The University of Tennessee is seeking dependable and detail-oriented individuals to join our Parking Maintenance team. This position is responsible for ensuring a clean, safe, and welcoming environment across all parking facilities. A Parking Maintenance Worker performs a full range of duties related to parking garage/lot maintenance and minor landscape maintenance, and repairs. This position supports parking operations during on-campus events; signage placement, and placement of other materials. Due to events occurring sporadically, this position must be flexible as hours may adjust based on the needs of the University.
This position will primarily work outside in all weather conditions, sometimes work is performed in right-of-way areas. Maintain a neat and clean appearance. Must have the ability to handle job stress and interact effectively and professionally with members of the public. Must be honest and truthful in all tasks and responsibilities.
Responsibilities
- Installs signs designating permanent or temporary parking zones.
- Replace broken or damaged gate arms as needed.
- Conduct asphalt patching and repair.
- Provides support in the repair and maintenance of electronic parking control systems and devices.
- Routine interior and exterior maintenance on parking garages and surface lots, including painting, and minor repairs.
- Perform routine preventative maintenance duties including cleaning equipment.
- Maintain visual appearance by removing debris with blowers and pressure washers. Performs related labor duties such as emptying trash, graffiti removal in parking lots and parking garages. Also, clear walkways, remove leaves and/or snow, or perform other incidental seasonal tasks.
- Runs sweeper to ensure cleanliness in parking facilities.
- Performs a variety of minor routine building maintenance tasks; identifies and reports building maintenance needs.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
High school diploma or equivalent
- Advanced levels with education and experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous parking facilities maintenance.
- Some vocational or technical training; Electrical, Construction, Welding.
- Vocational or technical training in the area of study related to maintenance (i.e., electrical, construction, welding), with two years of relevant experience.
Work Location
- Position is on-site and located in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Compensation and Benefits
- UT market range: MR05
- Anticipated hiring range: $37,440.00 - $43,680.00 Depending on experience
- Find more information on the UT Market Range structure here
- Find more information on UT Benefits here
About The College/Department/Division Parking Maintenance is a department within Parking & Transportation located on the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Campus. This position is responsible for ensuring a clean, safe, and welcoming environment across all parking facilities.
About Us
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has shaped leaders, changemakers, and innovative thinkers since its founding in 1794. The university is home to more than 38,000 students and 10,000 statewide employees—the Volunteers—who uphold the university’s tradition of lighting the way for others through leadership and service.
UT Knoxville offers over 900 programs of study across 14 degree-granting colleges and schools. As Tennessee’s flagship land-grant university, its footprint spans the entire state. The university holds the highest Carnegie classification for research activity and has deep partnerships with industry leaders and the US Department of Energy’s largest multidisciplinary laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
The Knoxville campus serves and recruits for UT Knoxville, including the Institute of Agriculture and the Space Institute, as well as the UT Institute of Public Service.
UT Knoxville considers its employees its number one asset. With values that focus on work-life balance, compensation, and innovation leadership, all Vols are supported to advance professionally. Employees have access to career development and coaching, continued education, and an extensive list of development and training possibilities. The Volunteer employee experience implements structures and practices to attract and retain top-tier talent, fostering a strong staff community and supporting a culture of involvement and engagement for everyone.
The university holds a strong commitment to its land-grant mission of learning and engagement, with a tradition of service and leadership that carries that Volunteer spirit throughout the state and around the world. It has been ranked nationally as “Best Employer for New Graduates,” “One of America’s Best Large Employers,” and “Best Workplace for Women,” and has been designated as “Best Place for Working Parents” by Forbes Magazine.
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