Museum Facilities Specialist

Primary Function

The Museum Facilities Specialist is responsible under the general supervision of the Facilities Manager for providing a first-class experience to the Foundation’s visitors, guests, and employees by maintaining the Foundation’s building and grounds with continual care and maintenance.

Job Qualifications

• High School Education
• Experience providing maintenance and care for first class one-of-a-kind buildings
• Prior experience working in a hospitality or museum setting is preferred
• Ability to read and understand chemical SDS sheets
• Ability to take and pass the Barnes Foundation associate level customer service training
• Ability to take OSHA ladder and lift training and pass

Clearances

• Criminal Background - National

Essential Functions

• Moving Ability: Stand and walk for 8-hour shifts with minimal rest breaks. Occasional transportation of up to 25 lbs. of files, equipment, supplies or furniture. Move to access files, equipment or supplies.
• Vision Requirements: See without obstruction.
• Communication Requirements: Clearly communicate in person, by phone, and by video conference. Communicate with others in conversational and written English. Hear and work around noise emitting equipment without issue. Communicate on a two-way radio.

Working Conditions

• Position operates in the foundation’s buildings and on the foundation’s grounds at the Philadelphia campus.

Equipment Use

• Use of ladders, lifts, manual pallet jack, furniture dollies and powered cleaning equipment

Job Responsibilities

• Aid visitors, guests and staff providing the highest level of customer service, answer questions and providing information in a welcoming manner.
• Solves problems in a helpful, polite, and accurate manner with staff and visitors.
• Read and understand daily work orders and assignments.
• Adhere to Foundation policies, including those regarding attendance, punctuality, and dress code.
• Perform tasks to maintain appearance and order of the building and grounds.
• Maintain inventory of cleaning, rest room and break room products.
• Use of industrial strength chemicals as needed throughout the site.
• Maintain areas of the building as assigned.
• Maintain wood and stone flooring with wood and stone care products.
• Maintain window glass using high reaches throughout the facility.
• Maintain carpeting daily.
• Maintain breakroom areas including refrigerators, microwaves, and dishwasher.
• Moves and arranges furniture including tables, chairs, stage and other furniture and fixtures for events, meetings and office relocations.
• Set up and take down signage and stanchions. Ensure areas scheduled for events are ready and in proper order before, during, and after event.
• Receive and distribute mail and package deliveries. Receive, distribute and stock printed material and office supplies.
• Aids maintenance staff with equipment and building maintenance work. Receive and distribute loading dock deliveries utilizing manual pallet jack.
• Reports the presence of animals, vermin, insects, water leaks, maintenance needs, and all health and life safety issues to the facility manager.
• Performs other tasks as assigned by management and staff.
• Must have a flexible schedule with the ability to work weekends, evenings, and holidays as needed.

Organization-Wide Competencies

• Accountability: Prepares for work assignments and meetings, conducts thorough fact-finding, decision-making and/or follow through, admits mistakes and errors and informs others when one is not able to meet a commitment.
• Job Quality: Dependably demonstrates job knowledge necessary for the position, produces timely, accurate, high quality work output, prioritizes work responsibilities effectively and produces work quantity expected for the role.
• Service: Identifies problems and collaborates with others to devise and create effective solutions. Interacts and communicates with fellow employees in a manner that promotes a harmonious and cooperative working environment in accordance with our Core Values. Facilitates open communication and keeps an open mind about new ideas.
• Leadership: Sets a good example for others, demonstrates ethical decision-making and communication, makes decisions. Uses a solution-oriented, collaborative approach.
• Collaboration: Seeks win-win outcomes in decision-making, shows a proactive, inclusive, helpful, and respectful attitude to colleagues, guests and others, takes initiative to contribute to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility initiatives.