Plumbing and Welding Supervisor

About the role

Ball State University Facilities Planning and Management has an opportunity to work on the beautiful campus. This opportunity comes with excellent pay and a great benefits package that includes medical and prescription plans, dental, flexible spending and health savings accounts, paid time off, holiday pay, university-funded retirement, tuition discounts, and more. The ideal candidate will be flexible, and will possess great service skills with a willingness to learn. This is a full-time, on campus opportunity. Department: Assoc VP Facilities Planning & Mgt_P (Chris Sizelove). Start Date: 10/08/2026.

Responsibilities

• Supervise, schedule, and coordinate the activities of plumbers and welders in construction, renovation, maintenance, and repair projects to university buildings, equipment, and facilities to ensure compliance with established programs, standards, and procedures.
• Prepare cost estimates and material requisitions for projects and renovations; inspect work in process and completed work to ensure efficiency of operations and adherence to cost estimate.
• Assign and review work, orient and train staff, and make recommendations in all areas related to supervision, including, but not limited to, interviewing and selection, compensation, discipline, performance appraisal, and training and career development of personnel.
• Monitor and enforce all safety, shop, and university rules and regulations and report problems to the Superintendent of Building Maintenance and resolve problems appropriately.
• Coordinate with users and/or departments to determine project requirements; maintain liaison with all parties involved to discuss any modifications and facilitate the resolution of project problems; review and recommend changes and modifications to blueprints and/or job specifications as appropriate.
• Monitor work order to completion of project/work to ensure that labor, supplies, and materials are charged to the appropriate work order; add change orders to original work order when additional work is requested and approved.
• Update, maintain, and train workers on various job-related chemicals, environmental and safety concerns, and MSDS/OSHA regulations; maintain a working knowledge and awareness of all Environmental Health and Safety programs.
• Plan, develop, write, and implement various preventative maintenance programs when appropriate; set up programs using a work order system and monitor for conformance; monitor reports generated from system regarding backlog of work, repeat work, etc.; propose changes in assignment and staffing as necessary.
• Prepare reports, setting forth analyses, progress, adverse trends, and appropriate recommendations and/or conclusions regarding maintenance and construction projects; use personal computer to generate reports and analysis with spreadsheet, word processing, and work order software.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.
• Maintain regular and predictable attendance.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• Associate’s degree or equivalent.
• Over five years of experience in the appropriate trade and at least three years of supervisory experience.
• Must possess and maintain a valid Indiana Driver’s License and be insurable under the university’s auto fleet policy.
• Personal computer and software proficiency.
• Candidates must have current authorization to be employed in the United States without employer sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Completion of an apprenticeship program.
• Proficiency in at least one area or discipline.
• Over three years supervisory experience.

Benefits

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