Highlights
This hands-on role is responsible for performing preventive maintenance, troubleshooting facility issues, and completing general repairs including basic carpentry, plumbing, and maintenance work. Ideal candidates have experience as a maintenance technician, building maintenance worker, facilities technician, handyman, custodian, or skilled trades professional and take pride in reliable, high-quality work.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Due West, SC |
| Industry | Food and Beverage Production |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1936 |
| Website | https://www.aramark.com/ |
Description
Job Description
Aramark Facilities Management is hiring a General Maintenance Technician to support building operations and maintenance at Erskine College in Due West, South Carolina. This hands-on role is responsible for performing preventive maintenance, troubleshooting facility issues, and completing general repairs including basic carpentry, plumbing, and maintenance work. The technician will respond to service requests, keep maintenance records up to date, and help ensure campus facilities remain safe and operational. This is an evening-shift position that requires someone who can work independently with little to no direct supervision. Ideal candidates have experience as a maintenance technician, building maintenance worker, facilities technician, handyman, custodian, or skilled trades professional and take pride in reliable, high-quality work.
Job Responsibilities
- Perform general building maintenance including basic carpentry, plumbing repairs, and unclogging sinks, drains, and toilets
- Complete preventive maintenance (PM) tasks as scheduled and maintain accurate maintenance records
- Respond to maintenance requests and emergency repair situations as needed
- Troubleshoot facility issues and determine appropriate repair solutions
- Inspect building systems, equipment, and facility components for proper operation
- Maintain inventory of maintenance supplies, parts, and tools
- Ensure tools and equipment are properly maintained and accounted for
- Follow all safety procedures and use required personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Support the overall appearance, safety, and functionality of campus facilities
- Work independently during evening hours with limited supervision
- Provide professional and courteous service when interacting with students, staff, visitors, and coworkers
- Assist with additional facility maintenance projects as assigned
Qualifications
Required
- 2+ years of experience in general maintenance, facilities maintenance, building maintenance, property maintenance, or a related trade
- Working knowledge of basic carpentry, plumbing, and general repair techniques
- Experience unclogging drains, repairing fixtures, and completing routine maintenance tasks
- Ability to complete preventive maintenance activities and maintain accurate work records
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently and make sound decisions with minimal supervision
- Ability to lift, push, pull, carry, bend, stoop, climb, and stand/walk for extended periods
- Ability to follow safety procedures and work safely around facility equipment
- Valid driver's license and ability to travel between campus locations if needed
Preferred
- HVAC certification or HVAC maintenance experience
- Experience working in a college, school, healthcare, manufacturing, hospitality, or commercial facilities environment
- Basic knowledge of electrical systems and equipment maintenance
- Experience using computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS)
About Aramark
Our Mission
Rooted in service and united by our purpose, we strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and our planet.
At Aramark, we believe that every employee should enjoy equal employment opportunity and be free to participate in all aspects of the company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military status, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by applicable law.
About Aramark
The people of Aramark proudly serve millions of guests every day through food and facilities in 15 countries around the world. Rooted in service and united by our purpose, we strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and our planet. We believe a career should develop your talents, fuel your passions, and empower your professional growth. So, no matter what you're pursuing - a new challenge, a sense of belonging, or just a great place to work - our focus is helping you reach your full potential. Learn more about working here at http://www.aramarkcareers.com or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Nearest Major Market: Greenville
Nearest Secondary Market: South Carolina
About Company
We focus on enriching and nourishing the lives of millions all over the world, providing a wide range of services—food, facilities and uniforms—to a diverse group of clients in 19 countries. We serve world champion sports teams, Fortune 500 companies, state-of-the-art healthcare providers and the world’s leading educational institutions. And every day, we dream of ways to do it better through our commitment to innovation and our passion for excellent customer service.
Innovation inspired by you
The better we know the people we serve, the greater the experiences we can develop. Whether it’s food service, facilities or uniforms, our proprietary programs allow us to understand the wants and needs of our audiences.
Armed with that knowledge, our Service Stars spring into action, combining insights and ingenuity to deliver moments that make a difference. These innovations could be game-changing campus transformations. Or a simpler, quicker way for you to access condiments at the ballpark. In any case, our innovations help create experiences that make an impact.
Beyond great service
Another key part of what makes us different is something we call service excellence.
To us, service excellence isn’t just about providing great customer service. It also means using time-tested practices and proven processes to get it right every day, everywhere, in everything that we do. And it's also about striking the perfect balance between doing something well over and over again and being responsive enough to the changing needs of clients and customers. It’s being open to the continuing cycle of innovation. Excellent, but never satisfied. Process-driven, but never locked in place.
We never stop thinking of new, better ways to get it right when our people impact the lives of clients and consumers every day.
Our people make all the difference—we make sure of it
Our commitment to hiring, training and rewarding the right people ensures that our employees are more than just hard workers. They’re Service Stars, and that means they can be counted on to go above and beyond, every single day.
We understand that many times our people are literally the face of your business. That’s why all 270,000 Service Stars receive continual access to professional development and proprietary skills training.
The bottom line is this: when you work with Aramark, you can be confident you’ll be collaborating with the right people with the right skills and the right attitude. That’s true whether it’s for strategic expertise, operational excellence or just serving a morning coffee. That’s our commitment as trusted partners and Service Stars. That’s the Aramark way.