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Technical Trades Crew Leader

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

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Location
Austin, TX
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Job overview

The Technical Trades Crew Leader supports commissioning for new and remodeled projects and coordinates the Building Optimization Team’s daily workload. The role provides technical support to zone maintenance, reviews technician documentation and completed work, and helps schedule audits and repairs. It also coordinates repairs with facilities groups and contractors, supports project planning, and trains technicians on code requirements, equipment, and system layouts.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

CommissioningWorkload CoordinationTechnical SupportWork InspectionWork Order Creation

Full job description

Assists with commissioning of new and remodel projects, including reviewing final documentation and performing testing. Coordinates the daily workload of the Building Optimization Team based on its project schedule and available resources. Provides technical support to zone maintenance when requested by the Supervisor.Assists with daily data entry and monitoring to maintain shop effectiveness and safety. Reviews paperwork filled out by technicians including reports and as-builts. Creates work orders for internal use and for other departments to complete necessary repairs.Inspects finished work for conformity to specifications and standards. Documents job time and material. Orders job-related materials and maintains the shop tools, PPE and instruments. Replaces the tools, PPE and instruments as required to ensure safety.Interprets and works from drawings, specifications, and sketches, for assigned projects to ensure University standards are maintained. Uses the data collected from the BOT technicians to schedule our audits and repairs during our retro-commissioning projects.Keeps up-to-date on relevant controls products, tools and troubleshooting procedures. Trains other technicians within shop on code requirements, equipment and system lay-outs.Provides timely and courteous customer service, keeps supervisors up-to-date on daily work order status to ensure clear, concise, and necessary communication channels are maintained and customer expectations are met. Participates in regular meetings to communicate project milestones with the BOT technicians, as well as coordinating system repairs and developing commissioning strategies. Maintains availability by cell phone at all times during working hours and as required after-hours.Works collaboratively with other Facilities groups to make key system repairs and adjustments to improve system efficiencies. Coordinates the work of other shops and outside contractors to complete project repairs and/or system changes. Motivates workers to meet production and quality standards. Assists in solving work-related problems at the job site.Works with the Building Systems Operations Supervisor to help develop the scope of work for the Building Optimization projects. Helps to develop long and short-term schedules for the Building Optimization Projects.

How this job compares

Set against the 745 open Facilities jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$102–181K/yr227 salary ranges
  • US median$20–24/hr289 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 53 open Facilities jobs in Texas and 745 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Texas
Experience
Facilities postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 7 years (420 postings).
Education
170 of the 745 open Facilities jobs (23%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 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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