POSITION OPEN - FIELD STATION FACILITIES CARETAKER
Mountain Lake Biological Station (University of Virginia) seeks a full-time
resident Facilities Caretaker to oversee all buildings and grounds
operations and maintenance for 12-month full-service field station in
beautiful and rural Giles County Virginia. MLBS supports research and
teaching activities for 50-80 scientists, students and families living and
working at this University of Virginia field research facility. MLBS is
busiest in the summer, but is open year-round. It is located on a
mountaintop (4,000ft) in southwest Virginia, just 30 minutes outside of the
vibrant college town of Blacksburg. MLBS is proud of its friendly,
supportive and personable atmosphere. An outgoing, enthusiastic,
responsible, creative and independent caretaker will fit right in! The
MLBS staff is a small team looking for enthusiasm and good ideas.
Caretaker is responsible for, and oversees, all physical plant and grounds
systems including electrical, plumbing, HVAC, potable water and wastewater
systems, grounds and gravel road care, building maintenance and repair for
a wide range of rustic and modern residential and lab building
construction. Caretaker is a member of, and reports to, Department of
Facilities Management on Charlottesville campus of UVA (3hrs from the
station). Caretaker also works closely with Department of Biology station
administrative office, station Director, Associate Director, and Manager.
Benefits include private house on-site with all basic utilities (heat,
electric, water, business telephone and fax lines, wireless Internet
access) and other full-time staff benefits as defined by UVA. Pay rate set
by UVA and dependent on skills and experience.
Please visit this site for official job posting, position details, and
application procedure:
jobs.virginia.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1237385635308
Or go to -
jobs.virginia.edu
Click on "Search Postings" in upper left
Search for Posting Number 0603330
Learn more about MLBS at mlbs.org
Also please call or email us anytime for more information. We'd be more
than happy to talk about the position with you!
Butch Brodie
Director, [email protected]
Eric Nagy
Associate Director, [email protected]
434-982-5486
mlbs.org
