Maintenance Technician - Constructions [Full-Time]

About the position

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it's equally important you know that the place you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a diversity of passionate people and like-minded conservationists, San Antonio Zoo is a place where you can collaborate with others securing a future for wildlife. As a Maintenance Technician, you are responsible for manual labor tasks in various job duties such as cleaning, removing debris, loading, and unloading materials, assembling and disassembling temporary structures, digging trenches, and compacting earth. Typically, you will be under the direct supervision of a Craftsperson or Manager. Still, many routine and repetitive tasks may be completed without difficulty and under general supervision.

Responsibilities

• Construct concrete forms, mix, and pour concrete.
• General knowledge of hand and power tools.
• Prepare and patch driveway and walkway surfaces.
• Maintain all safety standards.
• Safely operate Zoo vehicles, including dump, pick-up, flatbed trucks, forklifts, skid steer, backhoe, and personal lift equipment.
• Dig drainage ditches, clean culverts, and fill washouts.
• Maintain Zoo vehicles and other powered equipment.
• Move items from place to place, according to direction from the craftsperson or manager.
• Moving tools, equipment, or other materials as directed in plans or by the craftsperson or manager.
• Assist various Craftspersons with assigned projects.
• Construct wall framing and roof trussing.
• Installing insulation, drywall, siding, metal/asphalt shingles roofing.
• Comfortable working at heights on roofs and in lift equipment.
• Upholds all company policies outlined in the Zoo Standard Operating Procedures, SA Zoo Team Member Handbook, and Code of Business Conduct.
• Consistently exhibit an attitude of service inside and outside of the zoo, showing hospitality to all.
• Be fully committed to the mission of San Antonio Zoo to create awareness that inspires action to care for the wild world we steward and the animals we protect.
• Performs other work-related duties as required and assigned.

Requirements

• Ability to understand, foresee, and apply necessary safety precautions applicable to the Zoo environment.
• Knowledge of the use of hand & power tools and equipment is required.
• Attentive to detail and alert always to ensure safety.
• Able to receive and follow instructions and communicate with co-workers.
• Must be 18 years of age or older with a clean driving record for vehicle operation.
• Successful candidates must complete a pre-employment National Sex Offender Search, Criminal Background Check, and Drug Screen.
• Must be available day, night, and weekends, and occasional special after-hour assignments.