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Department:  Preventive Maintenance

Salary: 

Description:

While actively participating in an apprenticeship program, assists in repairing, maintaining and troubleshooting elevators, dub waiters and lifts in university owned buildings.

1. Under supervision, assists elevator mechanics in maintaining, repairing and troubleshooting problems with elevators, dumb waiters and lifts in university owned buildings.

2. Assists in preventative maintenance and inspection of elevators, escalators, lifts and related components.

3. Responds to call-back/trouble calls in a timely manner and restores equipment to a safe operating condition.

4. Applies skills and knowledge learned in the apprenticeship program to learn and develop diagnostic troubleshooting ability; operates tools and equipment common to the elevator trade such as: voltammeter, amp probe, Meggers, tachometer, rotation meter, soldering iron, solid state logic probes, lap top troubleshooting computer and numerous power and hand tools.

5. Maintains machine rooms, elevator pits and elevator car tops in a neat and clean condition, which includes periodic painting.

6. Assists with repairing and maintaining elevators, lifts and escalators.

7. Assists in maintaining equipment inventory as needed

8. May be assigned to special task force during periods of emergency, such as floods, storms, hurricanes, etc.

9. Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

MQ: "Requires a basic knowledge of grammar, spelling, punctuation and simple mathematical functions like percentages, ratios, etc. as might normally be acquired through attainment of a high school diploma or GED. Requires a minimum of six (6) months of directly job-related experience."

All positions at the University of Houston-System are security sensitive and will require a criminal history check.

The policy of the University of Houston-System and its universities is to ensure equal opportunity in all its educational programs and activities, and all terms and conditions of employment without regard to age, race, color, disability, religion, national origin, ethnicity, military status, genetic information, sex (including gender and pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or status, or gender expression, except where such a distinction is required by law.

About University of Houston

Founded in 1927, the University of Houston is the leading public research university in the vibrant international city of Houston. Each year, we educate more than 40,750 students in more than 300 undergraduate and graduate academic programs, on campus and online. UH awards more than 8,000 degrees annually, with more than 200,000 alumni. UH is a Carnegie-designated Tier One public research university.

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