Maintenance Assistant (Downtown Campus Maintenance)
Albany, NYFull-time$45K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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The Maintenance Assistant supports downtown campus maintenance through semiskilled carpentry, electrical, and plumbing work, including installations, alterations, and repairs. The role responds to calls involving minor clogs and faulty fixtures and uses maintenance systems, tools, and equipment. Candidates need qualifying maintenance or mechanical experience, technical training, or an equivalent combination. A valid New York State driver’s license is required when operating motor vehicles.
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Location: Albany, NY Category: Civil Service Job Type: Full-time Posted On: Thu Nov 5 2026 Job Description:
Vacancy #: WF250287 & WF250369
Apply by: November 16, 2026
Title: Maintenance Assistant
Location: Downtown Campus Maintenance
Salary: $44,560
Grade: CSEA SG-9
Hours: Monday thru Friday, 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM (pass days Saturday / Sunday)
Duration: Contingent Permanent
Job Requirements:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Two years of full-time experience in maintenance or mechanical work under the supervision of a skilled tradesperson; OR completion of an appropriate two year technical school course at a school, institute, or branch of the Armed Services, such as the New York State Civil Service Employees Association-Partnership (NYS CSEA-P) Applied Skilled Trades Certificate Program*; or an equivalent combination of experience and training gained by completion of appropriate technical courses at a school, institute, or branch of the Armed Services..
*Successful completion of the NYS CSEA-P Applied Skilled Trades Certificate Program includes a total of 288 hours of trade-specific classroom instruction, 45 hours of technical math course work, 45 hours of technical communications course work, and 15 hours of blueprint/schematic reading course work. It does not include 4,000 hours of on-the-job training, as required for the NYS CSEA-P Applied Skilled Trades Traineeship.
When required to operate motor vehicles, candidates must possess a valid New York State driver's license appropriate for the type of vehicle to be operated.
This position may be filled from a mandatory reemployment list if one is in effect at the time of appointment.
OPERATING NEEDS:
Ability to perform semiskilled activities in carpentry, electrical, and plumbing; Ability to complete or assist with installations, alterations, and repair of walls, floors, doors, molding, trim, hardware, and other architectural items; Ability to assist or repair, maintain, and install lighting fixtures, bulbs, ballasts, outlets, switches, and other electrical equipment; Ability to respond to maintenance calls for minor clogs and leaking/ faulty fixtures (faucets, toilets, and urinals). Ability to use computerized maintenance system (CMMS); ability to lift up to 50 pounds, work from ladders, scaffolds and lifts, work at heights 20'+ and in confined spaces, ability to navigate stairs throughout duration of shift; knowledge of simple hardware repairs and maintenance; ensure proper care in the use and maintenance of equipment and supplies; use hand and power tools applicable to the trade; Valid NYS Driver's License required.
Additional Information:
Special Notes: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. If you currently need sponsorship or will need it in the future to maintain employment authorization, you do not meet eligibility requirements. Additionally, please note that UAlbany is not an E-Verify employer.
The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, or Clery Act, mandates that all Title IV institutions, without exception, prepare, publish, and distribute an Annual Security Report. This report consists of two basic parts: disclosure of the University's crime statistics for the past three years; and disclosures regarding the University's current campus security policies. The University at Albany's Annual Security Report is available in portable document format [PDF] by clicking this link http://police.albany.edu/ASR.shtml
Pursuant to New York Labor Law �194-a, the University will not seek, request, or rely upon an applicant's wage or salary history in determining whether to interview, hire, or establish compensation for an applicant. Applicants are not required to provide wage or salary history information as a condition of employment consideration. Salary history may only be verified in the limited circumstances permitted by law.
If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application process, including interviews, please contact Rhonda Haines, the University's Designee for Reasonable Accommodations (DRA) in the Office of Human Resources, at [email protected] or (518) 437-4700; requests for accommodation will be considered in accordance with applicable law.
THE UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY IS AN EO/AA/IRCA/ADA EMPLOYER
How this job compares
Set against the 6,601 open Maintenance Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$45K/yr
- New York median$45–71K/yr31 salary ranges
- US median$58–81K/yr313 salary ranges
This rate, $45K, is 22% below the New York median midpoint ($57K) — in the lowest quarter of Maintenance Technician salary ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 330 open Maintenance Technician jobs in New York and 6,601 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Maintenance Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (3,781 postings).
- Education
- 25 of the 6,601 open Maintenance Technician jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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