Maintenance Assistant

Job description

Are you looking to take your career to new heights with a leader in healthcare? SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is one of the nation's leading metropolitan medical centers. As the only academic medical center in Brooklyn, we serve a large population that is among the most diverse in the world. We are also highly-ranked by Castle Connolly Medical, a healthcare rating company for consumers, among the top 5 leading U.S. medical schools for training doctors. Bargaining Unit: CSEA Job Summary: The Department of Facilities Management and Development at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time Maintenance Assistant. Typically, Maintenance Assistants, without a parenthetic designating a trade specialty, are classified for relatively small maintenance staffs where specialization is not desirable or for large maintenance pools where specialization is not efficient. Positions in these work settings may perform activities and tasks typical of a variety of trade specialties. By comparison, Maintenance Assistants with a parenthetic designation, such as Carpenter, Mechanic, or Painter, usually spend most of their work time performing tasks typical of the trade in...