Locksmith

Position Title:

Locksmith

About the University

Western Washington University, with over 15,000 students in seven colleges and the graduate school, is nationally recognized for its educational programs, students and faculty. The campus is located in Bellingham, Washington, a coastal community of 90,000 overlooking Bellingham Bay, the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades Mountain range. The city lies 90 miles north of Seattle and 60 miles south of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Western has additional sites in Anacortes, Bremerton, Everett, Port Angeles, and Poulsbo. Western is recognized nationally for its successes, such as being named one of the top public master's-granting institutions in the Pacific Northwest for 25 years in a row by U.S. News & World Report.

Western Washington University is committed to achieving excellence through advancing inclusive success, increasing our Washington impact, and focusing on transformational education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and based on innovative scholarship, research, and creative activity. Western's greatest strength is the outstanding students, faculty, staff, and alumni/ae who make up its community. Western supports an inclusive governance structure for all and provides a learning and working environment in which everyone can thrive.

In pursuit of this excellence, individual employees are expected to establish and maintain productive and effective inclusive working relationships amongst diverse populations including staff, faculty, administration, student, and external constituents. Further, individual employees are expected to have the ability to operationalize sustainability concepts (economic, societal, environmental) into all aspects of performing their job duties.

About the Department

Facilities Development and Operations supports Western's mission, which states that together with our students, staff, and faculty, we are committed to making a positive impact in the state and the world with a shared focus on academic excellence and inclusive achievement. We encourage applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, veterans, and other candidates from underrepresented backgrounds and with diverse experiences interested in this opportunity.

About the Position

Perform skilled locksmith work involving the repair, installation, and construction of locks and locking systems. Responsibilities include fabricating keys and electronic access devices. This position requires journey-level expertise in maintaining and installing a variety of locking mechanisms and access control systems.

Tasks include:

• Make and issue keys/electronic access required for students and staff in their use of offices, laboratories, and other facilities throughout the campus.
• Re-key/reprogram locks to improve building security.
• Inspect key and locking systems for buildings, change combinations of safes and vaults, and perform emergency keying and opening services on locks and safes.
• Operate key duplicating machines, drill press, grinders and other power and hand tools required for accomplishing work.
• Install, service and maintain mechanical and electronic lock systems, hardwired, wireless and stand‑alone.
• Straighten, repair, install, and otherwise service locking and non-locking devices; maintain and repair doors, panic and exit devices, latch plates, door closures, other door related hardware, including, but not limited to, key card systems and electromagnetic systems.
• May instruct semi-skilled workers. Actively participate in meetings and training as scheduled.
• Provide excellent customer service through effective, courteous and professional interactions with clients, colleagues and the campus community.
• Respond to after-hours callouts to address key, lock, and electronic access issues.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Tasks include:

• Maintain records of key/electronic access assignments and locks for buildings on campus.
• Perform administrative duties such as alphabetizing and filing, answering phones, and providing customer service.
• Assist in maintenance of master key system.

• Three years' full-time work experience as a locksmith or equivalent education/experience.
• Experience with maintaining and using hand and power tools safely as required for the trade (lock picks, drills, wood chisels, metal grinders, key duplicating machines, drill press, grinders, and other power and hand tools required for accomplishing work).
• Ability to read and understand written information and instructions.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Demonstrated proficiency with software applications for spreadsheets, word processing, and email.
• Experience working in sensitive situations such as operational offices, classrooms, dorm rooms, rest rooms, etc.
• Valid driver’s license or the ability to obtain one prior to starting work in order to drive a state-owned vehicle for travel to work locations.
• Ability to perform daily work tasks independently under…