What are the responsibilities and job description for the Water Park Maintenance Manager position at Rapids Water Park?
JOB TITLE: Water Park Maintenance Manager
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE: Reports to the General Manager
FLSA STATUS: Exempt
DEPARTMENT: Maintenance
POSITION SUMMARY: The Water Park Maintenance Manager is responsible for overseeing the maintenance of all water park attractions and facilities to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable operations. This role focuses on daily inspections, repairs, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and rehabilitation of water park rides, attractions, and supporting facilities. The position manages seasonal maintenance staff and external contractors, controls maintenance-related expenses, and provides regular updates and communication to the General Manager.
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintaining the highest standards of safety on all attractions and rides.
- Ensure the proper functioning of the pumps, filters, plumbing systems, buildings, and all facilities on property.
- Perform daily safety checks on park attractions and rides and attend to any repairs.
- Perform regular checks of pools and perform chemical adjustments to ensure a safe environment that comply with local, state and industry standards.
- Perform preventative maintenance, repairs, and overhauls on rides, equipment and facilities ensuring complete compliance of the manufacturer's specifications and park standards.
- Responding to all maintenance related radio calls in a timely and appropriate manner. Communicate with the GM and Operations team when equipment failures result in attraction downtime or closures.
- Work with team members to ensure complete compliance of the manufacturer's specifications and park standards.
- Conduct safety meeting with the maintenance team.
- Maintaining all appropriate documentation for inspections, repairs and training.
- Prepare, review and approve weekly staff schedules and time cards.
- Communicate with the Water Park Maintenance Team and General Manager any hazards that arise to ensure the safe completion of repairs.
- Be a proactive member of the maintenance and park team.
- Must be able to work varied shifts, including holidays and weekends.
- Other duties as assigned.
- 5 years of previous pool maintenance experience preferred; experience in a water or amusement park setting desired.
- 2 years of supervisory experience
- Must have a valid driver's license.
- Must have skills and knowledge of pumps, hydraulics, filtration and drainage systems.
- Must be comfortable performing duties in water at a depth of up to 10 ft.
- CPO certification or ability to obtain upon hire.
- Communicate effectively and appropriately with all guests, co-workers and management.
- Must be a self-starter, able to multi-task, work independently and have a positive attitude.
- Ability to trouble-shoot problems and present solutions for a variety of situations. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
- General math skills including, but not limited to basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and the ability to read measurements.
- Commitment to company values.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to grasp, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit and climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to thirty pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to fifty pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
- Work environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time. The noise level is generally moderate to high.