Facilities Technician

About the role

The Facilities Maintenance Technician is responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, repairing, and improving facility equipment, utilities, building systems, and grounds to ensure a safe, reliable, and productive work environment. This position performs preventive and corrective maintenance, supports facility improvement projects, assists with contractor activities, and ensures compliance with all safety and environmental requirements.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance on facility systems, utilities, infrastructure, and grounds.
• Inspect, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain HVAC, plumbing, electrical, lighting, compressed air, fire protection, and other building systems.
• Maintain and support facility utility systems, including HVAC, compressed air, natural gas, water, wastewater, and building automation systems.
• Respond to maintenance requests and emergency repairs while minimizing operational disruptions.
• Conduct routine inspections to identify, document, and correct facility deficiencies.
• Complete assigned work orders and accurately document maintenance activities within SAP, CMMS, or other maintenance management systems.
• Support facility upgrades, equipment relocations, building modifications, and capital projects.
• Maintain facility grounds, parking areas, walkways, docks, doors, and exterior infrastructure.
• Assist with seasonal preparation, weather events, and facility recovery efforts.
• Support contractor activities and ensure compliance with site safety requirements and established procedures.
• Follow all OSHA, environmental, lockout/tagout, and company safety standards.
• Participate in safety inspections, audits, incident investigations, and corrective action implementation.
• Identify and report unsafe conditions and assist in eliminating workplace hazards.
• Support root cause investigations, reliability improvements, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Recommend solutions that improve safety, efficiency, equipment reliability, and cost performance.
• Maintain clean, organized, and safe work areas.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Technical training, trade certification, or associate degree preferred.
• Three or more years of industrial, commercial, or facilities maintenance experience preferred.
• Working knowledge of electrical, mechanical, plumbing, HVAC, and facility utility systems.
• Experience in maintaining building infrastructure, compressed air systems, water systems, natural gas systems, and facility equipment.
• Experience using SAP, CMMS, or other work order management systems preferred.
• Ability to troubleshoot, repair, and maintain facility equipment and infrastructure.
• Ability to read blueprints, schematics, technical drawings, manuals, and specifications.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and maintenance management software.
• Strong communication, organizational, problem-solving, and teamwork skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with minimal supervision.
• Knowledge of OSHA regulations and safe maintenance practices.
• Ability to safely operate hand tools, power tools, forklifts, aerial lifts, and maintenance equipment.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to stand, walk, bend, climb, and work in varying environmental conditions.
• Ability to climb ladders, work at heights, and enter confined spaces when required.