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Agency University at Buffalo

Title C250033-Maintenance Assistant Painter, Campus Operations

Occupational Category Skilled Craft, Apprenticeship, Maintenance

Salary Grade 09

Bargaining Unit APSU-Agency Police Services Unit (PBAofNYS)

Salary Range From $41399 to $41399 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Non-competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 40

Workday

From 8 AM

To 4:30 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? No

County Erie

Street Address XXX

City Buffalo

State NY

Zip Code 14214

Duties Description Position Summary: This position is located within the Facilities Department at the University. The incumbent of this position will be responsible for:• Applies paint, varnish, stains, enamel, or lacquer to interior and exterior surfaces, trimming and fixtures of buildings, to furniture, a variety of equipment, signs and like surfaces requiring protective or decorative treatment.• As required, erects scaffolding, swing stages, or ladders.• Places drop cloths over shrubbery, furniture, or floors to avoid paint splattering.• Moves furniture and moveable equipment from area to be painted.• Prepares surfaces for painting using a variety of tools and materials including sandpaper, brushes, or steel wool, and if required removes paints using paint remover, blow torch, wire brush, or scraper.• Removes electrical wall plates prior to painting and replaces when job is completed.• Fills nail holes, cracks, crevices, or joints with putty, plaster or other filler.• Uses premixed paints or prepares paint tip match specified colors by mixing the required portions of pigment, oil, and thinners.• Paints surfaces using brush, spray gun, paint roller, or mittens.• Cleans brushes and equipment with soap and water, turpentine, or other solvents.• Cleans work area of spotted paint and dirt. May assist in covering interior walls with wall coverings.• Prepares and cleans surfaces to be covered and cuts wall covering to proper lengths.• Mixes paste, brushes on back of wall covering, and places and smooths strips on wall.Outstanding Benefits PackageWorking at UB comes with benefits that exceed salary alone. There are personal rewards including comprehensive health and retirement plan options. We also focus on creating and sustaining a healthy mix of work, personal and academic pursuit – all in an effort to support your work-life effectiveness. We support your growth and development through our career coaching and training department and we qualify as a public service loan forgiveness organization. Learn more about our benefits website.About The University at BuffaloThe University at Buffalo (UB) #ubuffalo is one of America’s leading public research universities and a flagship of the State University of New York system, recognized for our excellence and our impact. UB is a premier, research-intensive public university dedicated to academic excellence. Our research, creative activity and people positively impact the world. Like the city we call home, UB is distinguished by a culture of resilient optimism, resourceful thinking and pragmatic dreaming that enables us to reach others every day. Visit our website to learn more about the University at Buffalo.Departmental Operating Needs:Additionally,• This position may require you to work in a team so the candidate should have strong. interpersonal and teamwork skills.• Incumbent of this position must be willing and able to respond to after hour calls.• The incumbent may be required to work during adverse weather conditions.• Since the activities of other employees depend on the availability of the employee in this position, reliable attendance is a factor that will be considered when filling this vacancy.

Minimum Qualifications Minimum Qualifications: The candidate must meet one of the qualifications:• Two years of full time experience in painting work under the supervision of a skilled trades person; OR• Completion of an appropriate two year technical school course at a school, institute, or branch of the Armed Services, such as the New York State Civil Service Employee Association- Partnership (NYS CSEA-P) Applied Skilled Trades Certificate Program; or an equivalent combination of experience gained by completion of appropriate technical courses at a school, institute, or branch of the Armed Services.Successful completion of the NYS CSEA-P Applied Skilled Trades Certificate Program includes a total of 288 hours of trade-specific classroom instruction, 45 hours of technical math course work, 45 hours of technical communications course work, and 15 hours of blueprint/schematic reading course work. It does not include 4,000 hours of on-the-job training, as required for the NYS CSEA-P Applied Skilled Trades Traineeship.When required to operate motor vehicles, candidates must possess a valid New York State driver’s license appropriate for the type of vehicle to be operated.Preferred Qualifications:• Must be a quick learner and exhibit self motivational skills.• Adequate ability to understand specialty plumbing, mechanical, electrical and building systems.• Strong team mentality.• Willing to earn technical certification’s, relevant training, or other documentation that illustrates depth in this trade.• Understand and execute safe work practices and procedures.• Demonstrate applicable institutional knowledge and practices of the campuses and its operation.

Additional Comments Additional Information:University at Buffalo is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and in keeping with our commitment, encourages women, minorities, persons with disabilities and veterans to apply.Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.

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Name Christopher Donacik

Telephone 716-481-6639

Fax

Email Address cdonacik@buffalo.edu

Address

Street XXX

City Buffalo

State NY

Zip Code 14214

Notes on Applying https://www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/56272