Job Description
The Pool and Facilities Technician is a key member of the Parks, Recreation and Tourism aquatic team, responsible for maintaining and repairing indoor and outdoor aquatic systems. This role ensures safe, efficient operations and full compliance with health and safety regulations while supporting maintenance needs across other City facilities.
In this role, the Facilities Maintenance Technician works with pumps, motors, filtration systems, and chemical feeders, performing inspections, preventive maintenance, and repairs to keep facilities operating at peak performance and in compliance with Virginia Department of Health standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide excellent customer service by responding to service requests and supporting the City's Customer Service Initiative.
- Perform routine water testing, adjust chemical feeders, and safely handle chemicals to maintain proper water balance and compliance with Virginia Department of Health standards.
- Inspect, diagnose, troubleshoot, and repair aquatic systems and equipment, including pumps, motors, filters, heaters, and chemical feed systems; perform preventive maintenance and routine cleaning tasks such as backwashing, vacuuming, and debris removal.
- Identify maintenance needs and complete general repairs across facilities, including painting, carpentry, minor electrical work, and upkeep of decks, fencing, signage, and amenities.
- Coordinate with vendors, contractors, and internal staff; process requisitions and quotes; and inspect completed work for quality and compliance.
- Estimate, order, and maintain inventory of materials, supplies, tools, and equipment; provide technical input and assist with interpreting plans and drawings.
- Maintain accurate records of water testing, chemical usage, maintenance activities, and compliance; complete basic administrative tasks including data entry and reporting.
- Respond to safety hazards, incidents, emergencies, and inclement weather events while following proper safety, chemical handling, storage, and PPE protocols.
- Support maintenance of parks and other City facilities, including grounds, playgrounds, trails, shelters, restrooms, locker rooms, and bathhouses; assist with trash and debris removal.
- Assist with setup and breakdown of recreational programs and citywide special events.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Why Join Us?
- Meaningful work supporting community recreation and aquatics programs
- Stable, full-time City employment
- Comprehensive benefits including health, retirement (VRS), and paid leave
- Collaborative, team-focused, service-driven environment
- Hands-on role with variety, responsibility, and real community impact
The City of Chesapeake offers an exceptional range of benefits. Please browse our Benefits Brochure, for a full list of benefits and employee perks.
The Pool and Facilities Technician is a key member of the Parks, Recreation and Tourism aquatic team, responsible for maintaining and repairing indoor and outdoor aquatic systems. This role ensures safe, efficient operations and full compliance with health and safety regulations while supporting maintenance needs across other City facilities.
In this role, the Facilities Maintenance Technician works with pumps, motors, filtration systems, and chemical feeders, performing inspections, preventive maintenance, and repairs to keep facilities operating at peak performance and in compliance with Virginia Department of Health standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide excellent customer service by responding to service requests and supporting the City's Customer Service Initiative.
- Perform routine water testing, adjust chemical feeders, and safely handle chemicals to maintain proper water balance and compliance with Virginia Department of Health standards.
- Inspect, diagnose, troubleshoot, and repair aquatic systems and equipment, including pumps, motors, filters, heaters, and chemical feed systems; perform preventive maintenance and routine cleaning tasks such as backwashing, vacuuming, and debris removal.
- Identify maintenance needs and complete general repairs across facilities, including painting, carpentry, minor electrical work, and upkeep of decks, fencing, signage, and amenities.
- Coordinate with vendors, contractors, and internal staff; process requisitions and quotes; and inspect completed work for quality and compliance.
- Estimate, order, and maintain inventory of materials, supplies, tools, and equipment; provide technical input and assist with interpreting plans and drawings.
- Maintain accurate records of water testing, chemical usage, maintenance activities, and compliance; complete basic administrative tasks including data entry and reporting.
- Respond to safety hazards, incidents, emergencies, and inclement weather events while following proper safety, chemical handling, storage, and PPE protocols.
- Support maintenance of parks and other City facilities, including grounds, playgrounds, trails, shelters, restrooms, locker rooms, and bathhouses; assist with trash and debris removal.
- Assist with setup and breakdown of recreational programs and citywide special events.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Why Join Us?
- Meaningful work supporting community recreation and aquatics programs
- Stable, full-time City employment
- Comprehensive benefits including health, retirement (VRS), and paid leave
- Collaborative, team-focused, service-driven environment
- Hands-on role with variety, responsibility, and real community impact
The City of Chesapeake offers an exceptional range of benefits. Please browse our Benefits Brochure, for a full list of benefits and employee perks.
About City of Chesapeake
Chesapeake, Virginia is a vibrant community that enjoys the best of two worlds, one of urban variety, culture, and excitement, and another of rural landscapes and relaxed living.
Located 20 minutes from the oceanfront, 15 minutes from downtown Norfolk, and 45 minutes from Colonial Williamsburg and the Outer Banks of North Carolina, Chesapeake is the perfect place in which to live, work, and raise a family.
Home to beautiful parks, lakes, and rivers, Chesapeake has more miles of deepwater canals (part of the Intracoastal Waterway) than any other city in the country!
The City of Chesapeake was formed through the merger of the City of South Norfolk and Norfolk County in 1963. It’s a community of communities, with each having its own distinctive history.
Over the last decade, many national and international companies have taken advantage of the City’s ports, atmosphere, and highly qualified labor market by relocating to Chesapeake.
Chesapeake’s neighborhoods offer a variety of comfortable housing alternatives, from apartments and town homes, to single-family residences and executive homes. The City is consistently ranked by the FBI as one of the safest U.S. cities (with populations over 150,000), which lends to the safe, community atmosphere that residents enjoy.