Facilities Maintenance Mechanic

San Diego State University is seeking a skilled and dependable Facilities Maintenance Mechanic to perform preventive maintenance, repairs, and operational support across campus facilities. This role helps maintain safe, reliable, and functional buildings and infrastructure while responding to changing campus maintenance needs.

• →Preventive Maintenance & Building Systems Support 
• →Perform skilled preventive maintenance, inspections, testing, adjustments, lubrication, and component replacement on building systems and equipment.
• →Complete scheduled maintenance and document repairs, deficiencies, labor, materials, and equipment data in the maintenance management system.
• →Identify maintenance needs and perform corrective actions to support preventive maintenance goals.
• →Facilities Maintenance, Repair & Operational Support 
• →Perform journey-level maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs involving mechanical, plumbing, electrical, carpentry, painting, architectural, and other facility systems.
• →Analyze maintenance problems, complete appropriate repairs, and refer highly specialized work to the appropriate shop or journey-level specialist.
• →Document completed work, materials, conditions, and follow-up needs.
• →Operational & Campus Support 
• →Respond to scheduled work, urgent maintenance needs, inspections, events, and changing campus priorities.
• →Evaluate assigned work, perform repairs or mitigation, and escalate specialized issues as needed.
• →Support campus safety, building operations, continuity, and university events.

• Full-time, benefits eligible, permanent/probationary position.
• Position is designated non-exempt under FLSA and is eligible for overtime compensation.
• Standard SDSU work hours are Monday – Friday, 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., but may vary based on operational needs.
• The individual hired into this role will work on campus at SDSU in San Diego.

The Division of Business and Financial Affairs is responsible for ensuring a safe, productive campus environment while providing the highest quality service in support of academic excellence through thoughtful stewardship of financial, technological, infrastructure and human resources at San Diego State University.

SDSU Facilities Services is a customer-service based organization providing facility maintenance activities through a transparent and deliberate process. It is responsible for the operation, maintenance, repair, renovation, remodel, and alteration activities in support of the academic and research mission of the university. Facilities Services employs approximately 250 employees and supports approximately eight million square feet of buildings {including residence halls and parking structures) and 280 acres of improved and unimproved land.

For more information regarding the Facilities Services Department, click here.

These abilities normally would be acquired through four years of increasingly responsible experience leading to journey-level skills in a mechanical or facilities/building trade, or any equivalent combination of training and experience as a facilities and systems mechanic which demonstrates the achievement of journey-level skills equivalent to that acquired through completion of an applicable apprenticeship program.

• Ability to apply working knowledge of multiple building and facilities trades, including mechanical, plumbing, electrical, carpentry, painting, architectural systems, building systems, and general facilities maintenance.
• Ability to safely use hand tools, power tools, testing equipment, ladders, carts, vehicles, and other equipment required for journey-level facilities maintenance work.
• Experience working across multiple facilities trades or coordinating work with multiple trade shops. 
• Experience using a computerized maintenance management system to receive, document, and close assigned work. 
• Experience reading and interpreting drawings, plans, specifications, equipment documentation, and work scopes. 
• Ability and willingness to perform asbestos, lead, mold, or other regulated-materials work if properly trained and assigned. 
• Ability to pass appropriate certification exams related to assigned facilities maintenance duties, if required.
• Five years of verifiable employment experience performing journey-level facilities maintenance, mechanical maintenance, plumbing, electrical, carpentry, painting, building systems maintenance, construction, renovation, or closely related skilled trade work; technical trade school certification may substitute for one year of work experience preferred 
• Experience performing preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, and corrective maintenance work in a large commercial, institutional, campus, healthcare, government, or multi-building environment preferred

At SDSU, our diversity gives us power and benefits every single member of our community.  Consistent with California law and federal civil rights laws, SDSU provides equal opportunity for all in education and employment.  We encourage all members of our community to purposefully learn from one another through open and respectful dialogue and responsible engagement. We strongly preserve the right to free expression and encourage difficult conversations that help lead to improved individual and community learning and cohesion.

Principles of Community

At San Diego State University, we are a community of diverse individuals who have and represent many perspectives, beliefs, and identities. This diversity lends our community strength, and we commit to creating and sustaining an inclusive and intellectually vibrant environment that benefits all members of our university. 

SDSU’s Principles of Community is an aspirational statement that is intended to evolve over time. The statement reflects the ideals we are encouraged to uphold in our interactions with one another. 

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All university programs and activities are open and available to all regardless of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin. Consistent with California law and federal civil rights laws, San Diego State University (SDSU) provides equal opportunity in education and employment without unlawful discrimination or preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin. Our commitment to equal opportunity means ensuring that every student and employee has access to the resources and support they need to thrive and succeed in a university environment and in their communities. SDSU complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the California Equity in Higher Education Act, California’s Proposition 209 (Art. I, Section 31 of the California Constitution), other applicable state and federal anti-discrimination laws, and CSU’s Nondiscrimination Policy. We prohibit discriminatory preferential treatment, segregation based on race or any other protected status, and all forms of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in all university programs, policies, and practices. 

SDSU is a diverse community of individuals who represent many perspectives, beliefs and identities, committed to fostering an inclusive, respectful, and intellectually vibrant environment. We cultivate a culture of open dialogue, mutual respect, and belonging to support educational excellence and student success. Through academic programs, student organizations and activities, faculty initiatives, and community partnerships, we encourage meaningful engagement with diverse perspectives. As a higher education institution, we are dedicated to advancing knowledge and empowering individuals to reach their full potential by prioritizing inclusive curriculum development, faculty and staff training, student mentorship, and comprehensive support programs. At SDSU, excellence is built on merit, talent, diversity, accessibility, and equal opportunity for all.