Zoo Maintenance and Grounds Coordinator / Zoo

Description

Examples of Duties

• Prepare zoo grounds for opening daily, including blowing off sidewalks, picking up trash, emptying trash receptacles, and using power washer as needed.
• Make repairs to walkways as needed, expansion foam and caulking on concrete walkways and replace boards as needed on elevated deck and walkways.
• Perform construction and repair work for new and existing zoo buildings and exhibits as necessary.
• Coordinate with contractors for repairs and projects when necessary; obtain quotes for materials, labor and construction when necessary, observing City’s established procurement policies and procedures.
• Effectively schedule, meet and supervise contractors when they are on-site.
• Document all repairs, whether done in-house or contracted, in digital database and in “life folder” of all vehicles and equipment.
• Maintain landscaping and horticulture of zoo grounds as needed, including mowing, weed-eating, and use tractor, chainsaw and other equipment.
• Maintain organization of shop areas, tool shed and chemical shed.
• Create and maintain standardized SOPs for all equipment (pumps, AC’s, generators, etc.).
• Work with General Services Department to decommission equipment and prepare for city auction.
• Work with General services Department to properly dispose of paints and chemicals.
• Work all special events. Expect to work and not request time off during the months of March through July and September through October.
• Maintain established pest control program.

Typical Qualifications

• Best Customer Service Practices.
• Safety procedures for working with wild animals.
• Imperial Standard and Metric measurement systems.

• Call and effectively communicate with contractors to get quotes for materials and labor.
• Use previous experience and knowledge in expansion and construction of new exhibits.
• Apply safe work practices, utilizing provided safety equipment.
• Apply principals of Lean Six Sigma.
• Maintain horticulture as needed.
• Deliver excellent customer service.
• Set a good example for rest of staff.
• Be focused on assigned duties from start of shift, throughout shift to the end of the shift.
• Work around wild and dangerous animals in a safe and competent manner.
• Follow establish practices and procedures to ensure a safe and healthy zoo environment for the animals, personnel and visitors.
• Perform work in adverse weather conditions.
• Professionally respond to requests and inquiries from the general public.
• Analyze problems, identify alternative solutions, project consequences of proposed actions and implement recommendations in support of goals.
• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions and work in a team environment.
• Work on uneven ground.
• Maintain a safe work environment for yourself and others.
• Have a yearly TB test and stay current on the Tetanus vaccine.
• Work in rapidly changing environment.
• Communicate effectively with members of the public and other members of the staff.
• Exhibit good time management and organizational skills.
• Organize time and volunteers effectively.
• Manage a variety of personalities in a small staff, teamwork setting.
• Meet deadlines.
• Prepare, manage and stay within a budget
  • Experience and Training Guidelines:
    Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:
    Experience:
    Minimum of five (5) years prior experience working construction projects and landscaping. Previous experience working around wild animals desired. Proven ability to provide excellent customer service.
    License(s)/Certification(s):
    Possession of a valid driver's license. Negative TB test.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Regularly required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.
• Frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
• Occasionally required to climb or balance.
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

• Regularly works near moving mechanical parts and in outside weather conditions.
• Regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, extreme cold, and extreme heat.
• Occasionally works in high, precarious places.
• Occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, risk of radiation, vibration, and biological pathogens.
• Regularly works with animals that may cause allergies or bodily harm.
• May be exposed to zoonotic diseases that may be life threatening.