Elevator Maintenance Mechanic III

Position Information

Hiring Department: Facilities Management
Reports To: Associate Director for Facilities Management
Job Location: El Paso, Texas (On Site)
Posting End Date: Open until filled. This posting may close once a sufficient number of qualified applications have been received.
Hours: 40 hours per week, standard Monday- Friday 7:00am- 3:30pm. Flexibility is required on evenings and weekends.
FLSA status: Non-Exempt
Earliest Start Date: As soon as possible.
Salary: Starting at $54,045.00 annually, commensurate with experience.

Required Application Materials

• Resume

Position Summary

Performs highly complex (senior-level) elevator maintenance work such as assemble, install, repair, and/or maintain electric or hydraulic freight or passenger elevators, or dumbwaiters. Performs complex elevator control troubleshooting on mechanical and electrical elevator systems. Applies quality control measures that ensure that all preventive maintenance is completed in a professional, efficient and timely manner. Supervises projects, repairs and personnel. Prepares and conducts annual and 5-year safety tests on elevator systems. Implements programs to assure all UTEP elevators pass annual and other state inspections. Checks and assures quality control that safety regulations and building codes are met, and completes service reports verifying conformance to standards. Adjusts safety controls, counterweights, door mechanisms, and components such as valves, ratchets, seals, and brake linings. Assembles electrically powered stairs, steel frameworks, and tracks, and installs associated motors and electrical wiring. Assembles elevator cars, installing each car's platform, walls, and doors. Assembles, installs, repairs, and maintains elevators, escalators, moving sidewalks, and dumbwaiters, using hand and power tools, and testing devices such as test lamps, ammeters, and voltmeters. Identifies and maintains guide shoes and rollers to minimize the lateral motion of cars as they travel through shafts; bolts or welds steel rails to the walls of shafts to guide elevators, working from scaffolding or platforms; assists in connecting car frames to counterweights, using steel cables. Connects electrical wiring to control panels and electric motors. Cuts prefabricated sections of framework, rails, and other components to specified dimensions. Operates elevators to determine power demands, and test power consumption to detect overload factors. Disassembles defective units, and repairs or replaces parts such as locks, gears, cables, and electric wiring. Inspects, trouble shoots, and repairs wiring connections, control panel hookups, door installations, and alignments and clearances of cars and hoist ways to ensure that equipment will operate properly. Installs electrical wires and controls by attaching conduit along shaft walls from floor to floor, then pulling plastic covered wires through the conduit. Installs outer doors and door frames at elevator entrances on each floor of a structure. Trouble shoots and repairs malfunctions in brakes, motors, switches, and signal and control systems, using test equipment. Tests newly installed equipment to ensure that it meets specifications, such as stopping at floors for set amounts of time. Maintains logbooks that detail all repairs and checks performed. Maintains skills up to date by attending assigned or designated trainings. Reads and interprets blueprints to determine the layout of system components, frameworks, and foundations, and to select installation equipment.

Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or GED.
• Experience: Five years of experience, related to the statement of duties and responsibilities; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the elevator service industry. Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. Occasional travel may be required.
• Possesses a valid Texas driver's license.

Preferred Qualifications

• CET Certification and/or IUEC Mechanic card.

About Facilities Management

Facilities Management, under the leadership of Assistant Vice President of Facilities Management Stanley Joshua, oversees Facilities Services, Planning and Construction and Space Management. Working together as a team, we strive to fulfill the mission and vision of the University.

About UTEP

The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a comprehensive public research university that is increasing access to excellent higher education. We advance discovery of public value and positively impact the health, culture, education, and economy of the community we serve.

UTEP is America’s leading Hispanic-serving university.

Miner Perks and Benefits

• Benefit Package includes: Medical, Prescription, Life Insurance and Wellness platform
• Voluntary Benefits: Dental, Vision, Additional life insurance, UT Flex, Short and Long-term disability plans
• Retirement Programs
• Longevity Pay
• Paid Vacation & Sick Leave
• Paid Holidays
• Employee Discounts & Perks
• Employee Education Assistance program
• And much more! Visit our Benefits Summary Page for more information on our additional benefits.

Disclaimer

To the extent that this position involves research, work, or access to critical infrastructure as referenced in Executive Order GA-48, being hired for and continuing to be employed in this position requires the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Frequently stand; walk; use hands to feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.
• Occasionally lift and move up to 25 pounds.
• Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. Frequently exposed to risk of electrical shock. Occasionally exposed to high, precarious places and vibrations.
• No specific vision abilities required.
• May be required to wear Personal Protective Equipment to include: Steel toe or Non-slippery shoes, back belt, ear plugs, eye protection, and gloves.
• Exposure to noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The University of Texas at El Paso is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender identity in employment or the provision of services in accordance with state and federal law. Discrimination on the basis of sex includes an employee’s or prospective employee’s right to be free from sexual harassment under Title IX of the Higher Education Amendments of 1972. Inquiries—including the filing of a Formal Complaint or reporting an incident—about the application of Title IX may be referred to the Title IX Coordinator, who can be reached by phone at (915) 747-8358, by email at titleix@utep.edu, or by mail at 500 W. University Ave., El Paso, TX, Kelly Hall, Room 223C. For accommodation information for employees and applicants with disabilities, please contact UTEP's Equal Opportunity Office at eoaa@utep.edu.