Best Friends recently received a 2022 Top Workplaces USA award from Energage. Visit the Best Friends Animal Society page on the Energage Top Workplaces award winners’ site here to learn more. Not only do we take pride on cultivating a welcoming and supportive community and culture for our employees, but we also offer competitive benefits that make it easy to see why we were granted such an awesome award! Take a look for yourself! We offer competitive pay, medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, short and long-term disability, dependent care reimbursement, pet sitting reimbursement when traveling for work, flexible spending account, health savings account, generous paid time off, paid holidays, auto insurance discount, and legal and identify theft coverage. For added wellbeing support, we offer Pawternity Leave for employees to have time to care for their personal pets, mental health support, and an employee assistance program. We also offer a generous 401k savings plan. Do you want to love where you work? Look no further and apply online today!

Location: Kanab, Utah

Hiring Range: $22.00 per hour to $28.00 per hour, depending on experience.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7 am - 4 pm (weekends off!)

Position Summary: This position performs a variety of skilled and unskilled physical labor and equipment operations to improve and maintain sanctuary grounds and facilities. Must be proficient in HVAC to include mechanical, passive, and thermal systems. Electrical repair, general mechanical systems repair, heavy equipment operations, and able to fill in where needed. Oversees and mentors Tier 1 entry level candidates during the performance of duties.

Culture Statement and Responsibility:

We value attitude over aptitude, and we treat Kindness as a discipline because it is paramount in our culture along with our other Guiding Principles. Culture is how we talk to and treat ourselves and one another, it’s how we generate and respond to change, it’s how we plan and make decisions, it’s how we do what we do.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

Treat people around you with Kindness and Compassion, build trust by demonstrating authenticity and following through on your commitments, prioritize your well-being like you do our mission, and work to build strong relationships with your colleagues by participating in communication loops to share and receive honest feedback. You are responsible and accountable for the culture you add to your team dynamic.

Completes customer generated work order tickets in an organized, professional, and timely manner.

Utilizes heavy equipment to install, retrofit, transport, working directly with the Heavy equipment team to complete complex jobs.

Plans, organizes, and completes a variety of maintenance projects such as heating, cooling, ventilation, and minor renovations.

Performs preventative maintenance on various equipment, structures, and assists in site and building cleanup.

Installs and repairs washers, dryers, dishwashers, heaters, and swamp coolers.

Works with a variety of construction materials including wood, metal, concrete, FRP, drywall, gravel, etc.

Train’s entry level staff in the skills associated with HVAC.

Performs various HVAC repairs and installations: electrical, plumbing, heating and cooling.

Maintain a safe workplace valuing and modeling safe work practices and communicating about unsafe practices.

Other duties as assigned.

Skills and Experience:

Must have advanced knowledge of methods, tools, equipment, materials, and practices used in HVAC and maintenance and be able to train entry level candidates.

Additional experience a plus on heavy equipment machinery (Tractors/Sky Trak/Skid Steer/Loaders/Semi’s) and be signed off for operation by the Heavy Equipment Team Lead.

Must be willing to obtain a First Aid/First Responder certification. (Training available)

Experience in electrical and hydraulic schematics a plus

Ability to follow oral and written instructions; read and interpret maps, diagrams, and equipment operations manuals; maintain records; make basic arithmetical calculations.

Work with a positive outlook, upbeat, energetic, and takes initiative.

Ability to accommodate changes in work priorities and/or scheduling.

Collaborative nature and willingness to work with various colleagues.

Willingness to learn on the job is a must.

Physical Requirements:

Working outdoors, ability to perform physical work requiring coordination, agility, strength, and stamina. Work includes heavy lifting (typically up to 80 pounds); prolonged periods of standing; stooping, reaching, crawling, and climbing; manual dexterity.

Thank you for your interest in pursuing a career at Best Friends Animal Society. Best Friends Animal Society is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status, or domestic partner status.

Applicants for employment in the US must have valid work authorization that does not now and/or will not in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the US by Best Friends Animal Society.