Light Maintenance Technician

Light Maintenance Technician 

Who Are We? 

C&W Services is the industry leader in cutting-edge maintenance and janitorial programs for facilities ranging corporate office portfolios and manufacturing plants to large public venues—keeping our client’s facility running smoothly all the time.  

 What’s The Job? 

Title: Light Maintenance Technician 

Location: Eddyville, IA 

Wage: $24.69 - $27.29 per hour, depending on experience level determined

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Hours: Tuesday - Friday 6:00am-4:30pm 
 
What’s in it for me? 

• Weekly pay on Fridays 

• Comprehensive benefits day one, including Employee Perks and Daily Pay Program 

• Advancement opportunities  

• Training to work in a cutting-edge facility  

• Company provided safety apparel and uniforms 

What Will I Be Doing?  

The Pilot Plant and Facilities Support Technician is responsible for maintaining high standards of cleanliness, sanitation, and operational readiness across laboratory, pilot plant, and R&D building spaces. This role provides hands-on support for laboratory and pilot-scale activities while also ensuring that offices and common areas are clean, stocked, and well-maintained, supporting a safe, organized, and productive work environment.

Key Responsibilities

Laboratory & Pilot Plant Support

• Assemble, disassemble, clean, and sanitize glassware, bottle assemblies, and reusable containers used for laboratory and pilot trials.
• Operate autoclaves to sterilize laboratory glassware, media bottles, and other applicable equipment.
• Treat and properly dispose of biological waste generated in laboratory and pilot plant areas.
• Prepare culture media and media plates for microbiological testing as required.
• Prepare laboratory stock solutions and other preparations as needed.
• Perform routine sanitation of laboratory and pilot-scale areas, including cleaning work surfaces and equipment.
• Provide post-trial cleanup support for pilot plant tools and infrastructure.
• Assist with organizing, stocking, and maintaining laboratory supplies.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Facilities & Janitorial Support (R&D Building)

• Clean and sanitize surfaces and restock supplies in restrooms and breakrooms.
• Remove general trash from offices, restrooms, control rooms, breakrooms, conference rooms, laboratory spaces, and other designated areas.
• Sweep and mop tiled flooring in office corridors, control rooms, breakrooms, main laboratories, and other applicable areas.
• Vacuum carpeted office spaces.
• Sweep and wash down pilot plant floors on a regular basis.
• Maintain overall cleanliness, hygiene, and a professional appearance throughout the R&D facility.

 What are the physical demands of the role?   

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  

• The ability to observe details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).  

• Control Precision — The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.  

• Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.  

• Substantial lifting (up to 50 pounds) is required  

• Ability to move for extended or continuous periods of time  

• Ability to ascend and descend staircases, ladders, and/or step stools  

• Ability to operate applicable hand tools, power tools, and equipment  

• Ability to operate forklifts or other vehicles in a safe manner   

• Ability to wear a respirator while performing job duties 

• Communication/ Expression —The ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand.  

• Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). 

What is the work environment?   

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions.     

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to extreme heat and extreme cold, wet and/or humid conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud.