Maintenance Assistant
- Employer
- Arkansas State University - Newport
- Location
- Newport, AR
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- Administrative Jobs
- Institutional & Business Affairs, Auxiliary Services, Facilities Management & Sustainability
- Institution Type
- Community College
Job Details
POSITION SUMMARY
The Maintenance Assistant is responsible for facilities maintenance. The successful candidate will have the demonstrated ability to multi-task and work effectively with others while promoting a positive organizational culture by embodying the institutional values of community, diversity, innovation, integrity, student-centeredness and trust.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Assists with work orders for special events and exhibits.
Inspects tools and equipment and performs minor equipment and vehicle repairs – maintenance equipment by lubricating, greasing, changing filters, and performing other minor repairs.
Servicing vehicles – which includes: checking fluid levels and washing
Assists in minor electric repairs, remodeling of buildings, and performs minor carpentry duties such as hanging ceilings, replacing walls, and other carpentry duties.
Removes trash from waste baskets, dumps trash, sanitizes and re-lines trash receptacles daily, or as needed, and operates trash compactors.
Wipes furniture, such as desk tops, tables, and other surfaces.
Cleans walls, windows, window sills, stairways, and entry ways, as needed.
Sweeps, mops, and buffs floors, vacuums floors daily, and shampoos carpets, cleans baseboards, dusts and/or wipes clean furniture, desk tops, table tops, cabinets, and other surfaces, such as ceiling fans, black/white boards, appliances, and fixtures.
Strips, waxes, and buffs floors, as needed or scheduled. Cleans bathroom fixtures and stocks restrooms with soap, toilet tissue, and paper towels.
Cleans areas requiring special cleaning methods, by using specific cleansers, sterilizing equipment, and/or disposing of contaminated wastes.
Assists in set-up of events and cleaning after events.
Performs other duties as assigned.
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Additional duties and responsibilities may arise based upon the needs of the college, other duties may be assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty mentioned satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
The formal education equivalent of a high school diploma, ability to operate and perform routine maintenance on various types of grounds keeping tools and equipment.
KNOWELEDGE
Knowledge of basic cleaning techniques. Knowledge of cleaning equipment operation and maintenance.
EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE
Ability and skills to perform routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
REPAIRING
Ability and skills to do minor repairs to applicable machines or systems using the needed tools.
TROUBLESHOOTING
Ability to determine causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
COORDINATION
Ability to adjust actions in relation to others' actions.
JUDGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING
Ability to consider the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
MONITORING
Ability to monitoring/assess performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
OPERATION AND CONTROL
Skills an ability to control operations of equipment or systems.
CONTROL PRECISION
Ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
MANUAL DEXTERITY
Ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
ARM/HAND STEADINESS
Ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
COORDINATION
Ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
NEAR VISION
Ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
STATIC STRENGTH
Ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects up to 50 pounds.
TRUNK STRENGTH
Ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing.
FINGER DEXTERITY
Ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. skills and experience.
PUBLIC CONTACT
Regular contact with the public, current and future students as well as alumni.
EMPLOYEE CONTACT
Regular contact with other college employees at all levels within the organization.
REQUIRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
Valid Arkansas Driver’s License
PREFERRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
None
TOOLS & EQUIPMENT
Hand Tools
Floor Polishers
Ladders
Vacuum Cleaners
PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES
The following physical activities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.
While performing the functions of this job, the employee is continuously required to talk or hear; frequently required to stand; frequently required to walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms; and occasionally required to climb or balance.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Some equipment may be hazardous and some assignments are not climate controlled.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate with periods of high noise exposure resulting from the operation of power equipment.
EEO/AA
Organization
Vision
ASU-Newport will be the driving force that revitalizes the Delta and restores the American Dream in the communities we serve.
Mission
ASU-Newport provides an accessible, affordable, quality education that transforms the lives of our students, enriches our communities and strengthens the regional economy.
Values
Community | Diversity | Innovation | Integrity | Student-Centeredness | Trust
Where you're going depends on where you've been.
Over the years, ASU-Newport has grown from one campus to three and now boasts enrollment exceeding 2,000 students. The milestones of our past have made us the institution we are today.
1976 - Arkansas State University-Newport (ASUN) founded as White River Vocational Technical School.
1992 - ASUN merged with Arkansas State University-Beebe to become ASU Beebe/Newport.
2000 - Arkansas Board of Higher Education approved ASUN to be its own, stand-alone campus.
2001 - ASUN hired its first Chancellor, Dr. Larry Williams.
2002 - Gift received from Arkansas Steel and Associates of $250,000 to endow cultural programs.
2002 - ASUN received initial national accreditation by Higher Learning Commission.
2002 - Jackson County residents voted to support ASUN through local sales tax
2003 - ASUN enrollment exceeds 1,000 students.
2004 - Gift received from Walton Family Foundation in the amount of $1 million, in honor of Lindley and Kaneaster Hodges Jr.
2004 - Ground broke on a Student Community Center.
2004 - The high voltage lineman technology program was created from a partnership between ASUN and the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas.
2005 - Named by Community College Week magazine as one of the top ten fastest-growing public two-year colleges.
2006 - Ten-year accreditation granted by Higher Learning Commission of North Central Accreditation.
2006 - First fully online degree program offered - Associate of Arts in Business.
2007 - ASUN assumed operational oversight for the technical centers in both Jonesboro and Marked Tree.
2009 - ASUN enrollment exceeds 2,000 students.
2012 - ASUN hosts "First Decade Celebration" in Newport, Marked Tree and Jonesboro.
2012 - ASUN student receives first and only Student Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) granted to a community college student.
2012 - $1 million gift received from Fowler Family in support of Hospitality Services program.
2013 - Dr. Sandra Massey named ASUN's second Chancellor.
2014 - ASUN becomes fifth largest community college in Arkansas in headcount enrollment.
2015 - 2500 STRONG - In Fall 2015 beat it's all-time enrollment record with 2,533 students.
- Website
- http://www.asun.edu/
- Telephone
- 8705127800
- Location
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7648 Victory Blvd.
Newport
AR
72112
US
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