Facilities Specialist II; Parks

Job Title

Facilities Specialist II

Parks and Recreation, Business Services Division

Non-Exempt

Hiring Range: $37.00/hr - $41.63/hr
Salary Range: $37.00/hr - $55.51/hr

The Facilities Specialist II is a highly skilled technician responsible for maintaining, diagnosing, and repairing facility equipment, mechanical systems, electrical systems and infrastructure across multiple Parks, Recreation, Arts, and Golf facilities. This role requires specialized technical knowledge, certifications, and/or licenses in electrical, mechanical, controls, and industrial refrigeration systems as well as the ability to manage third-party contractors.

Works under the direct supervision of the Facilities Manager.

• Works in a team environment to manage daily building operations and ensure safe, efficient, and clean Parks, Recreation, Arts, and Golf facilities.
• Conducts regular facility inspections to identify maintenance needs, safety hazards, and system issues.
• Monitors, operates, and troubleshoots building systems to maintain reliable facility performance.
• Manages vendor work, including coordination, oversight, and quality verification.
• Leads preventative maintenance and facility improvement projects to enhance safety, efficiency, and usability.

• Installs, programs, troubleshoots, and repairs a wide range of control systems, including DDC Building Management, Lighting, Refrigeration Plant Controls, PLCs, Distributed Audio, Power Quality Monitoring, heavy equipment/Zamboni controls, and other facility systems.
• Works with 3-phase, 480V equipment, transformers, switch gear, motor control centers, and standard power distribution components.
• Installs, programs, and repairs electro‑mechanical devices such as motors, starters, compressors, pumps, refrigeration and chemical controls, valves, transducers, meters, sensors, relays, lighting circuits, alarms, access control devices, and other facility‑related components.
• Calibrates and standardizes sensitive electronic equipment including pressure transmitters, ammonia and gas detection units, chemical feeders, oxygen concentrators, ozone generators, and other facilities‑management instruments.
• Uses specialized tools including Megger testers, scopes, power quality monitors, tachometers, volt‑ohm meters, gas calibration equipment, combustion analyzers, IR detectors, shaft alignment systems, desoldering tools, conduit benders, and other shop equipment.
• Maintains integrity and functionality of plant and facility safety systems.
• Leads, interprets, and creates wiring diagrams and schematics as needed.

• Performs diagnostic, maintenance, and repair work across five Parks, Recreation, Arts, and Golf facilities, ensuring alignment with organizational values and mission.
• Applies specialized skills and certifications in one or more areas, including:
  • Mechanical or electrical engineering degrees or applied physics
  • Journeyman’s or Master’s electrical licenses
  • Low voltage electrical and controls work, ladder logic, controls programming, or board‑level repair
  • Industrial ammonia refrigeration, including overhauling reciprocating compressors

• Maintains and repairs commercial and industrial refrigeration and HVAC systems, including associated controls and safety devices.
• Performs preventative maintenance, inspections, adjustments, and operational checks to ensure efficiency and reliability.
• Responds to system alarms, equipment failures, and service requests.
• Reads and follows refrigeration and HVAC schematics, procedures, and safety requirements.
• Utilizes specialized refrigeration tools and equipment such as ammonia monitors, manifold gauge sets, vacuum pumps, leak detectors, refrigerant recovery units, SCBA, harmonic tensioners, torque wrenches, load‑cells, etc.

• Troubleshoots/repairs/modifies/upgrades a wide variety of machinery including air compressors, steam generators, regenerative blowers, ozone generators, scrubbers, vacuums, ice edgers, Zambonis, pressure washers, exercise equipment, HVAC…