Job Description

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures furthers the understanding, celebration, and preservation of cinema through inclusive and accessible exhibitions, screenings, programs, initiatives, and collections. Welcoming visitors from Los Angeles and around the world, the Museum works in active partnership with motion picture artists and specialists, scholars, staff, and diverse communities to contextualize and challenge dominant narratives around cinema, inspiring discourse, connection, joy, and discovery.

Reporting to the Chief Engineer, the Operating Engineer will manage a range of mission-critical responsibilities including the maintenance and operation of the mechanical, electrical, and life-safety. You will oversee the process that ensures the museum's mechanical problems are identified and repaired quickly and with quality service. You must have expert journeyman level knowledge and hands-on operational and maintenance experience for infrastructure electrical, mechanical, and fire-life safety systems.

THIS IS A TEMPORARY, SWING SHIFT POSITION THROUGH JUNE 2022.

YOU WILL:

• Be integral in starting up equipment and opening the museum to the public.
• Maintain the mechanical, electrical, and life-safety systems within the museum facility.
• Operate, maintain, and respond to abnormal conditions in mechanical, electrical, and life-safety systems.
• Operate the BMS system, troubleshoot issues, and perform controls maintenance.
• Track and complete preventive and predicative maintenance schedules on schedule and as required in coordination with the facilities team and vendors.
• Ensure the museums equipment is operating efficiently, including analyzing existing operating conditions to improve overall efficiency and cost reduction.
• Undertake plumbing and minor building repairs and assist other departments within the museum.
• Assist the Director and Chief in technical writing of MOPs and SOPs for preventive and corrective maintenance actives.
• Work with workorder database maintenance to resolve issues based on agreed upon priorities.
• Be responsible for incident management and report writing.
• Analyze and solve problems in a timely matter and reduce any critical impact to the facility.

YOU HAVE:

• An associates degree in Mechanical or Electrical maintenance and mechanics or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience maintaining and troubleshooting large commercial and industrial systems including: Journeyman-level expertise in a mission critical environment, technical ability and innovative thinking across building functions with emphasis on mechanical, electrical, and fire life safety systems. Similar experience with plumbing is a big plus.
• Experience in museum, large hotel, data center, hospital, or similar work environments preferred.
• Expertise in industrial safety regulations and best practices (lockout/tagout, PPE, arc flash protection, Cal-OSHA, EPA).
• Experience with CMMS systems (trouble ticket management, maintenance activities and infrastructure projects for work order completion processes).
• Experience with BMS control logic (Alerton) preferred.
• Experience writing MOPs, SOPs and reports.
• Proficiency with MS Office suite.
• Expertise with safe operation and maintenance with several hand, power, and machine tools (drills, saws, presses, meters).
• Availability to work off-hours should emergencies arise.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Stand and walk for long periods.
• Climb on a variety of ladder types.
• Stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl in confined spaces.
• Reach with hands and arms.
• Lift and carry up to 50 pounds for brief periods.

Company Description

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures advances the understanding, celebration, and preservation of cinema through inclusive and accessible exhibitions, screenings, programs, initiatives, and collections. Welcoming visitors from Los Angeles and around the world, the museum works in active partnership with motion picture artists and specialists, scholars, staff, and diverse communities to contextualize and challenge dominant narratives around cinema, inspiring discourse, connection, joy, and discovery.