erika.katayama
05-26-2017, 09:35 AM
Team Manager – Exhibit Maintenance
This is a unique opportunity for you to develop and demonstrate your talents within a new, successful and progressive organization. Our mission is to ‘inspire minds’ related to nature and science and we have assembled an inspired, focused, creative team to deliver on that goal. If you are attracted to working with motivated, smart people in an active and stimulating environment, you could be a great addition to our team.
As the primary contact for all maintenance concerns, the Team Manager – Exhibit Maintenance is responsible for managing the planned and unplanned maintenance of all exhibit components and environments at the museum. This position is responsible for directing and coordinating the Exhibit Technicians, graphic production staff and, when appropriate, other staff in the preventative maintenance, repair, and refurbishment of exhibit components.
Responsibilities
Determine the short and long-term exhibit maintenance goals for the museum and establish a plan of work to achieve these goals:
Maintain the electronic maintenance database that will track all costs of exhibit maintenance including labor, exhibit downtime, parts lists and maintenance notes.
Create and modify exhibit maintenance protocols and procedures in coordination with the Sr. Director of Exhibits. Ensure protocols are followed by Exhibits Maintenance Technicians.
Anticipate potential issues with exhibit function and provide clear recommendations to the Sr. Director of Exhibits for appropriate preventive measures.
Schedule exhibit maintenance technicians to ensure that exhibit maintenance support is available every day the museum is open to the public
Develop maintenance procedures that minimize exhibit down time and/or interruption (visible or otherwise) to the visitor experience. Devise and implement visually appealing or neutral strategies for communicating exhibit issues or removal to visitors.
Monitor progress and delays in exhibit maintenance projects and work with appropriate staff to communicate and revise schedules and/or adjust tasks and objectives accordingly.
Perform the duties of an Exhibit Maintenance Technician, as necessary.
Work with all appropriate staff to provide a safe environment for visitors.
Proactively investigate potential conflicts exhibit components may pose with respect to the security and safety of visitors, fire regulations, etc.
Ensure that exhibit components in the museum exceed the minimum legal requirements for visitor safety
Promote a culture of safety consciousness that goes beyond minimum requirements and champion the highest practical standards for visitor safety.
Assist in the development of the exhibit maintenance budget
Manage the exhibit maintenance budget.
Required Skills and Abilities
Previous management and budget management experience
Ability to work in a creative and collaborative environment, be receptive to the ideas of others and able to work cooperatively to prioritize tasks and accommodate many different concerns, and motivate and build effective teams.
Demonstrated skill in troubleshooting and repairing mechanical, electrical and electronic problems.
Experience maintaining computer and audio visual interactives.
Experience in maintaining interactive exhibits in a museum or public setting.
Demonstrated ability to manage budgets
Experience in successfully managing human and material resources in the maintenance of mechanical objects
Excellent communication skills
Working knowledge of safety regulations as they apply to public facilities.
Conscientious and detail-oriented; must have an appreciation of the necessity of following through with paperwork, record-keeping, and documentation.
Experience
Minimum of five years’ experience in successfully managing human and material resources in a supervisory role.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.
Experience working in a museum environment.
Understanding of and prior experience with Audio Visual equipment.
A scientific wonderland in downtown Dallas.
The new, world-class, adrenaline-rushing, mind-blowing, cooler-than-cool Perot Museum of Nature and Science is now open… right here in Dallas.
Our roots date back to 1936, with the opening of the Dallas Museum of Natural History in historic Fair Park, which would later merge with the Science Place and the Dallas Children’s Museum in 2006 to create the Museum of Nature & Science. The Museum of Nature & Science in Fair Park which houses our historical wildlife dioramas and active paleontology lab will remain a part of the Perot Museum, giving visitors the chance to see not only our new Museum in Victory Park but also our historic Museum in Fair Park.
This is a unique opportunity for you to develop and demonstrate your talents within a new, successful and progressive organization. Our mission is to ‘inspire minds’ related to nature and science and we have assembled an inspired, focused, creative team to deliver on that goal. If you are attracted to working with motivated, smart people in an active and stimulating environment, you could be a great addition to our team.
As the primary contact for all maintenance concerns, the Team Manager – Exhibit Maintenance is responsible for managing the planned and unplanned maintenance of all exhibit components and environments at the museum. This position is responsible for directing and coordinating the Exhibit Technicians, graphic production staff and, when appropriate, other staff in the preventative maintenance, repair, and refurbishment of exhibit components.
Responsibilities
Determine the short and long-term exhibit maintenance goals for the museum and establish a plan of work to achieve these goals:
Maintain the electronic maintenance database that will track all costs of exhibit maintenance including labor, exhibit downtime, parts lists and maintenance notes.
Create and modify exhibit maintenance protocols and procedures in coordination with the Sr. Director of Exhibits. Ensure protocols are followed by Exhibits Maintenance Technicians.
Anticipate potential issues with exhibit function and provide clear recommendations to the Sr. Director of Exhibits for appropriate preventive measures.
Schedule exhibit maintenance technicians to ensure that exhibit maintenance support is available every day the museum is open to the public
Develop maintenance procedures that minimize exhibit down time and/or interruption (visible or otherwise) to the visitor experience. Devise and implement visually appealing or neutral strategies for communicating exhibit issues or removal to visitors.
Monitor progress and delays in exhibit maintenance projects and work with appropriate staff to communicate and revise schedules and/or adjust tasks and objectives accordingly.
Perform the duties of an Exhibit Maintenance Technician, as necessary.
Work with all appropriate staff to provide a safe environment for visitors.
Proactively investigate potential conflicts exhibit components may pose with respect to the security and safety of visitors, fire regulations, etc.
Ensure that exhibit components in the museum exceed the minimum legal requirements for visitor safety
Promote a culture of safety consciousness that goes beyond minimum requirements and champion the highest practical standards for visitor safety.
Assist in the development of the exhibit maintenance budget
Manage the exhibit maintenance budget.
Required Skills and Abilities
Previous management and budget management experience
Ability to work in a creative and collaborative environment, be receptive to the ideas of others and able to work cooperatively to prioritize tasks and accommodate many different concerns, and motivate and build effective teams.
Demonstrated skill in troubleshooting and repairing mechanical, electrical and electronic problems.
Experience maintaining computer and audio visual interactives.
Experience in maintaining interactive exhibits in a museum or public setting.
Demonstrated ability to manage budgets
Experience in successfully managing human and material resources in the maintenance of mechanical objects
Excellent communication skills
Working knowledge of safety regulations as they apply to public facilities.
Conscientious and detail-oriented; must have an appreciation of the necessity of following through with paperwork, record-keeping, and documentation.
Experience
Minimum of five years’ experience in successfully managing human and material resources in a supervisory role.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.
Experience working in a museum environment.
Understanding of and prior experience with Audio Visual equipment.
A scientific wonderland in downtown Dallas.
The new, world-class, adrenaline-rushing, mind-blowing, cooler-than-cool Perot Museum of Nature and Science is now open… right here in Dallas.
Our roots date back to 1936, with the opening of the Dallas Museum of Natural History in historic Fair Park, which would later merge with the Science Place and the Dallas Children’s Museum in 2006 to create the Museum of Nature & Science. The Museum of Nature & Science in Fair Park which houses our historical wildlife dioramas and active paleontology lab will remain a part of the Perot Museum, giving visitors the chance to see not only our new Museum in Victory Park but also our historic Museum in Fair Park.