Ride Electrician

Full-time, year-round position at a mid to senior level in Santa Clara, California.

Pay

Salary is based on skills and industry experience:

• Level 1: $39 - $43 / hr
• Level 2: $44 - $50 / hr
• Level 3: $50 - $55 / hr

Schedule

Ability to work various shifts and days including nights, weekends, and holiday periods to meet business needs.

Responsibilities

• Ensures the proper electrical maintenance and safe operating condition of all park rides.
• Performs inspection, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs of electrical work on rides, ride control systems, computers, and PLCs.
• Installs electrical conduit and wiring; cleans electrical equipment and components.
• Maintains controls, motors, ride lighting, and ride solid state drives.
• Modifies electrical/electronic systems as needed to ensure ride safety and efficiency.
• Reviews technical documents, blueprints, schematics, and catalogs to support ride maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation work.
• Prepares and maintains inspection sheets, daily work records, downtime records, modification forms, and other reports or logs.
• Performs all work in accordance with department policies, procedures, regulations, plans, specifications, and safety standards.
• Refers to policies, procedure manuals, maintenance manuals, technical manuals, diagrams, ride manuals, and vendor catalogs.
• Orders and assists in maintaining inventory of supplies, parts, and materials.
• Maintains assigned equipment in a safe and proper working condition; maintains a clean and safe work area.
• Interacts and communicates with supervisors, park managers, staff, co-workers, guests, vendors, contractors, and inspectors.
• Performs down time calls, ongoing maintenance, installations, and annual projects from the Ride Electrical operation.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4-6 years of experience as an electrician, including 2 years in a similar industrial or commercial environment.
• Must meet state certifications and/or licensing requirements.
• Capable of performing complex inspection, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs of electrical work on rides, ride control systems, computers, and PLCs.
• Strong knowledge of electrical theory, methods, practices, terminology, tools, and materials used in electrical maintenance.
• Excellent skills in working with blueprints, diagrams, and sketches.
• Must be comfortable working at heights up to 250 feet.
• Highly skilled at working on electrical components of park rides.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• High school graduate or equivalent; electrical field education or 2-year certificate preferred.
• Training in electrical/industrial engineering and demonstrated expertise in drafting software such as Vectorworks or AutoCAD.

Benefits

• 3 weeks paid PTO, increasing with seniority (6 sick days, 11 paid holidays).
• Multiple medical coverage options, including dental and vision.
• 401K match.
• Maintenance-specific scholarships available.
• Free entry to all parks and water parks.

Perks

• Yearly maintenance appreciation week celebration.
• Complimentary tickets for friends and family.
• Discounts on food and park merchandise.
• Full-time and part-time employee events and gatherings.