Facilities Services Staff
Learn more about the staff who work with Hamline University's Facilities Services Department. These staff profiles provide background on the staff, what they do for their department, contact information, and other relevant information.
Administrative office staff
The administrative office processes maintenance service requests, coordinates pest control, shredding needs and signage orders with outside vendors. Staff provide assistance with furniture purchases and ergonomic assessments, (contact Human Resources to request an assessment), and coordination of campus projects both small and large. The department’s accounts payable, administrative support, and student employment coordination also comes from this office.
Building maintenance
This office is responsible for various building carpentry projects, including roofs, building exteriors, and building envelopes such as window and screen repairs, carpet repairs, clock replacements, hanging of pictures and plaques, installation of book shelves, furniture repairs, light bulb replacements over 10’ (and in residence hall rooms). Staff complete maintenance of all doors and locks on campus, painting, wall repairs, and graffiti removal. They provide limited assistance in moving items on campus; larger move projects require outside contractors hired and paid for by the requester. They are also responsible for building electrical systems and concerns which include tripped breakers, ballast replacements, power outages, and exterior lighting.
Central Plant
The Central Plant is responsible for all ventilation and heating/cooling concerns, which include window air conditioners; building mechanical and electrical concerns, which include tripped breakers; ballast replacements; power outages and exterior lighting; and repairs to ovens, ice machines, and refrigerators; plumbing repairs, including toilet repairs, garbage disposals, faucets, and water leaks; the checking of natural gas leaks and smells; and the maintenance of all building mechanical systems.
Land Care
Land Care is responsible for all campus grounds work, including landscape design implementation and ongoing grounds maintenance and management. This includes include mowing, shrub and flowers and outdoor cleanups, snow and ice management, and athletic field care.
Custodial Services
Marsden Services performs general cleaning, floor and carpet cleaning, restoration cleaning, filling of soap and paper towel dispensers, light bulb replacements under 10', and event setup.