Technician Facilities Maintenance jobs in Madison, WI

This shift runs Tuesday to Friday, 10pm to 8am. What experience do you have working nights, and how do you stay sharp at 4am?

What they are checking: Whether they can handle the overnight schedule reliably, since a missed hazard at night has fewer people to catch it.

Tell me about the HVAC equipment you have maintained. What kinds of repairs have you done yourself?

What they are checking: Whether their hands-on HVAC skills are real and match the air handlers and utilities a GMP building depends on.

Why does HVAC matter so much in a building that makes biologic medicines, compared with an office building?

What they are checking: Whether they understand that air pressure, temperature and humidity in clean rooms protect the product and patients.

An air handler serving a clean room trips offline at 2am. What do you do first?

What they are checking: Whether they respond safely, follow the procedure and notify the right people instead of quietly resetting it.

How do you lock out and tag out a piece of equipment before working on it?

What they are checking: Whether they follow energy control steps every time, because shortcuts here lead to serious injuries.

In a GMP facility, every repair has to be documented on a work order. Tell me about your experience with that kind of paperwork.

What they are checking: Whether they accept that documentation is part of the job, since an undocumented repair can put product at risk.

You find a problem during preventive maintenance that is outside what the work order covers. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they stop and raise it through the proper process instead of making unapproved changes to validated equipment.

What basic electrical, plumbing or boiler work are you comfortable doing, and where do you call in help?

What they are checking: Whether they know their limits honestly, which matters for safety when working alone on night shift.