Building and Grounds Technician
The Putney School is seeking a full-time Building and Grounds Technician to begin working as soon as possible. The Building and Grounds Technician ensures that all academic buildings, athletic facilities and grounds are safe and fully functional while seeing to various needs on campus on a daily basis. The Facilities Department is a small, hardworking team that relies on good communication and cooperation to maintain facilities ranging from historic to state of the art.
The Building and Grounds Technician reports to the Facilities Supervisor and Director of Facilities and is a 12-month, in-person, non-exempt position.
About The Putney School: Putney is a progressive boarding school for 220 hardworking and curious students in a beautiful corner of Southern Vermont. Since 1935, Putney has prepared intellectually curious, community-minded students by joining time-tested educational principles and cutting-edge progressive teaching methods. The school blends high expectations and unique levels of student agency so that they achieve college success and grow into inspiring and well-rounded people. Hands-on learning is embedded in the school’s culture: a working dairy farm, expansive arts offerings, a robust work program, miles of wooded trails, and large solar arrays serve our curriculum.
The school cultivates and sustains an educational community that values difference. Community members explore how they contribute to building a home at Putney where everyone, especially those from historically marginalized populations, can honor their individual racial, gender, political, ethnic, and socio-economic identities. Putney recognizes this is difficult, communal work, and the school supports all its employees in developing this critical skill set.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform preventative maintenance, inspections, repairs, and replacements on facilities and equipment.
- Diagnose and repair HVAC systems, mechanical, carpentry, roofing, flooring and related building systems.
- Troubleshoot electrical systems, wiring, outlets, controls and related components.
- Repair plumbing fixtures, piping, valves, leaks, drains and related systems.
- Maintain security and fire alarm systems.
- Maintain school grounds, landscaping, trees, shrubs and outdoor facilities.
- Perform snow removal and emergency response protocols (including winter road maintenance).
- Operate vehicles, trucks, tractors, snowplows, snow blowers, salt spreaders and other maintenance equipment.
- Perform room setups, breakdowns, and temporary facility needs for school assemblies, athletic games and special campus events.
- Serve on a rotating night and weekend on-call schedule to manage urgent campus maintenance issues, utility failures, or severe weather emergencies.
- Attend meetings and complete training classes as required.
- Work closely with students in Putney’s work program and facilitate afternoon activities.
- Assist with loading and unloading deliveries and moving furniture, supplies and equipment around campus as needed.
- Other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Salary range of $50,000 to $60,000 depending on qualifications and experience.
- Health, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, Disability, and optional group insurance plans, HSA/FSA options, paid time off, and 403(b) retirement plan contributions.
- Annual professional development opportunities.