SENIOR MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN - PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE

Job Title: Senior Maintenance Technician - Preventative Maintenance Department: Operations and Facilities Support Supervisor: Facilities Maintenance Manager Supervises: None FLSA Status: Full-Time, Regular, Non-Exempt Pay: $30.25/hour General Statement: The Maintenance Technician Preventative Maintenance position is responsible for developing, managing, documenting and organizing check lists and performing preventative maintenance of Zoos facilities and infrastructures.

This position will also perform some repairs and will maintain and repair animal life support systems.

This position will also perform inspections of Zoos grounds and initiate work orders to correct deficiencies.

Essential Duties: Provide quality guest service to both internal and external guests by maintaining a WILD (friendly, helpful, positive and professional) working attitude and appearance.

Develop, manage, document and organize checklists for all areas of zoo grounds to include inspections, and preventative maintenance items.Complete preventative maintenance on HVAC changing air filters, checking belts and cleaning units.

Lead the start-up and shut-down of evaporative coolers each year.

Complete preventative maintenance and repairs on plumbing fixtures such as repairing minor leaks, clearing clogs and changing batteries.Complete safety inspections of Zoos grounds, checking for tripping/falling hazards and other physical hazards.

Complete fire safety checks- smoke detectors, exit signs, emergency lighting, fire extinguishers, fire hoses, annual flow and alarm testing.

Work with external contractors on required testing.Maintain clean rooftops by removing leaves and debris.Maintain records and communicate information on specific campus conditions.

Make recommendations for budget and CIP items.Initiate work requests for issues outside scope of duties.Maintain facility cleanliness and comply with all regulatory standards.

Maintain OSHA required Safety Data Sheets (SDSs).Maintain preventative maintenance parts inventories such as filters, batteries, etc.

Utilize a just in time order system to avoid large quantities of inventory.Maintain inventory of PPE items such as safety glasses, dust masks, gloves etc, Support other Operational duties.

This is by no means an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts, or working conditions associated with the job.

Management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (e.g.

emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs, or technological developments).