Job Title: Facilities III
Team: Facilities
Scope: Individual Contributor, ES3
Required Years of Experience: 5+
Location: Ventura, California
Compensation: $30/Hr
Organizationally, the Facilities Team is part of the larger Campus Services Team, who collectively take pride in creating a world-class work environment for both employees and guests, in addition to being genuinely helpful in all situations. This role is a skilled part of the Facilities team, who works hard to maintain both the employee experience in addition to the 22 buildings at the two Patagonia campuses in Ventura, CA. On the most basic level, the Facilities Team is responsible for non-technical jobs such as setting up for meetings and events, stocking office and janitorial supplies, moving products and furniture, and creating a clean and safe workplace. At a more advanced level, the Facilities Team leads in more technical tasks: like performing preventative maintenance and emergency repairs. Our most successful Facilities team members have plumbing, carpentry, electrical, HVAC, welding or other construction related experience. Other advanced aspects of this role are professionally communicating and managing subcontractors that perform on campus projects. The most successful candidates will be organized, have excellent attention to detail, be extremely self-motivated, capable in thriving in a team environment, and willing to be adaptable and flexible with how they spend their time and embrace the company’s mission to save the home planet.
What You’ll Do/Job Functions:
- Engage with employees and use your people skills to understand the problem and work towards a solution.
- Use your keen attention to detail to proactively identify maintenance projects.
- Perform tasks such as stock paper, office, and janitorial supplies, set up for events and move desks, file cabinets and workstations.
- Handle the simple, yet extremely vital facility and janitorial tasks such as wiping tables, cleaning up spills, replacing light bulbs, and bathroom fixture repairs.
- Use your expertise to complete technical projects and share your knowledge with the team to contribute to a learning environment (carpentry, plumbing, HVAC, electrical, painting, finish work, landscape repair, door and gate maintenance, and access control systems)
- Use your open mind to learn new things and find better ways to do old things.
- Responsible for always producing quality work that is done in the safest way.
- Foster positive working relationships within the other Campus Services Teams and positive customer service relationships with all employees and outside contractors and vendors.
- Maintain a positive and productive work environment and proactively keep building maintenance and employee experience at the top of mind.
- Stellar customer service, organization and attention to detail are all necessary and critical skills in this role.
- Maintain open communication and cooperation with coworkers.
Who You Are:
- Passionate in creating an inclusive and safe work environment.
- Adaptable, able to work in a dynamic environment.
- Influential, able to communicate and act through complicated and potentially tense situations.
- Proactive, demonstrates initiative, is conscientious and provides complete follow-through on areas of responsibility.
- Service-minded, excellent service and support skills to all people.
- Motivated, always seeking self-improvement.
- Organized, outstanding organizational and leadership skills.
- Demonstrates initiative, is conscientious and provides complete follow-through on areas of responsibility.
Experience You Bring/Job Requirements:
- 5+ years’ experience in general maintenance and/or construction with emphasis in carpentry, plumbing, electrical, HVAC and/or welding.
- Possess a valid driver’s license.
- Actively works towards creating a welcoming, respectful, and inclusive environment for all members of Patagonia’s community.
- Strong oral communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to deal with all levels of personnel, co-workers, and the public in a professional and effective manner.
- Keen sense of integrity, professionalism, and understanding of confidentiality.
- Demonstrated ability to build positive relationships with everyone and use those relationships to execute business strategy.
- Flexibility, adaptability, ability to act quickly in an emergency and make sound judgement calls.
- Effective project management and time management skills.
- Must be comfortable working in an independent manner, able to multi-task, be flexible and prioritize the needs of the business.
- Working knowledge of computers, mobile devices, email, Microsoft office suite software and customer relationship management software like Zendesk.
- Capable of streamlining and improving processes and troubleshooting.
Physical Requirements:
- Continually able to observe and respond to employee’s needs and/or emergencies that might occur during the day (inside or outside environment).
- Continually able to lift to 70 pounds from the floor to a waist high level.
- Continually able to carry 40 pounds, up to 100 feet.
- Ability to push a cart/dolly weighing up to 100 pounds for up to 100 feet.
- Continually able to walk and run as job dictates.
- Continually able to kneel to floor level.
- Must be able to stand for extended periods of time.
- Ability to maintain a composed and professional demeanor within a flexible and (at times noisy) work environment.
- Ability to safely use power tools.
Employee Conduct:
Every employee is responsible for contributing to a positive, inclusive work environment through cooperative and professional interactions with co-workers, customers, and vendors.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factors prohibited by law.
It is a job requirement to have a successful criminal background check and clearance from Live Scan that meets State childcare licensing requirements. If you have, or later obtain an exemption from Licensing, please know that you may still not qualify for employment as Patagonia has its own rigorous internal standards and review process given the nature of the work in and around our childcare facilities.
Equal Employment Opportunity
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factors prohibited by law.
