Jobs

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Custodial Services

Custodians maintain clean and sanitary conditions of all the university’s facilities and buildings to foster a safe and pleasant learning environment.

Senior Custodial Supervisor 5:00 am

Performs comprehensive custodial cleaning and maintenance of carpeted, tile, wood, and concrete flooring throughout university facilities. Uses specialized equipment and cleaning products for carpet extraction, floor stripping, sealing, finishing, polishing, and restoration, while maintaining furniture, fixtures, walls, windows, blinds, entrances, and other building surfaces. Cleans and sanitizes public restrooms and water coolers, removes waste, restocks supplies, and maintains custodial equipment while reporting supply and repair needs.

Environmental Health and Safety

Inspectors, technicians, safety officers, and risk management professionals ensure compliance with regulations, procedures, and standards to promote a safe and healthy environment in classrooms, laboratories, and work sites.

Deputy Building Official

Responsible for reviewing construction documents and conducting building inspections to ensure University construction and maintenance projects comply with the Florida Building Code and applicable regulations. Assists the University Building Official in overseeing Building Code Administration activities, supervising staff, coordinating daily operations, and supporting professional development.

Occupational Safety & Health Engineer

The Industrial Safety & Health Engineer is a new position within the EHS team that was created to provide hands-on support within the Facilities Maintenance organization. This role is focused on identifying and evaluating safety and health hazards, preventing workplace-related injuries and illnesses, responding to EHS concerns, and ensuring compliance with safety standards. Through this work, the role strengthens FSU’s risk posture and helps ensure a safe, healthy campus environment that advances the university’s mission as it continues to grow.

Facilities Services

Facilities Services are responsible for ensuring that facilities and essential services on campus function properly daily.

Grounds and Landscaping Operations

Groundskeepers, arborists, horticulturists, equipment operators, and landscape design professionals maintain and enhance an attractive natural environment on campus.

Groundskeeper

Performs routine groundskeeping and landscaping maintenance across assigned Florida State University properties to maintain a safe, clean, sustainable, and attractive campus environment. Performs mowing, edging, raking, mulching, blowing, weed control, pruning, watering, debris and trash removal, and spreading of landscape materials such as pine straw, bark, and rocks. Assists with planting trees and shrubs, turf maintenance, soil preparation, turf removal, and resodding.

Maintenance

Various trades technicians provide maintenance, repair, and construction services for buildings and building systems on campus.

Control Technician 1

Performs advanced troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance of complex building automation and control systems, including variable frequency drives, machine controllers, boiler and chiller controls, air compressors, heat exchangers, fume hoods, and laboratory control systems. Diagnoses and configures FLN, BLN Ethernet, BACnet, P1, Modbus, KNX, and other control system networks. Performs calibration of sensors, controllers, flow meters, and other measurement devices while also handling basic mechanical, electrical, controls, and plumbing maintenance. Collaborates with Siemens support technicians, energy engineers, and other FSU personnel to diagnose and resolve complex system faults and maintain reliable building operations.

General Maintenance Technician (Open Rank)

Performs preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs across mechanical, electrical, building control, and plumbing systems throughout campus facilities. Maintains and repairs equipment and components including pumps, valves, fans, compressed air systems, motors, switches, outlets, controls, sensors, variable speed drives, thermostats, faucets, drains, toilets, and related building systems.

Heavy Equipment Operator 3

Operates heavy equipment and commercial vehicles, including backhoes, boom trucks, dump trucks, trenchers, and front-end loaders to support campus infrastructure and maintenance projects. Assists with concrete finishing, form setting, fence construction, air hammer operations, street repairs, and parking lot maintenance. Maintains accurate work records and timekeeping documentation while performing related duties to support safe and efficient campus operations.

Preventative Maintenance Technician 1

Performs daily, weekly, monthly, semi and annual preventive maintenance on all HVAC, plumbing, electrical, fire systems, ice machines, blue light emergency call stations, roofing, building envelopes, and automated external defibrillator equipment within the assigned area. This includes but not limited to cleaning, servicing and inspecting various types of HVAC Systems: including, but not limited to, cleaning of cooling and heating coils on a scheduled cycle; replacement and adjustments of pulley drive belts, pulleys and bearings; service to blower wheel assemblies and lubrication of all components; filter changing and service to all related equipment

Master Craftsman Studio

Designers, sculptors, and artisans dedicated to fabrication and art installations that reflect the heritage and culture of the university and public commissions.

Planning, Design and Construction

Architects, planners, engineers, construction managers, and other design professionals provide successful development and continuous improvement of campus facilities.

Project Manager (Levels I – III) (Multiple Vacancies)

Manages the design and construction of capital improvement projects, ensuring compliance with university, state, and federal standards while maintaining schedule, budget, and defined project scope. Coordinates project planning, communication, and collaboration with stakeholders, design professionals, consultants, contractors, and vendors.

Support & Administrative Services

Support & Administrative Services provide integral support services, including information technology, human resources, and financial services. These services ensure efficiency across the department and enable us to provide optimum service to the university.

Sustainability

Educate and engage the campus community to develop a culture of environmental care through climate action, waste minimization, and resource stewardship.

Utilities & Engineering Services

Engineers and technicians control and manage utility services across campus, including steam, chilled water, electricity, domestic water, sanitary sewer, and natural gas.

Mechanical Engineer

Provides mechanical engineering services for university facilities, including utility plant systems, HVAC, plumbing, and energy transfer systems, to support renovations and infrastructure upgrades. Develops engineering designs, specifications, and construction documents in compliance with Florida Administrative Code and applicable codes and standards.

Waste Management

Manage recycling and waste disposal throughout campus.