Job Description:

• Compiles and creates preventative maintenance schedules and tasks for new and existing buildings.

• Facilitates the inventory of new assets that are to be tagged and entered into the maintenance database.

• Administers vendor contracts associated with preventive maintenance.

• Collaborates with purchasing to determine bidding specifications and lists of qualified bidders. Conducts pre-bid meetings, reviews bids, makes recommendations and prepares letters of intent for successful bidders.

• Records refrigerant usage for compliance purposes and schedules testing of boilers for state licensing.

• Develops and schedules preventive maintenance programs in collaboration with custodial and landscape managers.

• Provides technical guidance, troubleshooting and recommendations for mechanical, plumbing, refrigeration, and building envelope systems.

Short Job Description:

• Bachelor's degree in related field from an accredited institution, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Five year's relevant experience.

• Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.

• Office software skills, including word-processing and spreadsheets.

• Working knowledge of facility HVAC systems.

• Experience with reading blueprints and understanding nomenclature.

• Experience managing, reviewing, and creating vendor contracts for bidding purposes.

• Ability to manage maintenance service contracts for compliance.

Job Ref: S108P

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One of the top-100 public universities in the United States, Western Michigan University is committed to being learner centered, discovery driven and globally engaged. Founded in 1903, what was once Western Michigan College became Michigan's fourth public university in 1957. Since then, WMU has undergone dramatic growth in size and stature. Today, the University offers more than 240 academic programs to students pursuing degrees through the doctoral level. More than 20 percent of its 25,000 students are enrolled in graduate course work, studying in disciplines ranging from atomic physics and graph theory to medieval literature and blind rehabilitation. Of 101 graduate offerings available, 30 lead to a doctoral degree.

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