About This Role
This locksmith position involves installing, repairing, replacing, and maintaining various types of locks, as well as opening locks without keys. The role requires a skilled individual capable of handling a wide range of locking devices and associated hardware.
Responsibilities
- Install, adjust, service, maintain, and repair combination door locks, door strikes, and locks on file cabinets, desks, and other furniture
- Adjust door hinges, closures, and frames
- Perform preventive maintenance on combination door locks, door closures, hinges, and associated hardware
- Disassemble combination-locking devices, repair or replace worn tumblers, springs, and other electronic or mechanical parts
- Reinstall new or repaired parts
- Change combinations, vaults, and doors with combinations
- Participate in related record-keeping duties
- Install mortise, rim, and key for door locks; replace and install all finished building hardware such as door closures, panic bars, window closures and locks
- Repair locks on file cabinets, desks, and other furniture
- Perform master key and re-keying functions; design key bypass systems and maintain accurate records of such systems
- Duplicate keys, establish/maintain accurate records of key assignments, record changes in key, and lock assignments
- Service emergency locking devices such as panic bars to ensure safe performance
- Assist in development and revision of maintenance schedules
- Assist contractors as required with knowledge of facilities, operations, and utilities
- Respond to emergency calls
- Perform other job-related work as assigned
Requirements
- High school, technical school, apprenticeship, trade school graduate or equivalent required
- Two or more years working as a Certified Locksmith
- Ability to comprehend written and oral instructions
- Possess a valid driver's license
- Must possess one or more of the following certifications: Registered Locksmith Certification, Certified Professional Locksmith, Medico Factory Certified Unican Factory Certification, Yale I.C. Factory Certification or Kaba MAS X-10 certification
- Must be able to obtain within one year and maintain a Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) Private Security Registration
- Willingness to work rotational shifts if necessary, including days, evenings, and nights as well as overtime, weekends, and holidays as required
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret US Government security clearance
Nice to have:
- Ability to write correspondence
- Completion of a recognized apprenticeship or vocational program for a locksmith
