Facilities Assistant - Salt Lake Campus

Overview

Do you like hands‑on work and seeing the results of your work? If you answered yes to these questions, we want to talk with you. This position is critical in making the Utah State University Salt Lake Center a warm and welcoming place for students, visitors, and employees. This position will maintain and support our campus grounds and the interior of the building.

• Maintain campus grounds including: weeding, litter removal, lawn management, pruning, irrigation, and snow/leaf management. May work with a variety of landscapes—including flowers, trees, sod, etc.

• Maintain interior of campus facilities including: cleaning, disinfecting, vacuuming, trash removal, dusting, recycling, restroom maintenance, light‑bulb replacement, and other duties as assigned.

• Ability to meet standards of service
• Dependable

• Landscaping experience
• Janitorial experience

Along with the online application, please attach a resume to be uploaded at the beginning of your application in the Candidate Profile under “Resume/CV”. Document size may not exceed 10 MB.

$16.50/hr

The environment and physical requirements may change depending on the specific function of the work each department performs. Incumbents may be in both indoor and outdoor environments. Indoors, in an office space, event space, or public space are protected from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes. Incumbents may often use repetitive hand motions. Outdoors, incumbents may not be protected from weather conditions and may be exposed to extreme heat and extreme cold.

Additionally, indoor or outdoor work environments may include being confined or in narrow spaces for periods of time. The incumbent may also be exposed to loud noises or vibrations from equipment, and conditions that may affect the respiratory system, such as fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases, and poor ventilation. Bending, crawling, and crouching may be required. Incumbents may be required to lift, push, and/or pull objects up to 50 pounds and be required to walk and/or stand for long periods of time.

Utah State University is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or tolerate discrimination—including harassment—in employment, including in hiring, promotion, transfer, or termination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by University policy or any other federal, state, or local law.