Facilities Specialist Apprentice

Position: Facilities Specialist Apprentice (Monday - Friday 7:55 am - 4:25 pm)
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Overview

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship.

Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security.

Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

1. Students are our top priority.

2. We strive for excellence.

3. We thrive on diversity.

4. We celebrate collaboration.

5. We champion innovation.

6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.

7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.

8. We act ethically.

9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Department Information

Georgia Tech's Infrastructure and Sustainability Department is currently recruiting for Facilities Specialist Apprentices. Facilities Specialists serve on the front lines of facilities operations in many types of buildings. As occupant expectations become more sophisticated and building systems more complex, Facilities Specialists play a significant role that can lead to multiple career opportunities in the Facilities Services Industry.

This is a full-time, benefits-eligible position at Georgia Tech and a seat in an apprenticeship program accredited by the US Department of Labor. It is designed to be a two-year program and incorporates competency-based wage increases. Apprentices will obtain hands-on training and have 24/7 access to required coursework. While the on-the-job-learning is paid, the related technical instruction (coursework) is unpaid. Apprentices should expect the coursework to take 2-3 hours per week to complete.

If offered the position, Apprentices must apply to and maintain enrollment in the Apprenticeship Program.

Interested candidates should apply for the position on Georgia Tech's Careers website. Applications must include a cover letter depicting why this position is of interest.

Job Summary

This position will work under the guidance and mentorship of experienced maintenance technicians to learn and perform a wide range of maintenance tasks. The primary responsibilities will involve assisting in the upkeep and repair of our facilities and equipment. This position requires acceptance into and

maintaining an active enrollment in the Facilities Specialist Apprenticeship program.

This position will interact on a consistent basis with: staff and campus community

This position will typically advise and counsel: N/A

This position will supervise: N/A

Responsibilities

Job Duty 1
- Obtain and maintain registration with the Facilities Specialist Apprenticeship Program by successfully meeting or exceeding the goals, objectives, and competencies of the On The Job Learning (OJL) and Related Technical Instruction (RTI) as outlined in the Facilities Specialist Apprenticeship Program

Job Duty 2
- Assist maintenance technicians in performing routine inspections and preventive maintenance on various systems, including electrical, HVAC, plumbing, and mechanical equipment

Job Duty 3
- Participate in troubleshooting and diagnosing equipment malfunctions or failures and assist in implementing appropriate repairs

Job Duty 4
- Learn to and conduct regular maintenance tasks, such as lubricating machinery, replacing filters, and cleaning…