How to hire a senior facility technician

How to hire a senior facility technician, step by step

Here's a step-by-step senior facility technician hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a senior facility technician job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new senior facility technician
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you start hiring a senior facility technician, identify what type of worker you actually need. Certain positions might call for a full-time employee, while others can be done by a part-time worker or contractor.

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   A senior facility technician's background is also an important factor in determining whether they'll be a good fit for the position. For example, senior facility technicians from different industries or fields will have radically different experiences and will bring different viewpoints to the role. You also need to consider the candidate's previous level of experience to make sure they'll be comfortable with the job's level of seniority.

   This list presents senior facility technician salaries for various positions.

   Type of Senior Facility Technician	Description	Hourly rate
   Senior Facility Technician	General maintenance and repair workers fix and maintain machines, mechanical equipment, and buildings. They paint, repair flooring, and work on plumbing, electrical, and air-conditioning and heating systems.	$15-30
   Handyman	A handyman can perform various repair and maintenance tasks involving electricity, carpentry, plumbing, and even appliance installation. Most handymen work independently, but they can also choose to be part of a company... Show more	$15-29
   Maintenance Engineer	A maintenance engineer is responsible for the maintenance of industrial machinery and inspects equipment defects for immediate troubleshooting or replacement as needed. Maintenance engineers install and upgrade system components to improve system optimization and perform diagnostic systems to locate any adjustments... Show more	$13-35

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • HVAC
   • Preventative Maintenance
   • Plumbing
   • Troubleshoot
   • Safety Procedures
   • OSHA
   • Facility Maintenance
   • Mechanical Systems
   • Control Systems
   • Project Management
   • General Maintenance
   • Ventilation
   • CMMS
   • Facilities Equipment

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   Responsibilities:

   • Manage all hazardous materials generate by shop operations and ensure safety requirements are met in accordance to OSHA standards.
   • Perform preventive maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of HVAC, kitchen equipment, mechanical equipment, electrical, refrigeration and plumbing.
   • Make changes when need to the CMMS program.
   • Maintain all confidential personal files, license, and CPR compliance records.
   • Train junior staff in repair and troubleshooting of air conditioning, mechanical, electrical and plumbing as required.
   • Utilize several trade skills such as carpentry, plumbing, electrical, painting, roofing, heating and cooling.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your senior facility technician job description is one of the best ways to attract top talent. A senior facility technician can vary based on:

   • Location. For example, senior facility technicians' average salary in idaho is 46% less than in district of columbia.
   • Seniority. Entry-level senior facility technicians 49% less than senior-level senior facility technicians.
   • Certifications. A senior facility technician with certifications usually earns a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for an established firm or a new start-up company can make a big difference in a senior facility technician's salary.

   Average senior facility technician salary

   $45,655yearly

   $21.95 hourly rate

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   Entry-level senior facility technician salary

   $32,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 18, 2025

4. Writing a senior facility technician job description

   A job description for a senior facility technician role includes a summary of the job's main responsibilities, required skills, and preferred background experience. Including a salary range can also go a long way in attracting more candidates to apply, and showing the first name of the hiring manager can also make applicants more comfortable. As an example, here's a senior facility technician job description:

   Senior facility technician job description example

   The Senior Facility Technician is responsible for maintaining and repairing the organization's facilities, systems, and equipment. Monitoring operations daily, they oversee systems containing electrical, plumbing, and mechanical components. They monitor, inspect, and perform preventative updates or as-needed repairs and coordinate vendors, as necessary. They have primary responsibility for ensuring systems run efficiently and work is performed in a timely and prompt manner. They perform routine, complex assignments with minimal oversight and execute new projects or assignments with minimal direction.
   
   The Senior Facility Technician performs regular inspections to ensure compliance with all requirements, policies, and procedures. Prioritizing order requests, they use judgment to ensure the most critical issues are addressed to meet the needs of the organization. The Senior Facility Technician actively participates in the development and revision of protocols to conduct the qualification, validation, and/or calibration of equipment in support of the metrology program. They develop and maintain calibration schedules, having primary responsibility for ensuring equipment is maintained in state of readiness. They identify and enroll new equipment into pertinent maintenance or calibration databases and schedules, and update entries for retired equipment, as necessary.
   Responsibilities 1. Monitor, inspect, and perform preventative updates or as-needed repairs on facilities or systems. Perform work in one or maintenance trades including carpentry, electrical, plumbing and painting. This may include work on mechanical, electrical, HVAC, or other environmental management systems, generators or power management systems, fire, or safety systems.
   2. Receive and fulfill work order requests, mechanical service calls, and in-house repair requests for facility maintenance. Triage requests and use judgment to prioritize the most critical repairs.
   3. Make advanced repairs, troubleshoot complex problems, and coordinate the work of outside technicians when more advanced repairs are needed. Perform regular or special inspections of premises and grounds to determine repair work necessary.
   4. Perform installation and relocations of office fixtures, lab equipment, and repository equipment. Dismantle, adjust, repair, and assemble equipment according to layout plans, blueprints, repair manuals, rough sketches, or drawings.
   5. Order and maintain inventory levels of equipment, supplies or replacement parts.
   6. Support Management in review of schedules, layouts, or designs, identify and provide solutions to issues. Schedule maintenance or repairs to minimize disruption to organizational operations whenever possible.
   7. Conduct corrections and updates to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), recommendations and regular updates to Senior Management and elevate any major concerns in a timely manner.
   8. Perform all duties with the highest ethical safety standards and a continued emphasis on a cleanliness to ensure a safe work environment for all.
   9. Perform accurate and timely recording of entries in Facility Management, Document Management and Records Management systems.
   10. Follow established protocols to conduct equipment validation and/or qualification, to include physical setup, monitoring, and results analysis and recording. Perform on-call duties as needed. Qualifications Education and Experience: High School diploma and 5 or more years' experience or equivalent experience. Founded in 1925, ATCC is a non-profit organization with a mission to acquire, authenticate, preserve, develop, standardize, and distribute biological materials and information for the advancement and application of scientific knowledge. ATCC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

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5. Post your job

   To find senior facility technicians for your business, try out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important talent pools for any company is its current employees.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and your current work to ask if they know any senior facility technicians they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit entry-level senior facility technicians with the right educational background.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter have more than 3.5 billion users, and they're a great place for company branding and reaching potential job candidates.

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   • Use field-specific websites.
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6. Interview candidates

   Your first interview with senior facility technician candidates should focus on their interest in the role and background experience. As the hiring process goes on, you can learn more about how they'd fit into the company culture in later rounds of interviews.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match your ideal candidate profile. If you think a candidate is good enough for the next step, you can move on to the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new senior facility technician

   Once you've decided on a perfect senior facility technician candidate, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, it should include benefits and perks available to the employee. Qualified candidates may be considered for other positions, so make sure your offer is competitive. Candidates may wish to negotiate. Once you've settled on the details, formalize your agreement with a contract.

   It's also good etiquette to follow up with applicants who don't get the job by sending them an email letting them know that the position has been filled.

   To prepare for the new senior facility technician first day, you should share an onboarding schedule with them that covers their first period on the job. You should also quickly complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Finally, Human Resources must ensure a new employee file is created for internal record keeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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