Facilities Technician

Keep our spaces safe, functional, and ready to support animals in need.

The Animal Rescue League of Iowa is seeking a dependable and skilled Facilities Technician to support maintenance and repair needs across ARL locations. This role helps ensure our buildings, equipment, vehicles, and workspaces remain safe, functional, and prepared to support the animals, staff, volunteers, and community members who depend on us every day.

This is a great opportunity for someone with facilities, maintenance, repair, construction, equipment operation, safety, or related hands-on experience who enjoys solving problems, responding to operational needs, and supporting a mission-driven organization through practical, behind-the-scenes work.

• Monday through Friday
• 40 hours, typically between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
• Schedule may include weekdays, weekends, holidays, and varying shifts based on facilities, maintenance, and operational needs.

The Animal Rescue League of Iowa is Iowa’s largest nonprofit animal welfare organization, helping animals and the people who love them through sheltering, adoption, veterinary care, animal services, community programs, and pet support resources.

Across multiple locations and programs in the Des Moines metro, the ARL works every day to provide compassionate care, practical support, and trusted resources for animals and families in our community.

• Perform maintenance and repair of buildings, vehicles, equipment, and facilities across ARL locations.
• Respond promptly to repair requests to help ensure staff have safe, functional equipment and workspaces.
• Support preventative and predictive maintenance practices.
• Collaborate with departments and supervisors to maintain clean, safe, and functional building conditions.
• Follow OSHA safety guidelines and help foster a culture of safety across the organization.
• Assist with grounds, exercise areas, sidewalks, walking areas, and related maintenance needs when needed.
• Collaborate with the Grounds & Crematory team and step in to support essential work as needed.
• Operate construction or maintenance-related equipment safely and appropriately.
• Follow ARL policies, procedures, safety standards, and operational expectations.
• Communicate professionally with staff, supervisors, contractors, and other team members.

• High school diploma or GED required.
• At least two years of related work experience required.
• Valid driver’s license with a satisfactory driving record required.
• Experience with facilities maintenance, repairs, construction, equipment operation, or related work.
• Demonstrated experience with preventative and predictive maintenance practices.
• Understanding of workplace safety, risk analysis, and facilities-related safety practices.
• Knowledge of electrical safety protocols.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, customer service, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to resolve concerns professionally and work effectively with multiple departments.
• Ability to function in a fast-paced and sometimes stressful environment.
• Basic math skills and attention to detail.
• Initiative, adaptability, and the ability to work independently.

The ARL is proud to offer competitive, market-driven compensation and a mission-focused culture. In addition, a variety of benefits are available to full-time employees including:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Employer-paid long-term disability and basic life insurance
• Supplemental insurances, including short-term disability, supplemental life insurance, accident, and critical illness insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with an employer contribution
• Veterinary benefits
• Work-life balance through our expansive holiday and paid time off policies

This position works in active facilities, grounds, and animal welfare environments and may require frequent standing, sitting, walking, bending, equipment operation, vehicle operation, outdoor work, and occasional lifting up to 75 pounds.

The role may involve frequent outdoor work in varying weather conditions, including heat, cold, rain, or snow. Work may also involve exposure to animal odors, animal waste, moderate noise, zoonotic diseases, disinfectant solutions, cleaning smells, and the possibility of bites or scratches while following established safety procedures.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

As a Facilities Technician, your work helps keep ARL locations safe, functional, and ready to support animals, staff, volunteers, and the community. From repairs and maintenance to safety and operational support, your work plays an important role in keeping the ARL running every day.

If you are dependable, hands-on, and take pride in practical work that supports a meaningful mission, we would love to have you join our team.

Employment in this position is at-will, meaning either the employee or the ARL may end the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause or notice, as permitted by law.

The Animal Rescue League of Iowa is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state law. Applicants and employees are encouraged to discuss potential accommodations as needed.