includes 974 student family apartments in 70 apartment buildings plus numerous common areas such as laundries, administrative offices Community Center, Academic Center, gymnastics building (app bay), ECEP, etc.
Responsibilities
- General (repair, replace)
- Screens, dry erase boards, chalk and bulletin boards, toilet paper dispensers, and similar items.
- Carpentry (repair, replace)
- Replace ceiling tile, perform minor repairs to furniture, rubber base, toilet partitions, railings, and similar items.
- Perform caulking, grouting under direction. Refer trades level work through supervisor in a timely manner.
- Electrical (test, reset, clean, change batteries, repair, replace and/or conduct installations of)
- Replace light bulbs, fluorescent tubes; working under direction replace ballasts and starters; reset breakers as directed, set timers, replace batteries, repair, service battery operated items including: door alarms, battery powered smoke detectors; working under direction replace bathroom ventilation fans, repair vacuum cleaners, other small equipment.
- Receive training and follow lock-out, tag-out procedures. Incumbent will not work with live electricity.
- Refer trades level work through supervisor in a timely manner.
- Plumbing (Unclog, clean-out)
- Drains in sinks/showers/floors (non-powered auger), toilets.
- Refer trades level work through supervisor in a timely manner.
- Wall/ceiling treatment
- Prepare, clean, walls for painting.
- For areas under 16