Pump Technician

Pump Technician

Fort Worth Botanic Garden - Fort Worth, TX 76107

Overview

Salary Range $23.00 Hourly Position Type Full Time

Description

The minimum starting pay rate for this position is $23/hr.

Job Purpose:

The Pump Specialist is responsible for the inspection, maintenance, repair, rebuilding, or replacement and optimization of 50-plus pumps/systems across campus, ranging from high-horsepower industrial pumps to fractional HP ornamental fountains and circulation pumps. This role ensures pump reliability, control system integrity, and safe water quality for ornamental and guest-interactive systems while supporting efficient water movement across non-potable and treated water infrastructures.

Key Responsibilities:

Accountability

1. Performs skilled trade work requiring independent judgment, technical expertise, and regulatory compliance. This role also serves as the organization's in-house pump resource, helping reduce dependency on outside contractors, shorten response times, and improve long-term maintenance outcomes.
2. Maintain an inventory of essential parts and supplies.

People Management/Interactions

1. Coordinate work projects with Facilities & Trades personnel, contractors, and other departments while minimizing disruption to Garden operations.
2. Collaborate with engineers, programmers, and control vendors for system logic optimization and VFD parameter tuning.

Communication

1. Communicate regularly with the Trades Manager regarding work progress, project timelines, and challenges.
2. Create logs and preventive maintenance records.
3. Communicating with supervisors, users, and across departments when work impacts a larger audience, using digital, signage, verbal, and written as necessary.
4. Respond promptly to requests or emergencies involving pump safety or maintenance issues.
5. Engage in all campus communication methods to stay informed and share information. This includes email, MS Teams, texts, calls, and newsletters. Communicate with others clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing.

Qualifications

Competencies: Knowledge and Skills required:

• Experience with controls and electrical skills
• Safe working practices including proper use of PPE.
• Proficiency using electrical and chemical test equipment.
• Proficiency with water chemistry and dosing controls.
• Familiarity with confined space work requirements.

Additional Job Requirements:

• Valid driver's license.
• Commitment to adhering to safety protocols and workplace policies.
• Every FWBG employee is expected to possess and be willing and able to use a mobile device for timekeeping and business communications via calls/texts/emails/Teams' messages.
• Be adaptable and flexible to changing schedules, including occasional weekends and evenings.
• Ability to support and participate in outdoor FWBG public exhibitions and events in Texas weather.

Reasonable accommodation can be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the job.

To Apply

Thank you for your interest! Apply through this job site or visit FWBG's Careers Page at . Apply online by answering screening questions and completing the application. Applicants who do not fully complete the application process will not be considered. Review of completed applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

Candidates invited to final interviews must provide three professional references and contact information to verify work history. The successful candidate will receive a written offer and be required to submit personal information for a criminal background check. The anticipated start date is the first Monday after the background check(s) is successfully passed and requested information is submitted by the applicant.