Bloomington Service Maintenance
Job Specs

JOB TITLE AND LEVEL: Sheet Metal Mechanic / SM45

JOB CODE: 001220

DATE: November 2011

JOB PURPOSE

Plans, lays out, fabricates, assembles, installs, and repairs sheet metal components. Work may involve any of the following: setting up and operating fabricating machines to cut, bend, and straighten sheet metal; shaping metal over anvils, blocks, or forms using hammer; operating soldering and welding equipment to join sheet metal parts; inspecting, assembling, and smoothing seams and joints of burred surfaces.

CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Drills and punches holes in metal, for screws, bolts, and rivets.

Fastens seams and joints together with welds, bolts, cements, rivets, solders, caulks, metal drive clips, and bonds in order to assemble components into products or to repair sheet metal items.

Finishes parts, using hacksaws, and hand, rotary, or squaring shears.

Inspects individual parts, assemblies, and installations for conformance to specifications and building codes, using measuring instruments such as calipers, scales, and micrometers.

Selects gauges and types of sheet metal or non-metallic material, according to product specifications.

Shapes metal material over anvils, blocks, or other forms, using hand tools.

Trims, files, grinds, deburres, buffs, and smoothes surfaces, seams, and joints of assembled parts, using hand tools and portable power tools.

Installs door hinges, panic bars, thresholds, motorized projector screens and mounts, and toilet partitions.

Maintains kitchen equipment, roof gutters, and overhead doors.

Installs and repairs roofing and flashing materials.

Installs assemblies, including heating and air conditioning ducts and air handlers; balance air flow.  Repairs and cleans air handlers as needed.  Repairs air handler coils.

Welds metal repairs on mobile or stationary equipment.

Performs other general building maintenance as assigned.

Drives vehicle as necessary.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

Ability to operate and use brake machine, power shears, roll machine, stationary power equipment, such as saws and drills, hand brake, welding equipment, hand tools, and air balancing equipment.

Ability to operate plasma cutter.

Ability to work in safe and efficient manner.

Ability to use a computer.

Ability to read blueprints.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education:  High school diploma or GED. 

Experience:  Certificate in relevant DOL apprenticed trade OR five years verifiable journey level experience.

Licenses:  Valid driver’s license with ability to be insured by Indiana University.  May be required to obtain and maintain asbestos worker or supervisor certification or other OSHA required certifications.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Sitting, standing, walking, driving, climbing/ladders, squatting/kneeling, reaching, grasping, pushing/pulling, twisting/bending, lifting/carrying 50 lbs multiple times per shift, fingering, talking, hearing, and seeing.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Equal amounts of time may be spent indoors and outdoors with possible exposure to extreme hot or cold temperatures for one hour plus. Possible exposure to distracting/uncomfortable noise levels, and vibration of body or extremities. Risk of bodily injury from mechanical parts, electricity, etc. Possible exposure to fumes, odors, etc. that may affect respiration and skin.