Advanced Locksmith Level 1

About the Department:
The NC State University Facilities Division is home to nearly 900 professionals who plan, build and maintain the spaces that foster an environment where innovation, learning, and community thrive. Through this work, we help create spaces that empower students, faculty, and staff to reach their full potential. Operating year-round, we manage more than 16.7 million gross square feet of built space and oversee 4,733 acres of campus infrastructure through a series of core departments, each composed of multiple specialized units:

• Design & Construction
• Business Operations
• Campus Operations and Maintenance
• Campus Planning and Strategic Investment

Whether responding to a maintenance request, shaping future facilities or creating spaces that inspire discovery, our team is grounded in excellence, service and stewardship.
Join the pack and become part of one of the largest and most respected employers in the state, helping shape the future of our campus community. Take a look below to see what we offer!

Essential Job Duties:
The Advanced Locksmith Level 1 plays a critical role in supporting campus security and access control by providing expert technical knowledge, project management, and leadership for locksmith operations. This position ensures compliance with University standards, accurate project scoping, and efficient resource allocation while delivering exceptional service to campus partners.
In this role, you will lead and mentor technicians, manage complex projects, and oversee hardware specifications and installation processes. Responsibilities include reviewing construction plans, preparing cost estimates, coordinating timelines, and ensuring timely completion of work orders. If you are a detail-oriented professional with strong technical expertise, leadership skills, and a commitment to quality and safety, we invite you to join our team and help maintain the integrity of campus facilities.
Key Responsibilities and duties include, but are not limited to:

• Serve as a technical expert, guiding, directing, and coaching journey and contributing level technicians on application and installation techniques.
• Research critical information, including key bittings array, construction documents, and guidelines.
• Understand and apply Simple K enrollment process and procedures.
• Demonstrate the ability to review and verify construction plans and hardware specifications according to University specifications and construction guidelines.
• Proficiently work with hardware specification take-offs.
• Handle project management tasks with a working knowledge of processes and timelines.
• Provide cost estimates and proposals for work, which includes evaluating and researching necessary requirements from vendor sources.
• Monitor and track all orders to ensure timely completion.
• Assist the supervisor in developing timelines and milestones by identifying critical and less critical activities.
• Allocate appropriate resources and time for the completion of one's own work and that of the team, avoiding scheduling conflicts.
• Communicate effectively with customers regarding the necessary scope of work.
• Lead and generally oversee Journey-level technicians, ensuring that both Journey and contributing level technicians have sufficient resources to complete jobs.
• Maintain clear verbal and written communication with supervisors, team members, and the public.
• Lift, carry, and maneuver materials weighing 30-60 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodations.
• Perform tasks requiring standing for extended periods, working in confined spaces, and utilizing various tools. Safely climb and work from different types of ladders to access elevated or below-grade areas (such as roofs, above-ceiling spaces, and utility pits). Be exposed to and work in areas where insects or small animals are occasionally present. All essential tasks must be performed with or without reasonable accommodations.

Minimum Education and Experience:
High school diploma or equivalency; or demonstrated possession of the competencies necessary to perform the work.

Optional Guidelines: Experience in the Trade(s) areas related to the area of assignment may be substituted on a year-for-year basis.

Other Required Qualifications:


Preferred Qualifications:

• Extensive experience as a locksmith, preferably in an institutional setting, but not mandatory.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word and Excel.
• Familiarity with AiM work order systems is a plus, but not required.
• Membership in the Associated Institutional Locksmith Association/and or recognized industry organization is preferred.
• Certified Journey Level Certification and/or Fire Door Inspector Certification is advantageous but not mandatory.

Posting Number: PG194819SP
Position Number: 00040674
Anticipated Hiring Range: $52,000 - $54,921

To apply, visit https://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/226818









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