Facilities Generalist, PT

About the role

The part-time Facilities Generalist for The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis is a member of the facility operations team. The generalist performs building/exhibit maintenance, participates in event set-up and take-down, and assists with general cleaning and care of the building and grounds. The incumbent plays a first tier role and is responsible for building maintenance and upkeep. The facility operations team utilizes a tiered, shared resources based facilities management approach rooted in cross-training and teamwork. The generalist is afforded opportunities to learn and practice a variety of skills and trades, with the potential for growth through added responsibilities and increased knowledge-base, budget and time permitting.

Responsibilities

• Performs maintenance, cleaning, and care of the building and campus.
• Assists with set-up, transportation and take down of equipment for museum building events, programs and rentals (including, tables, chairs, banners, pipe and drape, etc.). Ensures set-ups are completed on time and accurately.
• Assists with gathering and transporting trash/waste on campus though the use of carts and designated museum vehicles.
• Assists with outside grounds maintenance including snow removal and campus cleanup.
• Conducts thorough daily inspections of designated areas of the building and outdoor spaces, reporting any concerns to the appropriate person in a timely manner.
• Works alongside skilled labor to assist with basic building and exhibit maintenance and repairs such as painting, plumbing, HVAC, electrical and carpentry work.
• May be asked to assist with repairs and cleaning requiring the use of a lift. Training will be provided to ensure safe operation.
• Assists with the regular care and maintenance of the historic carousel.
• Safely and efficiently operates a variety of handheld power equipment that may include: hand tools and landscaping equipment.

The Children’s Museum is open six to seven days per week. The outdoor Sports Legends Experience is open from mid-March through October. The Facilities Generalist may be required to work a flexible and varying schedule, which may include evenings, weekends and holidays.

Requirements

• Two (2) years’ experience in industrial or large public facility housekeeping, grounds, or maintenance.
• Demonstrated willingness to learn and grow.
• Proven track of reliability and dependability.
• Must be able to work some holidays, nights, and weekends when scheduled.
• Must be able to vary normal work schedule, as needed, in order to provide adequate coverage for the museum operations.
• Operational knowledge of and experience using commercial cleaning, landscaping equipment, or maintenance tools preferred.
• Willingness to learn new techniques and methods of building and campus maintenance and operations.
• Must possess the analytical skills to use telephones, keep accurate and up to date written records, and possess some knowledge of computer systems, and two-way radio systems.
• Special consideration given to those applicants who are multi-lingual.

Ada Requirements

• Must be able to view computer monitor, facilities related documents and make observations of museum, visitors, and other equipment.
• Must be able to communicate extensively via telephone, one-on-one conversations, and two-way radios with visitors, staff and museum guests.
• Must be able to respond to on-call alerts, as needed.
• Must be able to kneel, sit, or stand for prolonged periods of time.
• Efficiently traverse the building and campus multiple times daily; lift heavy objects (minimum 50 lbs.), tolerate dust in the indoor environment and extreme temperatures and humidity in the outdoor environment.
• Must also be able to accomplish both low and high cleaning of the building (ground level to seventy feet high).