Veterinary Facilities Coordinator

Facilities Coordinator (Maintenance)

Pet Specialists of Austin

Austin, TX

Schedule:

Monday-Friday 9am-5pm. Flexibility required for overnights, weekends, and holidays as needed, with on-call availability for emergencies.

You’re an experienced veterinary technician who enjoys keeping a hospital running safely, smoothly, and efficiently behind the scenes. In this role, you’ll support facility maintenance, equipment upkeep, repairs, compliance, and daily operations to help ensure our team, patients, and clients have a clean, safe, and functional environment.

This is a great opportunity for a vet tech who enjoys problem-solving, organization, and equipment troubleshooting while continuing to make an impact in veterinary medicine outside of a traditional technician role.

• Oversee daily facility operations and help ensure treatment areas, kennels, surgical suites, and public spaces remain clean, safe, functional, and well-maintained.
• Coordinate repairs, preventive maintenance, and vendor services to minimize downtime, especially in critical hospital areas.
• Partner with hospital leadership, Thrive's supply chain team, and the hospital inventory manager to support facility budgeting, supply ordering, equipment needs, repairs, and related expenditures.
• Help ensure the hospital remains aligned with applicable regulations, safety standards, accreditation requirements, and internal protocols.
• Support team training related to equipment use, safety procedures, and regulatory requirements.
• Manage communication with contractors and vendors for warranty services, preventive maintenance contracts, equipment maintenance, and repair needs while ensuring timely, high-quality service.
• Monitor the condition and functionality of facility and hospital equipment, including surgical equipment, diagnostic tools, Snyders, IV pumps, telemetry, and heating/cooling systems.
• Maintain safety and security protocols to help provide a safe environment for team members, pets, and clients.
• Keep accurate records of facility maintenance, equipment inventory, repairs, preventive maintenance, and safety inspections.
• Assist with additional hospital needs and projects as requested.

• Veterinary technician experience is required
  ; specialty or emergency experience is preferred.
• Strong leadership, communication, and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to learn and manage facility-related technologies and systems.
• Knowledge of, or willingness to learn, building systems, safety standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Ability to work in a veterinary hospital setting with exposure to animals and varying environmental conditions.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. and regularly walk, stand, bend, and work in varying conditions, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Flexibility to work nights, weekends, and holidays as needed, with on‑call availability for emergencies.

Here, you can grow your career as best fits you through access to comprehensive learning and skillset programs. You can build your skills and earn credentials through:

• Our vast, diverse, and free library of continuing education courses - ThriveU
• Live, virtual interactive workshops to develop valuable leadership skills
• A program designed to teach you the fundamentals of running a pet hospital

• Competitive pay
• 401(k) with employer match
• Mental health resources, including easy access to therapy through Lyra Health
• Paid parental leave
• Purr-ental leave for when you adopt a pet
• Subsidized backup childcare and elder care
• Expert advice, support and network discounts for fertility and family planning
• FREE CE courses
• Pet perks and veterinary service discounts
• Student loan support tools and assistance

* Some benefits shown are only for full‑time team members who work 30 hours or more per week. Certain Benefits may be subject to waiting periods or length of service requirements.

Compensation is negotiable based on experience and credentials, with an expected starting range of $23-26/hour. The final pay will carefully consider a wide range of factors including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

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