ATTENTION MILITARY AFFILIATED JOB SEEKERS - Our organization works with partner companies to source qualified talent for their roles. The following position is available to Veterans, Transitioning Military, National Guard and Reserve Members, Military Spouses, Wounded Warriors, and their Caregivers. If you have the required skill set, education requirements, and experience, please click the submit button and follow the next steps. Unless specifically stated otherwise, this role is "On-Site" at the location detailed in the job post. Job Description Akima is hiring Facilities Support Technicians 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 NWHC laboratories and operations located in Madison, Wisconsin. 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 Assists with operation of the heating system after receiving initial instructions from lead technician or engineer. Performs work 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. Helps maintain the air conditioning system after receiving initial instructions from lead technician or engineer. Includes 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. Operates laboratory systems after receiving initial instructions from lead technician or engineer. Helps 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. Performs a variety of grounds operations, maintenance, and upkeep work. Performs 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. ip.