Job Description

The Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County (NHMLAC) include the Natural History Museum in Exposition Park and La Brea Tar Pits in Hancock Park. They operate under the collective vision to inspire wonder, discovery, and responsibility for our natural and cultural worlds. The museums hold one of the world’s most extensive and valuable collections of natural and cultural history—more than 35 million objects—used for groundbreaking scientific and historical research, and community engagement. From NHM’s opening in 1913 as the very first museum in Los Angeles, the organization has entered an exciting new era of transformation with building projects and campaigns, exhibitions, community outreach and impactful audience engagement.

NHMLAC’s values—adventurous, inclusive, authentic, and intentional—guide our work and visitor experience, committing us to foster a welcoming, safe and respectful workplace environment where innovation and collaboration thrive and every team member can contribute their unique perspectives to advance our mission. NHMLAC seeks candidates who are aligned with our values and priorities, and are passionate about connecting science with the vibrant and diverse communities we serve throughout Los Angeles.

The NHMLAC is seeking a Maintenance Technician for our Operations department. The Maintenance Technician position is responsible for performing a wide variety of building maintenance and repair work involving carpentry, electrical, masonry, painting, plumbing or other mechanical and maintenance skills.

Responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to:

• Painting: Performs painting as needed including painting shelves, cabinets, furniture, motors, and other mechanical equipment and touch-up painting on the interior and exterior surfaces.
• Responds to diagnoses, and resolves plumbing emergencies.
• Plumbing: Install, repair, and maintain pipes, valves, fittings, drainage systems, and fixtures in commercial structures.
• Electrical Installation and Maintenance: Performs skilled work in the installation, maintenance, alteration and repair of wiring, electrical appliances, and handling of heavy equipment. Lays out, assembles, installs, tests and maintains electrical devices and apparatus such as conduit, wiring outlets, and tests circuits for continuity and proper connections. Replaces broken or defective light switches, sockets, outlets, bulbs, fixtures, fluorescent tube, lamp holders, starters, and ballasts. Installs air conditioning window units as needed.
• Equipment and Tools Maintenance and Repair: Maintains and repairs various types of equipment and tools including maintaining, adjusting and as necessary, replacing drive belts, motors, pumps, and compressors.
• Building Inspection: Inspects buildings and facilities to ensure safety and to identify needs for repair.
  

This position has the following requirements:

• Communication: Ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through verbally and in writing. Ability to communicate ideas verbally and in writing.
• Heavy Equipment: Must be able to operate heavy equipment including golf cart, scissor lifts, aerial work platforms and forklifts.
• Shop Tools: Must have experience with shop tools, stationary shop equipment and hand tools.
• A valid California Driver License and a Personal Automobile Liability Insurance or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation needed to carry out job related essential functions.
• Two years’ experience in general building maintenance and repair involving a variety of minor carpentry, electrical, masonry, painting and plumbing work
• At least one year general experience performing repairs and general maintenance.

NHMLAC is a nonprofit organization committed to fostering a workplace and public environment that uplifts Kindness, Fairness, Openness and Dignity. These values extend not only to our employees, but to our guests, local community, and organizational partners. If you are interested in this position, we encourage you to apply!

The hourly rate for this position is $27.00 an hour with excellent benefits. This is a full-time regular, non-exempt position.

A cover letter, current resume, and list of 3-4 references are required for all applicants. Review of applications begins immediately and continues until position is filled. Interested candidates please visit www.nhmlac.org/careers-our-museums and click the link of the position for which you are interested or go directly to the online application.