What are the responsibilities and job description for the Maintenance Technician position at Caldwell Zoo?
🚨 We’re Hiring: Maintenance Technician 🛠️
Join the team at Caldwell Zoo and help us create and maintain safe, engaging spaces for both our animals and guests!
We are looking for a skilled and motivated Maintenance Technician responsible for maintaining zoo buildings, grounds, and animal enclosures while assisting with a variety of construction and repair projects throughout the zoo.
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Properly maintains tools, equipment and supplies used in performance of duties.
- Building unique projects for animals.
- Repair of animal enclosures.
- All phases of carpentry work.
- Operates light and heavy equipment as assigned.
- Performs cutting and welding as assigned.
- Reads and works from blueprints or other detail drawings, cut sheets, etc.
- Performs concrete work, including building forms, setting up and finishing concrete.
- Uses building skills including framing, trimming out, cabinet work, paint work, and miscellaneous metal work.
- Assists in areas of plumbing, electrical, HVAC when needed.
- Maintains safe work habits and abides by rules set by Zoo. Reports unsafe or hazardous work conditions, and utilizes personal protection equipment.
- Acts a liaison with the public by courteously answering questions and enforcing the feeding and safety rules for animals and public.
- Adapts to changing company policies and procedures.
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, construction documents, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports. Ability to write routine reports, and the ability to speak effectively to visitors or employees of the zoo.
- Other projects as assigned.
Job Qualifications:
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and /or ability required.
- Use tools related to position.
- Welding experience.
- Required at least 2 years of experience within a similar position, 5 years preferred.
- HVAC Certification preferred
If you enjoy hands-on work, problem solving, construction projects, and contributing to a mission-driven organization focused on conservation and education, we’d love to hear from you!
📩 Apply today or share with someone who may be a great fit.