Facilities Maintenance Technician

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TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) serves local communities across the U.S. through trustworthy journalism, engaging content, and tools that help people navigate their daily lives. Through customized marketing solutions, we help businesses grow and thrive. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches approximately 100 million people every month across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. For more information, visit TEGNA.com.

WLTX-TV has an immediate opening for a Facilities Maintenance Technician to oversee and provide preventative maintenance and repairs to WLTX owned facilities and grounds, as well as oversee janitorial and vending services.

Responsibilities:

• WLTX-TV is a 24/7 operation, so the job requires responding immediately to emergency building maintenance requests on short notice.
• Coordinate with vendors for HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and roofing to deal with repairs and installs.
• Coordinate with the janitorial vendor for cleaning and supplies.
• Coordinate with the vending company to supply facility breakrooms.
• Light handyman duties such as leaky faucets, toilets, dispensers and snake clogged plumbing when necessary.
• Spot painting and drywall repair when necessary.
• Minimum electrical work, depending on experience.
• Operate and maintain a variety of mechanical tools and equipment such as power saws, power sanders, drills, air compressors, paint sprayers, and various hand tools required for carpentry, plumbing, and maintenance skills.
• The facilities maintenance technician will work with a team of broadcast and IT engineers and report directly to the Head of Technology.
• Position is full-time and on-site.

Requirements:

• A high school diploma or GED
• Three (3) years’ experience or an equivalent combination of experience and training that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.
• Must have a valid South Carolina Driver’s License.
• Follows through with all tasks, assignments and job duties in a timely manner.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with other management staff and employees
• Excellence interpersonal and communication skills.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.

Benefits: 

TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.

Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.

Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.

TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year. 

* Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.

EEO statement:

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