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Ogunquit Playhouse is seeking a Facilities Associate. Our Facilities staff are important members of our team, caring for and maintaining the beauty and charm of our historic property. The Facilities Associate works closely with the Facilities Technician and Director of Operations to address routine and unexpected maintenance projects around the Playhouse, office buildings, Scene Shop, and various crew/actor housing properties.

The schedule for this role is Tuesday through Saturday, 8:00am to 4:00pm. This position pays $24 per hour. Individuals are eligible for Earned Paid Time Off; Health, Dental, and Vision insurance; Ogunquit Playhouse’s 403(b) retirement plan; plus comps and discounted tickets to mainstage and children’s theatre productions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform hands-on electrical, plumbing, carpentry tasks and perform prescribed preventative maintenance on buildings, and grounds as required.
• Ensure standard practices for maintaining the highest level of proficiency, safety, and outstanding customer service.
• Ensure cleaning standards are adhered to.
• Perform on-call duties, scheduled with Director of Operations, for facilities emergencies.

Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with many types of personalities.
• Must be organized, and task oriented.
• Able to work in a fast paced environment, and adapt to changes in tasks throughout each day.
• Must feel comfortable working both independently or in a team environment.
• Must be enthusiastic, and willing to learn to become proficient in the following skills: basic carpentry, plumbing, electrical, painting, and janitorial.
• Open to learning the use of hand and power tools common to the skills listed above.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel) and Google Drive.
• Customer service skills a must.

Physical Demands

• Some heavy lifting and considerable moving of equipment required.
• Some maintenance required at heights; must be able to climb ladders / scaffolding, and be comfortable working at heights.
• Facilities staff may need to work in varying weather conditions, extreme heat in excess of 90 degrees or freezing below 0, rain, heavy winds, torrential downpour, or snow.
• It could be necessary to perform tasks in various work environments, such as flat hard surfaces, rocky, steep hills, wet grounds, grass areas, steep stairs, heights, dust and dirt.
• Employees may be required to lift up to 50 pounds numerous times throughout the shift, as needed.
• Regularly exposed to dust, odors, janitorial/ maintenance supplies.

Ogunquit Playhouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified personnel for all of our positions in a manner that does not unlawfully discriminate against any person because of race, color, religion, gender, marital status, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, veteran/reserve and National Guard status or any other status or characteristic protected by law.

Send cover letter and resume to Zia Quint, Playhouse HR Manager, at [email protected].