Maintenance Mechanic

FT Maintenance Mechanic

Salary: $74,887.68 - $90,066.96 Annually

Job Type: Full Time

Job Number: Maintenance Mechanic-2025

Closing: 12/26/2025 11:59 PM Pacific

Location: Norwalk, CA

Department: Maintenance Mechanic-2025

Division: Facilities

The District is strongly committed to achieving staff diversity and the principles of equal opportunity employment. The District encourages a diverse pool of applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, religion, marital status, disability, or sexual orientation in any of its policies, procedures or practices. In fact, the college encourages applications from all segments of qualified people.

This position will close on December 26th, 2025 at 11:59 PM (or when 150 applications are received, whichever occurs sooner).

Cerritos College is ranked 14th among the top 100 schools with the highest Hispanic enrollment in the United States by the United States Department of Education. Cerritos College serves as a comprehensive community college for southeastern Los Angeles County. Communities within the college's district include Artesia, Bellflower, Cerritos, Downey, Hawaiian Gardens, La Mirada, Norwalk, and portions of Bell Gardens, Lakewood, Long Beach, Santa Fe Springs and South Gate.

Cerritos College offers degrees and certificates in more than 180 areas of study in nine divisions. Enrollment currently averages 20,000 students. Visit Cerritos College online at http://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

The Facilities department is dedicated to the maintenance of the campus's physical environment. As the stewards of the buildings and grounds on our campus, Facilities is the single point of contact for all service and maintenance requests. Dedicated to providing superior service to our clients (students, faculty, staff, and the neighboring community), our staff evaluates and prioritizes customer service requests and works to ensure the highest standards of care and concern for the campus.

Performs general building maintenance work. Supports HVAC and electrical skilled maintenance staff in the performance of work. Also performs duties across various construction and mechanical systems trades including but not limited to, carpentry, plumbing, and painting.

The Maintenance Mechanic requires generalized experience in building maintenance, grounds, or advanced custodial work.

• Participates with and assists in trades areas HVAC and electrical, as assigned.
• Performs in trades areas of carpentry, plumbing, painting, and other crafts as assigned.
• Services HVAC systems by inspecting and lubricating fans and motors, checking for leaks, overheating, and noises that indicate trouble. Calibrates sensors. Accesses remote, computer-aided energy management systems to adjust times and temperatures.
• Installs fans and fixtures requiring fabricating of sheet metal, soldering, and welding.
• Performs servicing and maintenance to fixtures. Makes plumbing adjustments such as unclogging toilets and sinks, tightening toilet seats, adjusting of drinking fountains, cleaning water jets to enhance flows.
• Performs painting and varnishing of walls, doors, rooms, buildings, parking lots, and other surfaces. Prepares and finishes surfaces by scraping, using commercial paint removers, fills cracks and holes or sizing plaster walls. Applies paint, varnish, and other protective and decorative finishes to comply with District standards.
• Performs constructing, fabricating, assembling, installing, repairing or replacing doors, walls, signs, desks, counters, shelves, shelf units, benches, bleachers, forms, frames, window frames, fences and stairways. Assists in the construction and remodel of temporary and permanent buildings and structures.
• Assembles, adjusts, sets up, and repairs furniture.
• Performs, repairs, and conducts maintenance on projects such as sidewalks and roadways, athletic field equipment, and classroom equipment.
• Glazes and fits windows.
• Refinishes furniture. Hangs wall coverings.
• May operate and perform minor servicing of light equipment including light tractors, skip loaders, forklift, and other labor saving devices.
• Installation and maintenance of roofs, baseboards, furniture, cabinets, shelving, bookcases, and bulletin boards.
• Performs resolution of specific mechanical problems.
• Accesses and retrieves work orders using the automated work order system. May enter time and materials information associated with the work performed on orders.
• Performs routine servicing on air-conditioning and heating systems. Changes filters and belts. Greases and oils bearings, motors, and compressors.
• Ensures that secondary containers for cleaning and other products are properly labeled. Ensures that Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for assigned area(s) are up to date.
• Maintains currency of knowledge and skills related to the duties and…