The Museum actively participates in numerous key partnerships, including with six of the nation's leading science museums, seven children's museums, and the Exploratorium in San Francisco.
BUILDING SERVICES MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN
Full-Time Employment
Constructs and repairs structural woodwork and equipment in the museum, to include minor electrical, plumbing, painting and HVAC service or repair, by performing the following duties.
Reports To: Director of Building Services, FLSA Status: Nonexempt
Basic Function and Responsibilities including but not limited to:
Builds, repairs, and installs counters, cabinets, benches, partitions, floors, doors, building framework, and trim.
Installs glass in windows, doors, and partitions.
Replaces damaged ceiling tile, floor tile, and wall coverings.
Installs items such as window shades, venetian blinds, and curtain rods, wall fans, and door locks in offices or classrooms.
Studies blueprints, sketches, or building plans for information pertaining to type of material required, such as lumber or fiberboard, and dimensions of structure or fixture to be fabricated.
Selects specified type of lumber or other materials.
Prepares layout. Marks cutting and assembly lines on materials.
Shapes materials to prescribed measurements.
Assembles cut and shaped materials and fastens them together with nails, dowel pins, or glue.
Verifies trueness of structure with plumb bob and carpenter's level.
Cuts openings in walls and floors to accommodate pipe and pipe fittings.
Cuts and threads pipe.
Bends pipe to required angle by use of pipe-bending machine or by placing pipe over block and bending it by hand.
Assembles and installs valves, pipe fittings, and pipes composed of metals, such as iron, steel, brass, and lead, and nonmetals, such as glass, vitrified clay, and plastic.
Joins pipes by use of screws, bolts, fittings, solder, plastic solvent, and caulks joints.
Fills pipe system with water or air and reads pressure gauges to determine whether system is leaking.
Installs and repairs plumbing fixtures such as sinks, commodes, bathtubs, water heaters, hot water tanks, garbage disposal units, dishwashers, and water softeners.
Repairs and maintains plumbing by replacing washers in leaky faucets, mending burst pipes, and opening clogged drains.
Replaces air filters, belts and motors on air handler units.
Lubricates with grease or oil electrical motors and bearing units.
Cleans coils on air handler units with cleaning solutions.
Replaces and sets proper tension for belts for electrical motors and fan pulleys.
Change light bulbs and make minor electrical repairs.
Smoothes surfaces and removes old paint from surfaces to prepare surfaces for painting.
Fills nail holes, cracks, and joints with caulk, putty, plaster, or other filler.
Selects premixed paints, or mixes required portions of pigment, oil, and thinning and drying substances to prepare paint that matches specified colors.
Removes fixtures such as pictures and electric switch covers from walls prior to painting.
Spreads drop cloths over floors and room furnishings, and covers surfaces such as baseboards, door frames, and windows with masking tape and paper to protect surfaces during painting.
Paints surfaces with brushes, spray gun, or paint rollers.
Makes deliveries and/or picks up supplies and materials for the museum.
Performs all others tasks and duties assigned.
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or two to five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to climb or balance. The employee is occasionally required to sit and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
Human Resources Manager
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
1600 Gendy Street
Fort Worth, Texas 76107
fax: 817-255-9354
