Working Title: Facilities Specialist 1
Work Arrangement: This is an on-site position, based on the Stanford campus.
Budgeted Salary: The budgeted base salary range for this position is $40.87 to $41.83 per hour.
The School of Humanities and Sciences (H&S) is the foundation of a liberal arts education at Stanford. The school encompasses 24 departments and 25 interdisciplinary programs. H&S is home to fundamental and applied research, where free, open, and critical inquiry is pursued across disciplines. As the university’s largest school, H&S serves as the foundation of a Stanford undergraduate education no matter which discipline students pursue as a major. Graduate students work alongside world-renowned faculty to pursue and shape foundational research that leads to breakthroughs and discoveries that shed new light on the past, influence the present, and shape the future. Together, faculty and students in H&S engage in inspirational teaching, learning, and research every day.
Department/Program Description: Stanford's Physics Department ( https://physics.stanford.edu/ ) is a teaching and research department in the School of Humanities and Sciences. For undergraduates, we offer Physics majors and minors with a variety of pathways. For graduate students, we offer a Physics Ph.D. program. The department has approximately 50 faculty members, over 200 graduate students, over 100 undergraduate students, over 60 postdocs, approximately 20 administrative staff and 10 teaching staff members.
Position Summary: The Department of Physics is seeking a Facilities Specialist 1 (FS) to support facilities operations, maintenance, repair, upkeep, inventory tracking, lab and building safety, and refurbishing activities related to the physical environment and building systems of 5 Physics/H&S buildings. The FS will primarily support three of the five buildings: Varian building (primary), Building 60 Teaching Labs (primary), the Student Solar Observatory (primary, off-campus), and occasionally help with the Physics and Astrophysics building and Wilcox Solar Observatory (off-campus).
The FS will work under general supervision of the Facilities Manager and support the FM on a variety of special projects, including coordination of office moves and lab renovations. The FS will serve as the DPA (department property administrator) and provide customer-service support to the department’s two service centers (Physics Store/Stockroom and Machine Shop), which include invoicing/billing customers, and restocking inventory. The FS will also manage Varian’s shipping and receiving area. The successful candidate must be customer-service oriented, have a positive, can-do attitude, with strong interpersonal skills, and be flexible in a fast-paced environment. It is critical that this position exhibit the abilities to practice sound judgment and decision-making, effective written & oral communication, strong attention to detail and respectful relationship management.
This is a 100% FTE, non-exempt, continuing position.
A cover letter and resume are required to be considered for this position.
Preferred Requirements:
- Facilities experience
- Previous Stanford experience
