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Excellence, Teamwork, Leadership, and Innovation. These values define UConn Health. We are looking for team members that share these same values. Our top-rated organization is looking to add a Skilled Carpenter to our Facilities Management team. If you have a background in this field, as well as a passion for customer and patient experience, we want to hear from you.
At UConn Health, this class is accountable for performing highly skilled duties in one or more trade areas, including general carpentry. This position will work in Carpentry and provide services at multiple buildings on the UConn Health Campus including but not limited to; Outpatient Pavilion, UConn Health Surgery Center, UConn Musculoskeletal Institute, Munson Road, ASB, UConn Health John Dempsey Hospital and University Tower located in Farmington, CT.
SUPERVSION RECEIVED: Works under the general supervision of a Building Maintenance Supervisor or other employee of higher grade.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED: May lead other Qualified Craft Workers, Qualified Craft Worker Interns, Skilled Maintainers, Maintainers, students, seasonal help, or other lower-level employees as assigned.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:
Performs highly skilled carpentry tasks in accordance with standard trade practices; performs alterations, repairs and maintenance of structures and facilities; performs skilled bench work, operating with such equipment as power saws, jointers wood lathes, planers, boring, sanding and mortising machines; cleans sharpens and repairs hand and bench tools. Maintains a variety of services that include; wall and floor repairs, ceiling tile replacements, annual roof inspections and building envelope (exterior) repairs, including windows, miscellaneous carpentry repairs and requests (shelf & cabinet fabrication), fire door inspections and maintenance, painting, maintain handrails and other structures, fabrication of temporary wood and metal structures, sign fabrication, corrective maintenance requests, emergency response to various facility problems, door hinge and latch repair and maintenance. Other related duties as required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED
KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY:
Considerable knowledge of and ability to apply standard tools, materials, methods and practices of the particular trade; interpersonal skills; oral and written communication skills; basic computer skills; ability to prepare estimates and keep shop records.
EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING: General Experience: Four (4) years of experience in the Carpentry trade.
Special Experience: Two (2) years of General Experience must have been performing skilled trade functions in the Carpentry trade in the repair/maintenance of commercial buildings to include installation and repair of commercial door hardware.
Note: For state employees the Special Experience will be interpreted at the level of Skilled Maintainer or Department of Transportation Maintainer 2. Housekeeping, custodial and food services duties will not be considered as qualifying experience.
Substitutions Allowed: Graduation from a vocational or technical school with a diploma designating completion of subject requirements in a maintenance trade area may be substituted for two (2) years of General Experience.
Two (2) years of experience as a Qualified Craft Worker Intern may be substituted for General and Special Experience.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Incumbents in this class may be required to possess by the appointing authority to complete an asbestos removal program consistent with EPA guidelines for operations and maintenance.
Incumbents in this class may be required by the appointing authority to possess appropriate current licenses or permits.
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS:
Considerable knowledge of flat roof construction, repair, and inspection
Knowledge of welding, machining, and metal fabrication.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Incumbents in this class must have adequate physical strength, stamina, physical agility and visual and auditory acuity and must maintain such physical fitness as to be able to perform the duties. A physical examination may be required.
WORKING CONDITIONS: Incumbents in this class may be required to lift moderate to heavy weights; may be exposed extreme weather conditions and to risk of injury from equipment.
SCHEDULE: Full-time, 75 hours every two weeks, primarily Monday - Friday, 7:30 am to 3:30 pm, holidays are required as scheduled, may be required to work other shifts including weekends to accommodate departmental or project needs, 30 minute unpaid meal break.
Why UConn Health
UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.
