Piano Technician (On-Site)

🔍 School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford, California, United States

📁: Facilities

📅   : Aug 01, 2025 Post Date

📅   : 106976 Requisition #

PIANO TECHNICIAN (ON-SITE)

This position has been deemed critical by the School of Humanities and Sciences Dean’s Office and is exempt from the hiring freeze.

The School of Humanities and Sciences (H&S) is the foundation of a liberal arts education at Stanford. The school encompasses 24 departments and 24 interdisciplinary programs. H&S is home to fundamental and applied research, where free, open, and critical inquiry is pursued across disciplines. As the university’s largest school, H&S serves as the foundation of a Stanford undergraduate education no matter which discipline students pursue as a major. Graduate students work alongside world-renowned faculty to pursue and shape foundational research that leads to breakthroughs and discoveries that shed new light on the past, influence the present, and shape the future. Together, faculty and students in H&S engage in inspirational teaching, learning, and research every day.

Department/Program Description: The Department of Music at Stanford is an academic department consisting of 15 Academic Council faculty, 60 lecturers, 12 Adjunct Professors, 1 Artist-in-Residence, 80+ undergraduate majors and minors, 24+ master's students, and 35+ doctoral students. Stanford Music is home to the Centre for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), the Centre for Computer-Assisted Research in the Humanities (CCARH), as well as the Music Library and its Archive of Recorded Sound (ARS). https://music.stanford.edu/

Position Summary: The Department of Music is seeking a Piano Technician. The Piano Technician will work under the supervision of the Director of Keyboard Studies and must possess and demonstrate a positive outlook on continuous process improvement efforts while maintaining a team-based and customer-focused mindset. It is critical that this position exhibit the abilities to practice sound judgment and decision-making, effective written & oral communication, strong attention to detail, and respectful relationship management. This position must also exhibit a strong desire to continuously learn new and unfamiliar business topics, policies, and procedures as they relate to managing and maintaining the department's collection of approximately 80 keyboard instruments, including grand and upright Steinway and Yamaha pianos, harpsichords, and historic instruments. The technician will collaborate with the Director of Keyboard Studies and other technicians to set priorities for instrument maintenance, repairs, and long-term planning. This role requires expert technical skills, strong collaborative and organizational abilities, and a commitment to maintaining world-class instruments for faculty, students, and guest artists.

This is a 75% FTE, continuing, non-exempt position. This position will be based on the Stanford campus.

If you believe that this opportunity is a match for your knowledge, skills and abilities, we encourage you to apply. Thank you for considering employment opportunities with the School of Humanities and Sciences.

CORE DUTIES:

· Serve as property operations / maintenance point of contact for facilities' issues in assigned building(s), unit(s), lab(s); initiate work requests, monitor completion
· Perform instrumental condition assessments or troubleshooting, analyze results and decide status; identify and establish a preventive maintenance plan; coordinate & integrate utility usage/optimization(monitor usage, gather info, provide recommendations, follow-up); coordinate maintenance logistics
· Handle property administration by troubleshooting, data entry & inventory; receiving; completing record keeping; establishing tracking system, gathering information and, information gathering and support for space allocation decision makers.
· Complete project coordination by performing the assigned tasks within department projects; acting as a project coordinator/liaison; and overseeing and executing projects (limited to small, local projects), including their organization, scheduling, budgeting, and implementation.
· Coordinate space management and planning activities including analyzing moves for minimal disruption; move coordination; space inventory; space allocation tracking; specifying set-ups; maximizing space utilization; providing input into facilities renewal model; and capital plan implementation (as assigned).
· May supervise assigned lower-level staff engaged in supporting the physical environment and building systems.

* Other duties may also be assigned.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

· Bachelor's degree and three years related, demonstrated facilities management experience, or a combination of education and relevant experience.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

· Analytical skills to analyze and track complex space, equipment, and financial data.
· Interpersonal skills, mature judgment required to interact effectively with a broad range of people, including faculty and vendors, both individually and in groups.
· Ability to coordinate and manage multiple projects with competing priorities, meet deadlines, and project plans with short- and long-term end dates.
· Working knowledge of applications such as Excel and Word.
· Experience working with internal and external vendors and services contracting.

In addition, preferred requirements include:

· Expert technical skills in piano maintenance and repair
· Effective written and oral communication with strong attention to detail

· Sound judgment, decision-making, and collaborative abilities

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

· Frequently stand/walk, seated, performs desk-based computer tasks.
· Occasionally twist/bend/stoop/squat, kneel/crawl, reach/work above shoulders, grasp lightly/fine manipulation, use a telephone, writing by hand, lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh >40 pounds
· Rarely grasp forcefully, sort/file paperwork or parts, lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh >75 pounds.

* - Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of the job.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

· May be exposed to noise > 80dB TWA.
· May working at heights 4 - 10 ft.

The expected pay range for this position is $90,270 to $104,308 per annum. The actual pay will be pro-rated based on the 75% FTE.

Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location and external market pay for comparable jobs.

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The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classifications and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.

Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact Stanford University Human Resources at stanfordelr@stanford.edu. For all other inquiries, please submit a contact form.

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