Department

BSD FSD - Building Management Support

About the Department

The Biological Sciences Division – Facilities Services (BSD-FS) office provides support for the University’s medical, research, and education missions. We are responsible for managing approximately 2 million gross feet of space located on the University of Chicago’s Hyde Park campus. We serve many community members including but not limited to: research and non-research faculty, principal investigators, laboratory staff, residents, hospital staff, undergraduate students and post-doctoral scholars. BSD-FS consists of the following major functional areas of responsibility: 1) Planning, Design and Construction, 2) Project Management Services, 3) Building Management, 4) Space Management, 5) Capital Planning, 6) Lease Management, 7) Architectural Services, 8) Signage, and 9) Furniture.

Job Information

Job Summary:

Responsible for interfacing heavily with the BSD's faculty, staff, and students to provide support and services as needed from the Dock/Shipping area. Maintain and oversee all duties on the Dock. Receive, coordinate, track, and distribute all incoming parcels and packages into the division. Handle recharge accounts, purchase orders, invoices, data entry, and other clerical office duties. Move heavy merchandise, packages, and dewars (tanks) up to 800 lbs and handle hazardous chemicals. Responsible for unusual and expensive equipment, and high security areas within and outside of the Division.

Responsibilities:

• Daily logging, scanning, distribution, and deliveries from UPS, DHL, Federal Express, Airborne, etc, inside the Center for Integrative Sciences building and other departments outside the CIS, including the Hospital. This includes perishable items (donation of human organs, etc.) which are cause for an immediate delivery. Responsible for keys to highly sensitive and secure units (labs, equipment, cylinders, gases and other research materials).
• Creation and maintenance of an accurate tracking system in the receiving area. Scan, tag cylinders, and enter results into database. Sort parcels/packages. Retrieve, file, and match packing slips (invoices) related to purchasing orders. Handle returns of erroneous deliveries. Unload and transport helium dewars, transport empty dewars back to loading dock for pick-up, maintain inventory of liquid nitrogen dewars, and refill dewars as needed for technicians and students. Fill-in for co-workers on vacation or when this department is short handed in other areas, like the stock room, etc. This involves such things such as: answering the phones, delivering gas cylinders/dewars to the Hospital and other units, tagging dewers/cylinders, and overseeing Stockroom functions of purchasing, receiving, customer service, etc. Note: Each liquid helium dewar weighs from 250 up to 300 lbs (average weight); each liquid nitrogen dewar weighs from 600 up to 800 lbs. Operate box trucks.
• Provide facilities services support for day-to-day operations, including assembling, disassembling, and moving of furniture and equipment as needed. Assist with, but not limited to, office relocations, furniture moving, shelving and removal of other equipment as necessary; preparation of conference room setups; and any/all other daily facilities requests as needed. Drive and assist other co-workers (driving the truck) with deliveries. Help with the unloading of equipment and packages, when needed. Clean dock receiving area, keeping tanks, crates, etc., in order. Keep driveway clear of traffic. Properly store equipment for PI's and the Building Engineers. Perform building walk-throughs to proactively identify infrastructural and cosmetic inadequacies. Serve as facility point of contact for evening and weekend events.

Competencies:

• Effectively communicate in both written and verbal format required. Problem-solve and reason required.
• Perform multiple tasks and deal with periodic interruptions required.
• Use a personal computer and standard software packages required.
• Organized, energetic individual with excellent interpersonal skills is preferred.
• Communicate with all levels of personnel in an accurate and concise manner as demanded by the situation required.

Additional Responsibilities

Education, Experience, or Certifications:

Education:

• High school diploma or GED required.

Experience:

• Relevant experience preferred.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:

• Perform large amounts of walking on a daily basis.
• Heavy lifting and move items (boxes, cylinders, tables, etc.) which may weigh more than 50 pounds.
• Use a variety of tools and equipment for moving material and equipment.
• Tolerate hot/cold conditions.
• Exposure to laboratory chemicals.
• On-call responsibilities.
• Irregular work schedule.
• Operate vehicles/drive motorized equipment.
• Requires use of personal protective equipment.
• Works with low voltage (less than 600 volts).
• Works with ladders/scaffolds.
• Works with power/hand tools.
• Works with pressurized vessels.
• Bend, crouch, or stoop.
• Carry or lift loads of 100 lbs or more.
• Feel, including perceiving size, shape, temperature, or texture.
• Hear, including making fine discrimination in sound.
• See, including color, depth perception, or clarity.
• Operate a vehicle safely.
• Make repetitive wrist, hand, or finger movements.
• Climb stairs 5 stories or more.
• Perform strenuous physical exertion at time.
• Stand for 4 hours or more.

Pay Rate:

• $21.35 per hour.

Required Documents:

• Resume/CV
• Cover Letter

Yes

Pay Rate Type

Hourly

Pay Range

$21.35

The included pay rate or range represents the University’s good faith estimate of the possible compensation offer for this role at the time of posting.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Union

022- Local 743, I.B.T. Service Maintenance

Job is Exempt

No

Drug Test Required

No

Health Screen Required

No

Motor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required

No

Posting Date

2025-06-20

Posting Statement

The University of Chicago is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or expression, national or ethnic origin, shared ancestry, age, status as an individual with a disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or other protected classes under the law. For additional information please see the University's Notice of Nondiscrimination.

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