Facilities Maintenance Specialist (PT or FT)

Facilities Maintenance Specialist

Compensation: This position starts between $18 to $21 per hour

Benefits: Part-time employees are offered PTO, paid organizational holidays, program registration and facility rental discounts, plus a strong commitment to work/life balance and great organizational culture. Our full-time employees receive 24 PTO days annually (29+ following Year 1 of employment) plus 7 paid organizational holidays, medical/dental/vision insurance with above-average employer premium contributions, a 3% match on our 403(b) retirement plan, program registration and facility rental discounts, plus a strong commitment to work/life balance and great organizational culture. Additional benefits will be outlined in the hiring process.

Location: All branches, Milwaukee, WI

Position Summary: As the Facilities Maintenance Specialist, you support the mission of the Urban Ecology Center by ensuring that branch buildings, nearby outdoor spaces, and vehicles are fully operational, well-maintained, and welcoming. As a team member with the Facilities department, you will execute preventative maintenance, repairs, and upgrades, ensuring work is properly documented, and accurate records are kept in the most effective, efficient, and environmentally sensitive manner.

Primary Responsibilities

• Performs routine and preventative maintenance, including repairs pertaining to building, grounds, and equipment.
• Maintains accurate records of work utilizing existing systems and methods, including Google Workspace and asset management software.
• Maintains cleaning supplies and expendable goods as needed at Branch locations.
• Considers the environmental impact of all decisions regarding care of the facilities and grounds.
• Works with building vendors and contractors, as well as City inspectors as assigned by the supervisor.
• Maintaining records of work and inspections as determined by the supervisor.
• Ensures regular preventative maintenance schedule is adhered to and checks are conducted on facilities and vehicles.
• Supports other departments within the organization as directed by the supervisor.

Grounds

• Monitors grounds daily for safety conditions; remediates any graffiti activity within 24 hours.
• Ensures snow removal is done promptly and completely, including monitoring all grounds for cold weather safety concerns such as ice and snow. This includes altering the regular work schedule to cover needs as they arise.
• Works to maintain the Riverside Park playground, including daily trash and recycling clean up, groundskeeping, grass cutting, trimming, and graffiti removal as needed.
• Ensures other park infrastructure is maintained and kept in safe, functional condition.

Vehicles and Small Engines

• Repairs and maintains vehicles and small engines.
• Anticipates needs, coordinates repairs and maintenance with vendors.
• Ensures regular maintenance checks are conducted on all vehicles and repairs made and documented in a timely manner.

Team and Supervision

• In this role, you will be supervised by the Facilities Manager.
• Though all of our teams work together in some capacity, you will most frequently collaborate with Branch and Land Management.
• All UEC team members should expect interaction with volunteers, members, interns, and youth participants.

Skills, Competencies, and Experience

Skills and Competencies

• Collaborates: You build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Communicates effectively: You develop and deliver multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Reliability/action-oriented: Deliver on commitments and act with a clear sense of ownership.
• Interpersonal savvy: Relate openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people while recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.
• Adaptability: You recognize individual control of self and actions; you rebound from setbacks and adversity.
• Addresses conflict: You courageously address conflict by caring personally and challenging directly (radical candor).
• Growth mindset: You demonstrate a commitment to ongoing learning and professional development and are willing to incorporate feedback into the ways you approach work.
• Values differences: You recognize the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.
• Optimizes work processes: you know the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Inventory management: you keep accurate records of supplies and proactively make efforts to maintain stock.
• Physical operations management: you possess a fundamental understanding of the function, care/maintenance, and ergonomics of our centers and their associated physical resources (equipment, vehicles, and furniture); you have an awareness of necessary annual maintenance and proactively establish repair schedules.
• Strong cultural competency and commitment to equity, dignity, and justice.
• Affinity to the Urban Ecology Center's mission, vision, and values.

Experience, Education, and Certifications

• You have a minimum of two years of experience in a maintenance position; additional experience in custodial support or maintenance is preferred.
• You have plumbing, HVAC, electrical, or fabrication skills and have experience with the use and care of hand and power tools and repairing and maintaining vehicles and small engines.
• A high school diploma or equivalent is required; an associate's degree in a technical field is preferred.
• First Aid/CPR certification is required; if not currently certified, UEC will support in obtaining it.
• You must have a valid driver's license and the ability to meet the requirements of insurability under Urban Ecology Center's commercial vehicle insurance policy.

Working Conditions, Locations, and Other Requirements

• Condition & Location: You will work inside in an open office, shared workspace with an active team atmosphere at all 3 UEC branch locations. Up to 50% of the work time will be spent outdoors in all weather conditions throughout the year.
• Physical Requirements: You can bend, crawl, kneel, stoop, stand, lift, and move materials of significant weight for 75% or more of your work hours, with or without accommodation.
• Emergency Responsibilities: It may be necessary to respond to emergency situations, including but not limited to fire monitoring and security system alarms. Other building emergencies, such as mechanical problems, weather-related incidents, and vandalism, may occur. It is expected that this position responds accordingly to such instances, including during non-work hours.
• Equipment Used: Pickup truck with plow, UTV, snowblower, lawnmower, power tools including trimmer, drill, and other related equipment.
• Schedule: There may be some flexibility in scheduling regular hours throughout the week and on Saturdays.

The Urban Ecology Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to make all personnel decisions without discriminating on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, physical disability, mental disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, national or ethnic origin, and any other protected status.