Facilities Maintenance Technician - Animal Shelter

Description:

Are you a skilled maintenance professional looking for a role where your work directly impacts the well-being of animals and the community? At Humane Colorado, we're seeking a Facilities Maintenance Technician to ensure our shelters operate safely, smoothly, and efficiently.

This is more than a job—it's a chance to join a mission-driven team and make a difference while honing your skills across diverse trades like plumbing, electrical, HVAC, carpentry, and landscaping.

Why Join Us?

• Variety & Growth: Every day brings new challenges, from maintaining HVAC systems to caring for our grounds. We also offer opportunities for hands-on training to expand your skill set.
• Impactful Work: Your contributions ensure our shelters remain safe, welcoming, and fully operational for animals, staff, and patrons.
• Work-Life Balance: Enjoy a flexible schedule, including four 10-hour shifts, and generous benefits to support your well-being.

Purpose of Position: Provide facilities support to Humane Colorado properties and associated assets in the areas of electrical, plumbing, HVAC, grounds maintenance and other miscellaneous facilities support.

Responsibilities

• Complete daily work orders as assigned.
• Ensure safety and cleanliness of work environment.
• Maintain electrical, plumbing, HVAC, Medical Equipment, and environmental systems.
• Minor repairs to dog, cat, and small mammal kennels
• Care for grounds including snow removal, mowing grass, and maintenance of landscaping.
• Perform minor carpentry projects, painting, and repairing interior and exterior of buildings.
• Assist Humane Colorado staff with event set-up, hanging signage, and moving equipment and furniture.
• Maintain all Humane Colorado equipment used for the grounds and building maintenance to ensure proper functioning and safety for use.
• Monitor Receiving Garage and Restock Shelving
• Monitor and Restock Supply Closets
• Facilities Technicians will be on a rotating on-call schedule for after-hour emergencies.

People Care

People are the key to fulfilling our mission. Making internal and external patrons and their needs a primary focus is expected in all situations. This position interacts with and collaborates with employees at all levels of the organization. Communication occurs through face to face, telephone, and electronic interactions and may also include contact with the general public and Humane Colorado business partners. Communication and contact must be clear, understandable, cooperative, professional and respectful in all circumstances. Employees are expected to actively support a positive team environment, directly address conflict, and appropriately express concerns.

Key Competencies

Key competencies are work behaviors and expectations necessary for successful job performance. They encompass knowledge, skills, abilities, attitudes and actions. Additional definitions for competencies may be obtained from Human Resources.

Organizational Key Competencies

• Integrity and Ethics
• Adapting to Change and Ambiguity
• Customer and Community Focus
• Emotional Intelligence
• Excellence

Position Key Competencies

• Analytical Thinking
• Innovation

Supervisory or Managerial Responsibility

• Volunteers

Travel

• This position requires driving a company vehicle
• This position may require travel to different work sites

Full Time Benefits – Please visit our website for a comprehensive list of all offered benefits.

• Benefits (medical, dental, and vision)
• Flexible spending accounts
• Life and Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Sick Time
• Employee Discounts
• Sabbatical
• Holiday Pay
• 401(k)
• And more!

Compensation: $20.80 - $24.00 per hour (starting pay commensurate with market, experience, and equity)

Schedule: 40 hours/week, Four 10-hour shifts, Sunday - Wednesday, some on-call required

Work Conditions and Physical Requirements

Performs work primarily in a shelter environment and outdoor setting. Potentially prolonged periods of standing, movement, and repetitive motion. May work in an area with high noise level. Potentially subject to animal bites and scratches. Frequent lifting up to 75 lbs. with reasonable accommodation. May require after hours response for emergencies or snowstorms (24 hours a day, 7 days a week). Work outside in extreme weather, both heat and cold. Exposure to chemicals and other general maintenance hazards.

We will begin reviewing applications as they are received and anticipate closing the application period on September 11, 2025.

Requirements:

Qualifications

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Ability to operate heavy equipment
• Ability to wear respirator

Required

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent
• Work Experience: One year of experience in general maintenance of multiple facilities including basic knowledge of HVAC, plumbing, electrical, carpentry, welding, and grounds maintenance
• Special Training, Certification or Licensure: Valid driver’s license with insurable driving record

Desired

• Vocational/technical school diploma
• Experience maintaining health care medical equipment
• Experience driving vehicles with trailers
• OSHA 10