Building Operations Maintenance Assistant - Vancouver, Canada - Alma Mater Society of UBC Vancouver

Alma Mater Society of UBC Vancouver

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Vancouver, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

The Alma Mater Society (AMS) is the University of British Columbia's (UBC) student society, and works to improve the academic, social and personal lives of the 56,000 UBC students at its Vancouver campus.

The AMS also runs nine food and beverage outlets, a catering and conference operation, and the AMS Student Nest, providing on-campus employment opportunities and generating revenue that goes directly back into supporting the students at UBC.

Position title:
Building Operations Maintenance Assistant

Reports to:
Building Operations Manager

Employee status:
Part-time, permanent, hourly

Hours per week:
Varies, approximately 20 to 25 hours per week

Compensation:
$22.00 per hour

We are recruiting for a Building Operations Maintenance Assistant to help support the upkeep of our state-of-the-art, 250,000 square foot facility.

The Building Operations Maintenance Assistant is responsible for the ongoing maintenance and repair of all venues and equipment in the Student Union Building (THE NEST) in compliance with AMS standards and procedures and regulatory legislations (e.g.

Food Safe Standards, WHIMIS).

They provide day to day maintenance of the facility to keep all building fabric, fittings and equipment in good repair.

This is a great position for those who are completing their education and have some experience in handy work or alternatively those who have industry experience and are looking for a single facility operation.

What's does the AMS offer you?

Professional development opportunities
250,000 square foot, stateoftheart LEED platinum certified facility
Meal discounts at any of our AMSrun food outlets

The duties and responsibilities of the Building Operations Maintenance Assistant are:

Minor repairs to furniture and equipment
Minor painting and finishing
Ordering supplies as per AMS standards and procedures
Maintaining in order and safely utilizing workshop equipment, tools and supplies
Loading and moving of materials, including furniture and equipment
General maintenance and handyperson duties: assembling, lifting, moving
Cleaning duties: sweeping, mopping, clearing beer lines, maintaining the loading dock areas and workshop
Other duties as required
Experience in basic drywall, painting and other repair work is an asset
Trades background as a building maintenance worker, handyman, cooling technician, carpenter or similar is an asset
Trade certifications such as WHIMIS
Intermediate computer skills
Required to speak, read and write English well
Demonstrated positive attitude and strong work ethic
Physically fit to perform the duties
Ability to lift up to 60kgs (132lbs)