Facilities Support Technician

Akima is hiring a Facilities Support Technician to work with the Facilities Operations Specialist and Maintenance Mechanics to conduct physical labor and maintenance work, both indoors and outside, and during all seasons to maintain National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC) infrastructure and grounds to facilitate safe and biosecure operations of NWCH laboratories and operations located in Madison, Wisconsin.  The technician will also be expected to work with center leadership and facilities staff to determine timeframes for responses to facilities alarms. 

The NWHC provides diagnostic services to the Department of the Interior and other natural resource agencies, conducts epidemiological investigations and surveillance, conducts laboratory and field research on wildlife health and disease, and disseminates data and information to natural resource managers.

The NWHC operates facilities which include biological containment areas for conducting laboratory and animal studies with infectious agents and sustain infrastructure offices and laboratories.

Responsibilities

• Undertake tasks described below and within written established guidelines.
• Provide on-site assistance for regular maintenance, grounds keeping, and repairs needed for critical infrastructure during normal business hours.
• When standard procedures and precedents are not available, performs troubleshooting and conducts various tests to determine necessary actions.

Provide Facility infrastructure operations:

• Independently operates the heating system after receiving initial instructions from lead technician or engineer.
• Performs work independently to maintain hot-water boilers, steam boilers, and associated water-treatment systems, circulating pumps, and associated computer control systems, building control systems, and burner controls. Equipment includes gas-fired steam boilers, gas-fired water boilers, and gas and electric water heaters.
• Operates the air conditioning system after receiving initial instructions from lead technician or engineer. Including maintaining chillers, circulating pumps, cooling towers, fans, motors, control systems, and associated water-treatment systems. 
• Disassembles, cleans, inspects, repairs, reassembles, and returns heating systems or air conditioning systems to service.

Provide Laboratory infrastructure operations:

• Operates laboratory systems after receiving initial instructions from lead technician or engineer.
• Maintain laboratory air-pressure control systems, waste-water treatment systems, biosafety cabinets, fume hoods, autoclaves, and laboratory utilities such as hot water, cold water, and deionized water, compressed air, and natural gas.

Routine maintenance, grounds-keeping, and repairs:

• Performs a variety of operations, maintenance, and upkeep work.
• Including visual inspection of critical systems at start and end of each workday; repairs of laboratory equipment; unload, move, and set-up of delivered items such as office furniture or laboratory equipment; inventory and clean-up of storage areas; remove discarded items; routine repairs such as filling cracks and holes in walls and ceilings, and touch-up painting; and grounds maintenance, including mowing, snow and ice removal, and trimming vegetation.
• Other duties as requirements arise.

Qualifications

• Must be US Citizen able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
• Requires a High School Diploma.
• 2+ years previous training or experience in AC/Heat systems, lab maintenance, and general maintenance.

Physical demands include but may not be limited to:

• Standing or sitting for extended periods of time.
• Lifting equipment and supplies in excess of 50 pounds.
• Exposure to outside elements.
• Requires moderate and at times strenuous physical labor outdoors and during all seasons (including adverse weather conditions).  
• Manual dexterity is required, and personal protective equipment must be worn when conducting work in areas that use biological agents or hazardous chemicals.
• Required to participate in the Center occupational health program and may include medical clearance to wear a respirator.
• USGS specific training may be required.

Job ID

2026-23205
Work Type

On-Site
Company Description

Work Where it Matters

Akima Systems Engineering (ASE), an Akima company, is not just another federal systems support contractor. As an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC), our mission and purpose extend beyond our exciting federal projects as we support our shareholder communities in Alaska.

At ASE, the work you do every day makes a difference in the lives of our 15,000 Iñupiat shareholders, a group of Alaska natives from one of the most remote and harshest environments in the United States.

For our shareholders, ASE provides support and employment opportunities and contributes to the survival of a culture that has thrived above the Arctic Circle for more than 10,000 years.

For our government customers, ASE delivers solutions in maritime IT, systems engineering, and integration across the Department of Defense and stands ready to help improve operational performance at a reasonable and sustainable cost.

As an ASE employee, you will be surrounded by a challenging, yet supportive work environment that is committed to innovation and diversity, two of our most important values. You will also have access to our comprehensive benefits and competitive pay in addition to growth opportunities and excellent retirement options.