About this role
Ignite Your Potential at Westerner Park Join Westerner Park, where exciting opportunities, meaningful experiences, and personal growth come together.
As a community-focused organization, we take pride in creating memorable moments for our guests, clients, and community through the events we host and the experiences we deliver.
Position Overview
- The Maintenance Technician - Power Engineer is a hands-on technical role within Park & Facilities, responsible for the safe and reliable operation, monitoring, maintenance and troubleshooting of assigned building and mechanical systems at Westerner Park.
- The position supports year-round facility readiness through preventative and corrective maintenance, inspections, work-order completion and response to mechanical or utility issues.
- Reporting to the Manager, Park and Facilities, the role works closely with maintenance employees, trades and contractors.
- This position provides technical expertise, identify deficiencies, and carries out assigned maintenance and operational work within its qualifications and authority.
- Building Systems & Preventative Maintenance Inspect, monitor, operate, maintain and troubleshoot assigned mechanical, HVAC, boiler, building automation and related facility systems.
- Perform preventative, corrective and on-demand maintenance and identify, record and escalate deficiencies that may affect safety, reliability or event operations.
- Maintain accurate work orders, maintenance records, equipment information, and required operating logs through the established maintenance management system.
- Use blueprints, wiring diagrams, manufacturer manuals, and other technical information to complete assigned work and support facility projects.
- Coordinate with contractors and specialized trades as assigned and provide technical information regarding building systems and maintenance requirements.
- Power Engineering & Critical Systems Operate, monitor and troubleshoot boilers and related systems in accordance with applicable certification, legislation, ABSA requirements and Westerner Park procedures.
- Support operation, monitoring, maintenance and troubleshooting of the ice plant and ammonia refrigeration system within applicable qualifications and training.
- Monitor and support underground and above-ground utilities and other critical facility systems within the scope of the role.
- Support maintenance and troubleshooting of kitchen and food-service equipment in accordance with applicable food-safety and technical requirements.
- Respond to mechanical and utility emergencies such as equipment failure, power interruption, water leaks, sewage backups, flooding or refrigeration-system issues, escalating as required.
- Equipment, Event Readiness & Site Support Operate forklifts, lifts, tools and other equipment when trained and authorized, completing required pre-use inspections and reporting deficiencies.
- Support facility and event readiness by responding to maintenance requirements, service requests and operational issues that could affect clients, guests, or scheduled activity.
- Assist with facility-related projects, repairs and improvement work as assigned.
- Maintain work areas, tools, and equipment in a safe, orderly, and serviceable condition.
- Safety, Compliance & Service Perform work in accordance with occupational health and safety requirements, environmental and fire-protection requirements, safe-work practices and Westerner Park procedures.
- Use required personal protective equipment and participate in safety meetings, training, inspections and incident-response activities as required.
- Work safely around mechanical systems, chemicals, refrigeration equipment, confined spaces and other hazards within training and cer