<div class='\"job-descr' content> Job Title: Facilities Maintenance Technician Type: Full-time (On-site) Start: March 2026 About Solar One Solar One is a 501c(3) organization that empowers communities in the New York City metro area to thrive in the face of the challenges brought on by climate change and embrace a world that is low-carbon, resource-efficient, and socially inclusive. Initially founded in 2004 to manage Stuyvesant Cove Park, a two-acre native plant park and a small environmental education center, Solar One has grown into an award-winning organization with a thriving array of programs. Solar One's mission is to design and deliver innovative education, training, and technical assistance that fosters sustainability and resiliency in diverse urban environments. We empower learning that changes how people think about energy, sustainability, and resilience by engaging and educating diverse stakeholders and beneficiaries. Job Summary The Facilities Maintenance Technician supports the Horticulture, Events, and Education teams by maintaining the Solar One Environmental Education Center and Stuy Cove Park, located along the East River between 18th and 23rd streets. The Education Center is a 1,200-square-foot classroom/event space with a capacity of 86 people. Stuy Cove Park is a 1.9-acre (approximately 7,700 sq. ft.) public waterfront park that features a 1,400-foot-long greenway with landscaping and seating, providing the community with a unique and beautiful green space for relaxing, picnicking, exercising, and more. Job Duties: <ul style='\"margin-top:' margin-bottom:> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Maintain the cleanliness and appearance of the Education Center and the Park by: <ul> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Conduct regular inspections of the Education Center and Park to identify maintenance needs </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Dispose of potentially hazardous items (i.e., abandoned belongings, feces, drug paraphernalia, etc., from the park) </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Cleaning and emptying the staff refrigerator and dishwasher </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Managing external custodial contractors <ul> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Manage building cleaning and park trash collection schedules. </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Manage tri-weekly DSNY waste-sorting and collection operations. </li> </ul> </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Plaster and paint walls as needed </li> </ul> </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Troubleshoot and resolve maintenance issues, including electrical, HVAC, plumbing, furnishings, elevator, hardscape, machine and equipment failures. <ul> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Maintain and repair all relevant hand and power tools. </li> </ul> </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Maintain accurate records of all maintenance tasks/needs and report any serious issues, inquiring further action to Solar One Leadership <ul> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Research, obtain quotes, hire suitable contractors, and oversee all work performed onsite </li> </ul> </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Maintain inventory of all necessary maintenance and operational supplies, including cleaning, custodial, and maintenance supplies. </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Identify and coordinate effective, ecologically reasonable pest control management strategies. </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Assist with gardening tasks in the Park. </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Communicate and collaborate with community stakeholders, city agencies, and Solar One leadership and staff to minimize and resolve issues affecting the park and the Education Center. </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Receive all deliveries and sort mail </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> This work involves shoveling, bending, lifting, squatting, reaching, and walking several miles daily on concrete. </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Must be comfortable working outdoors in the sun, extreme heat, cold, rain, and snow </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Must be able to lift 50 lbs </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Flexible to work additional hours and adjust shift times, on occasion, when needed </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Perform basic maintenance tasks at our LIC Office as needed. </li> </ul> Job Requirements: <ul style='\"margin-top:' margin-bottom:> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> High School Diploma or equivalent, preferred. </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> A minimum of 3 years (3) experience as a custodian and/or handyperson is preferred <ul> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Must have solid knowledge of all aspects of building maintenance </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Must be able to use good judgment in how to appropriately make a repair efficiently and effectively </li> </ul> </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Must have experience in: <ul> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> HVAC </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Plumbing </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Electrical </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Small Engine servicing/repair </li> </ul> </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Must have hands-on experience safely using hand and power tools </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Must be able to communicate fluently in English (speaking, reading, and writing). Good communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a supportive team dynamic are essential. </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Conversational Spanish is highly preferred but not required </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Must have experience sending and receiving emails and basic computer skills. </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Must be comfortable working outdoors in the sun, extreme heat, cold, rain, and snow </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Must be able to lift 50 lbs. </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Experience working with soil, plant matter, and some household chemicals in an environment that includes rodents, wild birds, dogs, and insects is preferred but not required. </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Exposure to hazardous materials. Personal protective equipment will be provided. </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Fire Safety Experience is preferred. </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Must be flexible to work additional hours and adjust shift times, on occasion, when needed </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Must be authorized to work in the United States </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Upon hire, candidates must complete paperwork authorizing that a background check can be conducted (this is handled by a third-party company) </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Must be able to maintain safe boundaries and professional relations with a diverse parkgoer community. </li> </ul> Pay and Benefits <ul> <li>$55,000-$65,000</li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Full-time position </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> 7-hour shift - 7 am - 3 pm, Monday- Friday </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Overtime <ul> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> This role may occasionally involve evening and weekend hours for event support. Additional on-call hours will be required to manage emergencies, storm conditions, snow removal, and other situations as needed. </li> </ul> </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Evenings as needed </li> <li style='\"font-size:' font-family: arial sans-serif> Weekends as needed </li> </ul> Solar One’s full-time employment benefits include: • Health care and well-being programs, including medical, dental, vision, EAP • 4 weeks of paid time off that increases with tenure • Life and disability insurance • Paid Holidays • 401(k) retirement savings Solar One is an equal opportunity employer. Solar One strives to increase diversity, equity, inclusion and justice in all elements of our work and with our partners to support the interdependent needs of renewable energy and resilience and people in a rapidly changing world. Solar One recruits and employs through a lens of equity and encourages people of all races, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, genetic information, service in the uniformed services, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law to apply. </div>

Solar One is a 501c(3) organization that empowers communities in the New York City metro area to thrive in the face of the challenges brought on by climate change, and to embrace a world that is low carbon, resource efficient and socially inclusive. Solar One's mission is to design and deliver innovative education, training, and technical assistance that fosters sustainability and resiliency in diverse urban environments. We empower learning that changes the way people think about energy, sustainability, and resilience by engaging and educating a diverse set of stakeholders and beneficiaries. Solar One&rsquo;s programs focus on environmental education, green workforce training, urban ecology, and clean energy development.

Facilities Maintenance Technician

<div> Job Title: Facilities Maintenance Technician Type: Full-time (On-site) Start: March 2026 About Solar One Solar One is a 501c(3) organization that empowers communities in the New York City metro area to thrive in the face of the challenges brought on by climate change and embrace a world that is low-carbon, resource-efficient, and socially inclusive. Initially founded in 2004 to manage Stuyvesant Cove Park, a two-acre native plant park and a small environmental education center, Solar One has grown into an award-winning organization with a thriving array of programs. Solar One's mission is to design and deliver innovative education, training, and technical assistance that fosters sustainability and resiliency in diverse urban environments. We empower learning that changes how people think about energy, sustainability, and resilience by engaging and educating diverse stakeholders and beneficiaries. Job Summary The Facilities Maintenance Technician supports the Horticulture, Events, and Education teams by maintaining the Solar One Environmental Education Center and Stuy Cove Park, located along the East River between 18th and 23rd streets. The Education Center is a 1,200-square-foot classroom/event space with a capacity of 86 people. Stuy Cove Park is a 1.9-acre (approximately 7,700 sq. ft.) public waterfront park that features a 1,400-foot-long greenway with landscaping and seating, providing the community with a unique and beautiful green space for relaxing, picnicking, exercising, and more. Job Duties: <ul> <li> Maintain the cleanliness and appearance of the Education Center and the Park by: <ul> <li> Conduct regular inspections of the Education Center and Park to identify maintenance needs </li> <li> Dispose of potentially hazardous items (i.e., abandoned belongings, feces, drug paraphernalia, etc., from the park) </li> <li> Cleaning and emptying the staff refrigerator and dishwasher </li> <li> Managing external custodial contractors <ul> <li> Manage building cleaning and park trash collection schedules. </li> <li> Manage tri-weekly DSNY waste-sorting and collection operations. </li> </ul> </li> <li> Plaster and paint walls as needed </li> </ul> </li> <li> Troubleshoot and resolve maintenance issues, including electrical, HVAC, plumbing, furnishings, elevator, hardscape, machine and equipment failures. <ul> <li> Maintain and repair all relevant hand and power tools. </li> </ul> </li> <li> Maintain accurate records of all maintenance tasks/needs and report any serious issues, inquiring further action to Solar One Leadership <ul> <li> Research, obtain quotes, hire suitable contractors, and oversee all work performed onsite </li> </ul> </li> <li> Maintain inventory of all necessary maintenance and operational supplies, including cleaning, custodial, and maintenance supplies. </li> <li> Identify and coordinate effective, ecologically reasonable pest control management strategies. </li> <li> Assist with gardening tasks in the Park. </li> <li> Communicate and collaborate with community stakeholders, city agencies, and Solar One leadership and staff to minimize and resolve issues affecting the park and the Education Center. </li> <li> Receive all deliveries and sort mail </li> <li> This work involves shoveling, bending, lifting, squatting, reaching, and walking several miles daily on concrete. </li> <li> Must be comfortable working outdoors in the sun, extreme heat, cold, rain, and snow </li> <li> Must be able to lift 50 lbs </li> <li> Flexible to work additional hours and adjust shift times, on occasion, when needed </li> <li> Perform basic maintenance tasks at our LIC Office as needed. </li> </ul> Job Requirements: <ul> <li> High School Diploma or equivalent, preferred. </li> <li> A minimum of 3 years (3) experience as a custodian and/or handyperson is preferred <ul> <li> Must have solid knowledge of all aspects of building maintenance </li> <li> Must be able to use good judgment in how to appropriately make a repair efficiently and effectively </li> </ul> </li> <li> Must have experience in: <ul> <li> HVAC </li> <li> Plumbing </li> <li> Electrical </li> <li> Small Engine servicing/repair </li> </ul> </li> <li> Must have hands-on experience safely using hand and power tools </li> <li> Must be able to communicate fluently in English (speaking, reading, and writing). Good communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a supportive team dynamic are essential. </li> <li> Conversational Spanish is highly preferred but not required </li> <li> Must have experience sending and receiving emails and basic computer skills. </li> <li> Must be comfortable working outdoors in the sun, extreme heat, cold, rain, and snow </li> <li> Must be able to lift 50 lbs. </li> <li> Experience working with soil, plant matter, and some household chemicals in an environment that includes rodents, wild birds, dogs, and insects is preferred but not required. </li> <li> Exposure to hazardous materials. Personal protective equipment will be provided. </li> <li> Fire Safety Experience is preferred. </li> <li> Must be flexible to work additional hours and adjust shift times, on occasion, when needed </li> <li> Must be authorized to work in the United States </li> <li> Upon hire, candidates must complete paperwork authorizing that a background check can be conducted (this is handled by a third-party company) </li> <li> Must be able to maintain safe boundaries and professional relations with a diverse parkgoer community. </li> </ul> Pay and Benefits <ul> <li>$55,000-$65,000</li> <li> Full-time position </li> <li> 7-hour shift - 7 am - 3 pm, Monday- Friday </li> <li> Overtime <ul> <li> This role may occasionally involve evening and weekend hours for event support. Additional on-call hours will be required to manage emergencies, storm conditions, snow removal, and other situations as needed. </li> </ul> </li> <li> Evenings as needed </li> <li> Weekends as needed </li> </ul> Solar One’s full-time employment benefits include: • Health care and well-being programs, including medical, dental, vision, EAP • 4 weeks of paid time off that increases with tenure • Life and disability insurance • Paid Holidays • 401(k) retirement savings Solar One is an equal opportunity employer. Solar One strives to increase diversity, equity, inclusion and justice in all elements of our work and with our partners to support the interdependent needs of renewable energy and resilience and people in a rapidly changing world. Solar One recruits and employs through a lens of equity and encourages people of all races, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, genetic information, service in the uniformed services, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law to apply. </div>

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