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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

Finance and Business is a values driven organization that supports thousands of university faculty, staff, and students, while also providing services to the broader community and society. The Office of Physical Plant is part of the Finance and Business team and is an organization driven by its mission to “Provide Excellent Facilities Services for Penn State.” The Office of Physical Plant's values follow those of Penn State’s and we are especially committed to our vision to be nationally recognized as a leader in Higher Education facilities, environmental, and safety management.  In our search for excellence we foster a unified high-performing team with mutual respect for each person's uniqueness, talents, value, and perspective.  We also firmly believe in Penn State’s value of Respect, which encourages us to "respect and honor the dignity of each person, embrace civil discourse, and foster a diverse and inclusive community." As an incoming team member of the Office of Physical Plant, it will be expected that all employees embody and model Penn State's and Finance and Business's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

• Service, maintain, make minor repairs, such as motor replacement, valve and controls repair, etc., and perform preventive maintenance to domestic and commercial heating and ventilating systems, convertors, radiators, radiation units, coils and auxiliary components to include supply and return lines, controls and sensing devices necessary for proper operation
• Maintain and make minor repairs such as motor replacement, valve and controls repair, etc., lubricate, clean filters and coils, change belts and adjust pulleys on air handling equipment to include fan coil units, exhaust fans, make-up air fans, unit heaters etc.
• Install, maintain, repair, inspect and test steam traps in the steam distribution system within buildings
• Service,