Highlights
Representative Job Duties: Plan, coordinate, and oversee the installation and repair of roofing systems, including asphalt, shingle, slate, rubber, copper, and ballasted built-up roofs. Plans and coordinates repairs of roofing systems, including but not limited to, asphalt, shingle, slate, rubber, copper, built-up and ballasted roofs.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Troy, NY |
| Industry | Education |
| Salary | $27–$32 Per Hour |
| Company Size | 100 to 499 employees |
| Year Founded | 1824 |
| Website | http://www.rpi.edu |
Description
Job Summary:
Performs a wide range of repair and maintenance duties related to roofing and plumbing with the main focus on roofing and gutter systems. Plans and coordinates repairs of roofing systems, including but not limited to, asphalt, shingle, slate, rubber, copper, built-up and ballasted roofs. Also performs routine plumbing/heating maintenance and repair work. Participates in on-call rotation in accordance with standard operating procedures.
Minimum Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Five (5) or more years of experience in the roofing trade
- Valid U.S. driver's license
- Ability to be medically qualified for respirator use
Relevant combinations of education, training, and experience may be considered.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working with slate roofs
Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Demonstrated knowledge of roofing trade, equipment and tools
- Working knowledge of basic industry trades including, masonry, carpentry and metal work
- Ability to read, write, and perform arithmetic functions
- Ability to use all hand tools and operate all power tools and equipment (i.e., metal fabrication equipment, band saw, torches, power snakes, generators, compressors)
- Ability to work on ladders, scaffolding, and personnel lifts
- Ability to work in a team environment and perform independently
- Requires excellent customer service skills
Representative Job Duties:
- Plan, coordinate, and oversee the installation and repair of roofing systems, including asphalt, shingle, slate, rubber, copper, and ballasted built-up roofs. Repair and waterproof skylights as needed.
- Install and repair pitch pockets, roof curbs, hatches, flashings, gutters, roof drains, and down leaders.
- Collaborate with contractors to identify and address roof problems or deficiencies as needed.
- Perform minor plumbing repairs, maintenance, and installation work to support campus buildings.
- Conduct preventative maintenance (PM) on roofing systems, gutters, and drains, working with the Shop Lead and Supervisor to develop PM procedures based on manufacturer recommendations and usage history.
Shift:
Standard business hours, with occasional evenings or weekends to support campus operations and maintenance needs.
Travel:
Local travel between campus locations only
Driving:
Driving a Rensselaer vehicle for non-passenger use
Starting Salary/Rate:
Expected hiring range: $27.00 - $32.00 per hour, with starting pay based on experience, skills, and overall fit for the role.
Pay transparency disclosure: The selected candidate's salary will be determined based on factors that include the available budget, internal equity, and the final candidate's qualifications, experience, education and other job-related credentials. This hiring range is provided as Rensselaer's good faith estimate of the expected hiring range at the time of posting.
Application instructions:
Follow the on-screen prompts to create a brief online profile. Please be ready to upload your resume and cover letter.
If you need assistance with the online application process, please contact careers@rpi.edu.
Job Posted Date:
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
Total Compensation and Benefits Information:
Rensselaer's Total Compensation Program is designed to provide stable pay growth, a comprehensive and affordable benefits package, and a comprehensive and affordable retiree medical and prescription plan. Our goal is to provide you and your family with a comprehensive health and welfare program as an umbrella of financial security and protection during your employment. For more information, please visit Benefits | Human Resources (rpi.edu).
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is committed to the cultivation of a community that is welcoming, inclusive, and above all values learning. We welcome candidates who bring a variety of perspectives to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute''s work and campus communities. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or other characteristic protected by law.
About Company
Institute programs serve undergraduates, graduate students, and working professionals around the world. Nearly 29 percent of undergraduate students this year are from areas outside of the Northeast. First-year students hail from 43 states, in addition to the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and from countries all around the world.
Rensselaer offers more than 145 programs at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels. Students are encouraged to work in interdisciplinary programs that allow them to combine scholarly work from several departments or schools. The university provides rigorous, engaging, interactive learning environments and campus-wide opportunities for leadership, collaboration, and creativity.For almost two centuries, Rensselaer has maintained its reputation for providing an undergraduate education of undisputed intellectual rigor based on educational innovation in the laboratory, classroom, and studio.
Driven by talented, dedicated, and forward-thinking faculty, Rensselaer has dramatically expanded the research enterprise by leveraging our existing strengths and focusing on five signature research areas: biotechnology and the life sciences; energy and the environment; computational science and engineering; nanotechnology and advanced materials; and media, arts, science, and technology.
The Institute is especially well-known for its success in the transfer of technology from the laboratory to the marketplace so that new discoveries and inventions benefit human life, protect the environment, and strengthen economic development.
Academic Approach and Educational Innovations
Rensselaer is anchored by two vibrant roots:
- One root, written into the school's founding documents, is the application of science to the common purposes of life. This kept the focus on engineering solutions to national and international needs and challenges. Rensselaer graduates constructed the canals, roads, bridges, skyscrapers, and basic infrastructure of America, which helped to form the basis for 20th century society.
- The second root, also built into the school's origin, was the employment of unique educational strategies. In the earliest days, after initial instruction, students taught what they knew to each other since teaching reinforces learning. Likewise, students performed scientific experiments rather than watch faculty conduct them, as had been the common practice.
The Rensselaer Plan 2024
Armed with our intellects, our energy, and a bold vision for the future, we launched a process to realize the mission of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in new and tangible ways. We conceived and implemented The Rensselaer Plan , to bring new meaning, and new substance, to the question we ask ourselves as the first technological university in the nation: Why not change the world?
We began our journey of transformation where necessity demanded. We have made major investments in our people, programs, platforms, and partnerships; and, together, we have brought about a true Renaissance at Rensselaer. These investments have enabled us to transform Rensselaer into a top-tier technological research university with global reach and global impact. That transformation serves as a solid foundation on which we will build even greater achievements in the future.
Our journey of transformation continues, under The Rensselaer Plan 2024 . In the same spirit as its precursor, the revised Plan is evergreen, prepared to grow and evolve, as the Institute grows and evolves. In advancing The Rensselaer Plan 2024, we are moving from transforming Rensselaer to Rensselaer being transformative: transformative in our students' lives; transformative in our innovative pedagogy, nationally and internationally; transformative in the global impact of our research.