Equipment Maintenance Technician

POSITION SUMMARY:

This position supports the work of the Y, a leading nonprofit committed to strengthening community through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. Creates an environment in which members can achieve their healthy living goals by maintaining, repairing, and assisting with the purchasing of various types of exercise equipment and audio/visual systems for the Wellness Departments at all centers. Additionally, this position will assist in planning for annual shut down, advise on equipment needs with consideration for planning wellness spaces for future innovation and growth.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Updates and maintains a Preventative Maintenance schedule and services for health and fitness equipment and AV systems.

2. Repair malfunctioning equipment in accordance with Shop Order Procedures or as directed.

3. Travel between all centers for repairs and maintenance as well as schedule walk throughs with Healthy Living Directors and Branch Executives as preventative maintenance and to keep a pulse on wellness spaces.

4. Ensure smooth transition of new equipment, causing minimal disruption to the member experience.

5. Assist Healthy Living Directors with equipment manufacturer sales and engineering to ensure safety and proper function of equipment and maintenance repair at each center.

6. Assist Senior Healthy Living Director with the equipment maintenance budget including fixed assets while maintaining equipment inventories.

7. Coordinate trade-ins of equipment and proper disposal of equipment with no trade value.

8. Train staff in proper use and cleaning of equipment.

YMCA LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES:

1. Mission advancement: As a cause driven leader you will support the Y, its members, participants, staff, and volunteers by living the Y's values of CARING, HONESTY, RESPECT, AND RESPONSIBILITY, in all interactions and aspects of job performance, and demonstrate the desire to serve others.

2. Relationships: Building meaningful, trusting, collaborative relationships and upholding the SMART pledge in all interactions is the core of our work. Collaboration is built through relationships with Y staff as well as vendors, partners, and members, to facilitate relationship building.

3. Finance & Quality results: Because there are many aspects to the work, you need to stay organized and manage time effectively and flexibly. Be a good steward of the Y by following and enforcing policies/procedures, setting and achieving performance goals, using resources wisely, reporting financial irregularities, creating and managing budgets, and exercising attention to detail and accuracy.

4. Decision making: Since there isn't a prescription for every circumstance and each day may present unpredictable challenges, you will need to exercise sound judgment based on experience,

precedent, and policy; transfer learning to situations; and provide others with framework for making decisions. Effective listening skills will give you the flexibility to customize your sales approach to meet the unique needs of the prospective members.

1. Emotional maturity: How we understand and conduct ourselves impacts our relationships. In many situations you will need to accurately assess personal feelings, strengths and limitations and how they impact relationships. Behave in ways that support the Y, performance objectives, members, guests, and staff.

2. Communication: Keep staff organized and ensure effective and timely communication, manage calendars, and produce professional and accurate information and promotional materials. Excellent telephone, face to face, and written communication skills tailored to the appropriate audience will enable you to provide SMART service to our members and participants on behalf of the center Exec and program staff. When sensitive issues arise, listen first for understanding and meaning and use non-threatening, collaborative communications methods.

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Must have aptitude and working knowledge and/or experience in electrical, electronic, audio/visual, and general equipment maintenance. This is generally gained through at least 2 years of work experience.

2. Associate Degree in Electronics/Electrical/Mechanical Repair (technician) or equivalent preferred (or equivalent combination of education and experience.)

3. Computer skills required.

4. Valid drivers' license and reliable vehicle required to service equipment at all centers.

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND 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.

1. Ability to move freely throughout the building.

2. Ability to walk, stand, crouch, stoop, kneel, and sit (including on the floor) for long periods of time.

3. Must be able to lift and/or move equipment up to 75 pounds.

4. Ability to speak concisely and effectively communicate.

5. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.