Job Information
AUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC Maintenance Technician - Levels I and II in AUSTIN, Texas
APA! BACKGROUND:
Austin Pets Alive! (APA!) is one of Austins most dynamic and best-loved nonprofits. The organization is the leader in the no kill movement nationally and is considered a national thought leader in animal welfare. APA! locally rescues, treats, and adopts out 10,000 homeless dogs and cats each year, providing the safety net for Austins most at-risk shelter pets, which helps Austin to be a no-kill city, while also assisting other communities in saving homeless animals. The organization is distinguished by the scrappiness of its grassroots, non-traditional community-based animal rescue work.
The organization continues to innovate best practices to save lives and teaches its renowned lifesaving model through American Pets Alive!, APA!s national division. In 2020, AmPA! began the Human Animal Support Services (HASS) project, a collaborative movement of more than 10,000 animal welfare professionals working in nearly 1,900 organizations. HASS is the first-of-its-kind collective of shelters and animal welfare professionals coming together to build community-focused animal services that better meet the needs of people and pets by keeping human-animal families together and keeping pets unnecessarily out of shelters.
POSITION SUMMARY/OVERVIEW:
Our downtown location houses numerous lifesaving programs, supporting thousands of the animals most in need every year. We are looking for an eager and hardworking technician to fill the crucial role of maintaining and repairing our facility with a strong focus on customer service to all internal and external stakeholders.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Level I:
General maintenance and repairs around the facility, under the supervision of the Facilities Manager or Lead, including but not limited to: plumbing, electrical, HVAC, and general housekeeping for the centers, as assigned
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