Facilities Technician Position Available In Pinellas, Florida
Tallo's Job Summary: The Facilities Technician at Desert Botanical Garden is responsible for maintaining the garden's infrastructure, buildings, and systems. Duties include general maintenance, safety protocols, special projects, and following a maintenance schedule. The pay rate is $23.00 per hour, with requirements including lifting up to 90 pounds, an associate's degree in Building or Construction Trades, and good communication skills. The role may involve varied hours, weekends, and outdoor work in extreme weather conditions. The Garden is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Job Description
The image and reputation of the Garden depend upon well-maintained Garden facilities and supporting infrastructure. The major priority of the Maintenance Technician is to keep the Gardens Infrastructure, Buildings and Systems in top operational condition and appearance. The Technician is responsible for the overall care, preventative and corrective maintenance of all facilities, equipment and infrastructure (excluding plant bed areas/systems) throughout the Desert Botanical Garden.
Essential Duties General Maintenance:
Keep the Garden’s buildings, roads, parking lots, utilities, fences, gates and fleet vehicles in good operating condition. Service the Garden’s electrical, plumbing, mechanical and refrigeration systems and follow the schedule of planned preventative maintenance activities prepared by the Facilities and Maintenance Manager.
Safety:
Support DBG Safety Manager to ensure that safe conditions exist in the Garden at all times by monitoring the condition of public paths, patios, buildings, and equipment and review work practices to ensure maximum safety for all. Safely operate all equipment, hand and power tools.
Special Projects:
Execute and successfully complete maintenance related work orders, perform minor construction duties with limited supervision, and work collectively with outside contractors, vendors, service partners and internal DBG staff. Effectively perform preventive and corrective maintenance tasks on the Garden’s buildings and structures.
Schedule:
May be required to work shifts, odd hours and weekends as necessary
Other:
Perform related general tasks as requested by the Facilities and Maintenance Manager, senior members of the Facilities staff and/or the Senior Director of Facilities and Operations.
Pay rate:
$23.00/hour Must be able to lift up to 90 pounds. Completion of an Associates Applied Science (AAS) program in Building or Construction Trades; or a minimum of 2 years Building trades experience at the Journey level; or an equivalent combination of training and experience. Must have good communication skills and ability to manage time to complete tasks properly and within the time allotted. Must possess exemplary Guest Service Skills Ability to use radio, telephone, and computer to communicate and follow written and verbal instructions. Must be willing and able to work varied hours and long shifts including holidays and weekends. Must be able to work in a variety of physical positions, including sitting, bending, standing, and walking. Equipment Used Some typical office equipment including two-way radio and telephone. Use of a motorized cart, hand tools, ladders and some heavy machinery (if certified) is expected. Internal Communication Frequent interaction with Garden employees at all levels of the organization. Occasional visitor interaction expected. External Communication Regular communication with vendors and contractors is expected. Working Conditions While some work will take place in a regular office environment, a great deal of outdoor work is expected, sometimes in extreme weather conditions. Must be able to sit, walk, stand, stoop, kneel, bend, see, hear, speak, read and type. Manual dexterity and the ability to lift up to 90 pounds required. Reasonable accommodations may be made, when necessary and feasible, to allow a qualified individual to perform essential job functions. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Desert Botanical Garden is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, or any other status protected by law. The Garden fosters and supports workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion to honor the unique perspectives, experiences, and contributions of all, to celebrate successes, and to cultivate individual and institutional excellence. All employees will help add to the Garden’s diversity and fully embrace it. This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and deliverables of the role. This is not a contract and should not be viewed as such. Other duties may be assigned by supervisor and/or his/her/their designee. recblid f60kwsq06jav4fmbpd6bjrqrrq3l4b PDN-9eca037b-7f0d-48ac-a0b9-083b50c84982
