Posting Details
Position Information
Position Title Locksmith I – Key Control
Work Location Springfield Campus
Out-of-State Employment Out-of-state employment is limited to Arkansas, Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., and subject to supervisor approval.
Department Facilities Management (Business Services)
HR Home Department
060112 FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
Pay Grade 24
Proposed Salary $17.70
Sponsorship Information Applicants must be currently authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States on a full-time basis. This position is not eligible for work visa sponsorship.
Position only available to current, regular, full-time Missouri State University employees? Yes
Appointment Type Full Time Regular
Exempt/Non-Exempt Non-Exempt
General Function The Locksmith I – Key Control performs entry-level locksmith work while administering and coordinating the University’s comprehensive physical key control program, ensuring compliance with institutional security standards, maintaining the integrity of campus master key systems, safeguarding keying records, and providing technical support for locksmith and access security operations affecting academic, residential, administrative, and research facilities. Primary responsibilities include processing key requests, issuing and recovering keys, maintaining key control records, conducting audits, cutting, and duplicating keys, performing routine rekeying activities, maintaining locksmith inventories, and assisting higher-level locksmith personnel with locksmith shop operations. The Locksmith I – Key Control develops knowledge of locksmithing practices, master key systems, door hardware, and campus security procedures while progressing toward journeyman-level locksmith proficiency.
Description of Primary Duties
This position is only available to current, regular, full-time employees of Missouri State University who are represented by the IBEW.
The Locksmith I – Key Control performs entry-level locksmith work while administering and coordinating the University’s comprehensive physical key control program, ensuring compliance with institutional security standards, maintaining the integrity of campus master key systems, safeguarding keying records, and providing technical support for locksmith and access security operations affecting academic, residential, administrative, and research facilities. Primary responsibilities include processing key requests, issuing and recovering keys, maintaining key control records, conducting audits, cutting, and duplicating keys, performing routine rekeying activities, maintaining locksmith inventories, and assisting higher-level locksmith personnel with locksmith shop operations. The Locksmith I – Key Control develops knowledge of locksmithing practices, master key systems, door hardware, and campus security procedures while progressing toward journeyman-level locksmith proficiency.
Minimum Acceptable Qualifications
Education: A high school diploma or the equivalent is required. An equivalent combination of years of experience and education may be considered for substitution of educational requirements. Experience: Documented experience maintaining records, inventories, customer accounts, security records, or other detailed administrative processes is required. Experience in using database applications is required. Experience in using inventory management systems, key control systems, or performing maintenance or mechanical work is preferred. Additional education beyond the minimum requirements may be substituted for experience requirements.
Skills: Effective verbal and written communication skills are required. The ability to maintain detailed records and databases with a high degree of accuracy is required. Basic computer skills, including experience with word processing and spreadsheet applications, are required. Customer service skills are required. The ability to learn locksmithing techniques, master key systems, key control procedures, and the use of locksmith tools and equipment is required.
Effort: The position combines office-based administrative work with entry-level locksmith duties. Requires prolonged periods of sitting and computer use to maintain key control records, process requests, and administer key control activities. Requires the use of key-cutting equipment and small hand tools to perform locksmith duties and the ability to lift and/or transport supplies, lock hardware, and equipment weighing up to twenty-five pounds on a frequent basis and up to fifty pounds on an occasional basis. Requires occasional bending, stooping, reaching, and walking throughout campus in support of key control and locksmith operations.
Other: A valid Missouri Driver’s License is required. The ability to read the English language sufficiently to understand written instructions, key requests, work orders, policies, procedures, and locksmith related documentation is required. The ability to maintain the confidentiality and security of key control records, keying information, and related security documentation is required.
Additional Qualifications
Link to Job Description https://www.missouristate.edu/Human/JobDescriptions/8882.htm
Open Date 10/30/2026
Close Date (If Close Date is blank then the posting is considered open until filled) 11/05/2026
Special Instructions to Applicants
This position is only available to current, regular, full-time employees of Missouri State University who are represented by the IBEW.
First Shift
8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Monday to Friday
Equal Opportunity Statement
Non-Discrimination Statement
Missouri State University is a community of people with respect for diversity. The University emphasizes the dignity and equality common to all persons and adheres to a strict non-discrimination policy regarding the treatment of individual faculty, staff, and students. In accord with federal law and applicable Missouri statutes, the University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin (including ancestry, or any other subcategory of national origin recognized by applicable law), religion, sex (including marital status, family status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any other subcategory of sex recognized by applicable law), age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law in employment or in any program or activity offered or sponsored by the University. Sex discrimination encompasses sexual harassment, which includes sexual violence, and is strictly prohibited by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.
This policy shall not be interpreted in a manner as to violate the legal rights of religious organizations or of military organizations associated with the Armed Forces of the United States of America.
The University maintains a grievance procedure incorporating due process available to any person who believes he or she has been discriminated against. Missouri State University is an Equal Opportunity employer. Inquiries concerning the complaint/grievance procedure related to discrimination on the basis of a protected class, including sexual harassment and sexual assault, or compliance with federal and state laws and guidelines, should be addressed to the Director, Office for Institutional Compliance, Carrington Hall 205, 901 S. National Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65897, Compliance@MissouriState.edu, 417-836-4252.
Background Check Statement Employment will require a criminal background check at University expense.
Posting Detail
Posting Number 20260284FTS
Quicklink for Posting https://jobs.missouristate.edu/postings/88855