Facilities Maintenance Technician - Humane Society Pikes Peak Region

Looking to make a difference in the lives of pets and people? With an almost year-round beautiful blue sky and a scenic mountain backdrop, HSPPR is a nonprofit animal shelter serving El Paso, Pueblo, and Douglas Counties as well as the City of Centennial in the colorful State of Colorado. We employ a total of 200+ employees. We are an organization that celebrates and prioritizes diversity and inclusion. HSPPR welcomes you to apply for this exciting opportunity at our socially conscious organization.

Job Summary
Performs repair and maintenance of the facility, grounds, equipment, and vehicles of the Humane Society of The Pikes Peak Region and assigned departments. Assists with the physical set-up and breakdown of fundraising events and other functions. Assists with custodial duties when necessary. Keeps an open communication line to Facilities Manager.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Maintenance

• Maintains and keeps inventory of all building equipment, supplies, tools, and other HSPPR (Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region) equipment.
• Assists with ensuring all mechanical systems are functioning effectively throughout facilities, including swamp coolers, furnaces, air conditioning, air filtration system, chemical pump system, and plumbing. Schedules maintenance and repairs accordingly and/or performs preventative maintenance and repairs.
• Assists with maintaining and adequately stocking parts for regularly scheduled replacement and scheduling repairs.
• Assists the interior and exterior working order, cleanliness, and physical appearance of HSPPR facilities, including repairs, painting, window washing, waste removal, and parking lots.
• Assists with coordinating, prioritizing, and adequately documenting maintenance requests, projects, and repairs.
• Assists with maintaining the garage and donation collection.
• Assists with maintaining all grounds, including landscaping, sprinkler system, and parking lot.
• Assists with providing snow removal for Colorado Springs facility.
• Follows established policies, procedures, practices, and operational equipment instructions.

Custodial

• May assist with routine custodial cleaning, upkeep, and HSPPR Colorado Springs campus facilities maintenance to include public areas, staff areas, restrooms, and external areas.

Other

• Commitment to the mission, values, goals, and success of HSPPR
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Duties

None

Physical Demands

• The employee must regularly lift and move 60 or more pounds of moving weight and occasionally lift and move up to 40 or more pounds of moving weight.
• May be occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl.
• Regularly required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk, hear, and frequently stand and walk.
• May be expected to be on feet for extended periods.
• Consistently exposed to animals in the workplace and animal allergens under conditions with limited alternatives available.
• Must be able to use both hands and arms to grip, pull, and push utilizing equipment and safety equipment used to repair, maintain, and clean facilities.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
• They are regularly exposed to noise and potential exposure to hazardous weather conditions.
• Potential exposure to cleaning supplies and other substances containing toxic or caustic chemicals.

Schedule Requirements

Sunday-Thursday (9am-5:30pm)

Education/Experience Required

• Minimum of three years' experience in any of the following: facilities maintenance, construction, custodial or related field.
• Knowledge of animal disease transmission, shelter medicine, animal behavior, and handling of animal habitat preferred.
• Valid Colorado Driver's License or ability to obtain one within 90 days of hire and insurable driving record.

The core values of the staff unite us and guide us to provide the best service to the animals in our care, our organization, and our community.

Core Values Statements-

• • Compassion: We believe that animals matter. We are committed to treating animals and people with kindness, respect, and compassion.

• • Stewardship: We are accountable and transparent in our actions and in the use of our resources to build trust in those we serve.

• • Integrity: We believe we can make the greatest impact by staying true to our mission, always doing what is best for the animals and people of our community, and by standing united in our decisions.

• • Excellence: We are passionate about our mission, and strive for excellence through continual learning, innovation, and the development of our board, staff and volunteers.

• • Collaboration: We seek strategic partnerships and alliances to advance the welfare and protection of animals and people.

• • Service: We exist to serve our communities and operate with this commitment to serve as front and center in all we do.