The Opportunity
Serving as a key member of the Facilities team, you will perform duties in support of the daily management, maintenance, and operation of the physical plant of buildings occupied by the College of Human Ecology and Brooks School of Public Policy.
What You Will Do
The successful candidate will be able to:
Interact with the College community (faculty, staff, and students) with a consistently service-oriented attitude, interact with people at various levels of authority with confidence and effectiveness, and provide prompt client feedback in a clear, tactful manner.
Employ independent judgment to coordinate activities for building operations and maintenance and related assigned maintenance projects.
Handle confidential and sensitive information with appropriate levels of discretion and represent the administrative support functions of the college in a professional manner.
Trouble-shoot, prioritize, and coordinate trade response to routine and emergency facility maintenance and repair of building systems
Coordinate small ( Ensure the safety and access, and security of the building, occupants, and teaching and research activities conducted therein.
Perform regular updates of the physical space inventory and capital assets inventory for all facilities and assets assigned to the College and School. Provide facilities-related support for special events.
Provide shipping/receiving and loading dock management functions.
The work requires the ability to work within a complex structure with various college, university, state, and community personnel. The successful incumbent will have the skill, judgment, and ability to listen to the problems of others and to provide appropriate solutions in a quick and service-oriented manner.
Required Qualifications & Success Factors
Formal training beyond High school of 1 to 2 years, minimum 4 years related work experience required, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Working knowledge or proven capability to troubleshoot complex, commercial building systems (electrical, plumbing, HVAC, IT, etc.).
Ability to lift 50 pounds or more.
Fundamental information technology skills required: BACS, basic Microsoft Office applications, email clients, and electronic calendaring.
Preferred Qualifications
Four years or more of relevant work experience in an academic setting where wet laboratory research is performed.
Demonstrated project management skills.
To be considered for this position, you must submit the following application materials - Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis:
1. Cover letter (this is required)
2. Resume
Rewards & Benefits
This position requires regular full-time hours of work to be from 7:30/8:00 am to 4:00/4:30 pm Monday through Thursday and from 7:30/8:00 am to 3:00/3:30 pm on Friday. Occasional late evening and weekend work as on call/backup support or emergency response is required.
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Our leave provisions include health and personal leave, three weeks of vacation and 13 holidays: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and the day after, and an end of the year winter break from December 25-January 1. To offer greater flexibility for observing faiths and traditions we also offer two additional floating holidays. Learn more about our generous leave provisions: Holiday and Accrued Time Off | Working at Cornell
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