ABOUT AEROFARMS:   AeroFarms is transforming agriculture with people and the planet in mind. As a Certified B Corporation and a pioneer in indoor vertical farming, we have built a proprietary agriculture platform to grow products, delivering superior flavor, better quality, and improved nutrition and food safety in our industry. Now in over 1,000+ store fronts across the nation, we are scaling our award-winning brand and technology.    Job Description: The Facilities Tech supports operation, inspection, and maintenance processes to mechanical, electrical and plumbing equipment and systems in assigned facilities. Performs inspections and repairs to assigned property interior and exterior areas, including walls and flooring, installed fixtures, roofing systems, lighting, and ensures critical infrastructure such as HVAC, generator, and fire suppression systems are maintained. Key Responsibilities:  + Supervises and directs contractors and monitors performance of their assigned responsibilities. + Performs and/or directs the performance of all maintenance service requests, ensuring that work performed in these areas is accomplished efficiently with a minimum amount of disruption and inconvenience. + Manages contractors, including selection, scheduling and job assignments, appraisals and recognition. Maintain lighting system bulbs and ballasts. + Assist the operations team in the maintenance and repair of building and equipment. + General interior maintenance – hang pictures, repair office furniture systems, minor plumbing. + Completes special tasks that include but are not limited to; painting, locksmith work, tenant services requests, and general maintenance as assigned. + Moves office furniture, machinery, equipment and other materials as requested. + Perform assigned facility inspections and due diligence efforts, reporting on as found conditions impacting satisfactory client occupancy and operations. + Maintain and operate HVAC and building management system, evaluate and improve chronic comfort issues Inspect, maintain, and document work done to life-safety equipment such as fire suppression. + Ensure compliance with both regulatory and industry best-practices for volatile infrastructure such as pressure vessels, electrical infrastructure with greater than 40 calories of incident energy, etc. + Respond effectively to all emergencies. + Comply with all safety procedures, maintaining good housekeeping and safety of work areas. Recognize danger and safety hazards and propose methods to eliminate them. + Complies with all policies for the safe storage, usage and disposal of hazardous materials. Participate in ongoing technical, safety, and operational process training programs. + Maintains a clean and safe work environment and maintain compliance to State, County, or City Ordinances, Codes, or Laws. + Documents work performance and materials procurement as directed, using work order system · Must have ability to lift up to 49 pounds with or without reasonable accommodation, and use ladders up to 30 feet. + Other assigned operational tasks as may be typically expected of a facilities tech. Basic Qualifications:  + 1+ years of Microsoft Office products and applications experience + High school or equivalent diploma + Work a flexible schedule/shift/work area, including weekends, nights, and/or holidays Skills and Competencies:  + Completion of an applicable technical training program. + 3+ years of applicable working experience in general building repair and maintenance, basic plumbing, and basic electrical. + 2+ years of experience in the operation and maintenance of a large-scale utility plant including boilers, reverse osmosis units, chillers, cooling towers, diesel generators and electrical power distribution. + Possess mechanical and electrical aptitude. + Experience working with established GMP procedures in the operation and maintenance of utility equipment. + Successful candidate must be self-motivated who can work independently or on a team. + Ability to seek outside resources as needed. + Ability to effectively communicate ideas through verbal and written form. ​​​​​​​ Internal candidates seeking a promotion must have completed a minimum of six months in their current role and/or have less than four attendance points before becoming eligible for consideration.  *Please note that AeroFarms does not work with any external staffing/recruitment vendors. Any unsolicited resumes shared with the AeroFarms team will be considered property of AeroFarms and no recruitment fees of any kind will be paid or owed unless an existing recruitment agreement exists alongside with specific engagement for the role in question. In accordance with organizational protocol, employees will at times be required to fill absences in the operation process that are equal to or lower than their positional hierarchy. Additionally, if an employee is absent, the role of the absent employee is to be completed by their immediate superior. ​​​​​​​ Powered by JazzHR