Maintenance Service Worker I

SAIT’s Facilities Management department serves as steward of its building and grounds, ensuring physical operations are maintained and that spaces are safe, secure, functional and inviting for all who use them.

We are guided by SAIT’s shared priorities of sustainable growth, innovation in applied education and student success — our work contributes to that.

The Opportunity This role is responsible for operations and maintenance activities and delivery of services to support campus wide initiatives.

This position supports academic and non-academic functions and events by providing general service support.

The Role

Provides labor for event set-up and teardown services

Supports academic initiatives by coordinating convocation setup, conducting room inventories and inspections, maintaining shared spaces, and ensuring timely delivery of educational materials

Provides labor for office and furniture moves

Picks up Schools and Departments equipment and electronic disposals

Supports in relief duties for Distribution Centre and other Facilities Management work teams

Provides labor for collection and transport of hazardous waste

Loads, offloads, and transports material and equipment for academic and non-academic departments

Assesses damage to furniture

Perform other duties related to operations, committee, special projects, and team building:

Act as liaison and advisor to Facilities Management to ensure proper adherence to best practices for consultants and projects

Actively participate in Committees

Required Qualifications & Experience

High School Diploma with a minimum 1 year warehousing experience a combination of education and experience will considered

Class 5 Drivers License preferred

Forklift Operator Certificate, or willingness to obtain

Current TDG (Transportation of Dangerous Goods ) Certificate, or willingness to obtain

Trained in First Aid, CPR, and WHMIS, or willingness to obtain

Required Skills

The ability to work with others in a team environment including sharing knowledge with co-workers

Strong communication skills, both oral and written

Organizational skills

Problem solving skills

Interpersonal skills - Client focused in building relationships

Physical Requirements

The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms

The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance, stop, kneel, crouch, or crawl

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 30 pounds

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

AUPE Permanent Salary

Job classification: A5241 - Maintenance Service Worker I Salary range: $42,432.00 - $50,336.00 # of positions: 1 Hours Per Week: 40 Posting closing date: August 29, 2025 About SAIT SAIT is a global leader in applied education. Named one of Alberta’s Top Employers, we offer the chance to work with a purpose — preparing the next generation of industry leaders, entrepreneurs, advocates and explorers. Building on our 100+ year history, we’re looking for innovative, bold and collaborative employees who embrace change and deliver world-class customer experiences. Your future starts now at SAIT. Equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) is essential to achieving SAIT’s vision to be a global leader in applied education. We encourage applications from women, Indigenous people, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities, and/or people with intersectional identities. Learn more about EDI at SAIT. At SAIT, we understand that experience comes in many forms. We’re dedicated to adding diverse perspectives to SAIT - so if your experience is close to what we’re looking for, please consider applying. SAIT is committed to supporting persons with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. We will work with applicants to provide accommodations upon request to the Talent Advisor. BEWARE FALSE POSTINGS AND RECRUITING OFFERS SAIT has been made aware of individuals or organizations posing as SAIT using false postings to attract job seekers and collect personal information. Please be aware that SAIT will never request sensitive personal information beyond what is required for an application. Career opportunities at SAIT will always be posted on the SAIT career site and we encourage applicants to only apply directly through there. When your application is completed you will receive an email confirmation, if you did not receive one please check your junk mail or try applying through the SAIT career page again.