Area Mechanic - North Liberty (Third Shift)
University of Iowa

Job Info

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University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics department of Engineering Services is seeking an Area Mechanic. This position will be full-time with a primary schedule of 12:00 p.m. to 8:30 a.m. Monday-Friday including weekends and holidays as scheduled for on-call.

The new University of Iowa Health Care North Liberty Campus will open in the Spring of 2025. This 469,000 square foot facility will be home to UI Health Care's nationally recognized Orthopedics service line, offering comprehensive, coordinated, and accessible care across the outpatient, inpatient and surgical venues. These state-of-the-art clinical facilities will also include a full-service community imaging center, laboratory services, physical therapy, retail pharmacy, and emergency department as well as an array of support services. The facility has been designed to support a superior patient and staff experience; excellence across our patient care, teaching and research missions; convenient access to services; and engaging community partnerships. UI Health Care is seeking a welcoming, highly-skilled and collaborative workforce to be a part of the opening team for this superb new campus, and to help further our mission of: Changing Medicine. Changing Lives.

Under general supervision, has initial responsibility for operation of all buildings and equipment in assigned area and performing skilled tasks in the inspection, maintenance and repair of mechanical systems, facility maintenance, and operation.

CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Applies all necessary safety precautions in working with electrical, steam, or mechanical equipment.
• Performs inspections of electrical, mechanical, steam and plumbing equipment in assigned areas on a periodic basis in order to determine the degree of operating efficiency and to locate and alleviate potential malfunctions.
• Troubleshoots and repairs malfunctions on electrical equipment, appliances, light fixtures, plumbing fixtures, heating, air conditioning and ventilating equipment controls in assigned area.
• Performs and reports on specific written preventive maintenance procedures (such as lubrication, cleaning, changing filters, making adjustments, and replacing parts) on electrical, mechanical, plumbing and steam equipment in assigned area.
• Checks accomplishment of shop work orders and returns them to the appropriate office after work is completed.
• Inspects and reports building problems involving carpentry, painting, roof, masonry, and plastering in assigned area in order to determine corrective methods.
• Establishes and maintains effective communications with personnel located in assigned area and within his/her own and other shops relative to building maintenance and occupant comfort.
• Maintains operating inventory of necessary spare repair parts, filters, belts and other supplies.
• Trains shop apprentices, replacements, and other personnel.

MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

• Must possess a basic knowledge of plumbing, electricity, maintenance of steam and mechanical equipment.
• Must have four years of work experience in the listed crafts, including apprenticeship or technical training.

Application Process: In order to be considered, applicants must upload a resume (under submission relevant materials). Job openings are posted for a minimum of 10 calendar days. This job may be removed from posting and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended. Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check. This position is not eligible for University sponsorship for employment authorization. Please contact joseph-beebe@uiowa.edu with questions.

Additional Information

• Classification Title: Area Mechanic
• Appointment Type: Merit
• Schedule: Full-time

Compensation

• Pay Level: 10
• Starting Salary Minimum: 47956.48
• Starting Salary Maximum: 62481.76

Contact Information

• Organization: Healthcare
• Contact Name: Joseph Beebe
• Contact Email: joseph-beebe@uiowa.edu

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