Knott's Berry Farm

Overview: The Ride Electrician performs inspections, maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, and annual rehabilitation of a variety of different amusement rides and attractions. Areas of responsibility include (but are not limited to) maintenance of: AC & DC motors, soft starts, PLC's, sensors, switches, and dealing with voltages up to 480V. This position also assists Ride Maintenance Technicians as required. Climbing and working safely at heights is an essential part of this job. Hourly Pay Rate: $32.22/hr. - $40.43/hr. The base pay rate offered is based on job-related experience, knowledge and skills. Responsibilities: Installs, maintains, troubleshoots, rebuilds and inspects ride electrical systems and components for proper operation according to Knott's Berry Farm standards and policies. Assists in troubleshooting and maintaining mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic systems. Inspects and evaluates rides for proper function, detects and investigates any malfunctions or irregularities and notifies supervisor of any safety concerns. Troubleshoots, diagnoses and repairs malfunctions using electrical schematic charts, computers, programmable logic controllers, test equipment and meters. Responsible for completing required documentation on check-outs, preventive maintenance, updates/changes, etc. Receives and reviews various records and reports including ride manuals and updates, ride electrical programs and diagrams, technical manuals, computer manuals, operating schedules, check-out sheets, work orders, vehicle maintenance check sheets, operational downtime sheets, material safety data sheets, etc. Ensures rides are maintained according to manufacturers and Knott's Berry Farm guidelines to ensure the safety of ride operation and guests. Responsible for preventive and corrective maintenance for individual or groups of attractions rides and other equipment typically utilized in theme park attractions including but not limited to: troubleshooting and repair of mechanical systems, animation and special effects. Respond to downtime, repair and ride recovery issues. Diagnose system failures and provide immediate and long-term correction action. Researches defective mechanically-controlled items/parts and instructional information to complete the repair process when needed. Systems may include relay logic, PLC logic or a combination of both. Mostly Rockwell, but some Siemens and others. Troubleshoot by referring to technical manuals and technical library while utilizing a systematic approach. Ability to troubleshoot and work with 480V 3 phase motor control systems, including autotransformer, AC frequency, DC and soft starts Input in log books: completion of inspections, corrective action and/or repairs made, and lists applicable parts used. Support Ride Maintenance Technicians on repairs to rides, vehicles and/or show equipment. Consistently practice safe work habits including, but not limited to the use of personal protective equipment, safe lifting practices and reporting of unsafe situations. Keep all records up to date and current in an accessible, organized fashion. (i.e. logbooks, inspection forms, etc.) Clean maintenance shops, including but not limited to stations, equipment, and tools. Qualifications: Education High School diploma/GED Some College, Electronics, control systems, electrical or related field Experience Five (5) or more years combined educational and work experience in troubleshooting and repair of complex electro-mechanical systems as well as hydraulic and pneumatic systems required. Minimum Age At Least 18 years or over Qualifications Working knowledge of the proper utilization and care of hand and power tools and maintenance equipment. Experience with logic systems including relay and (plc) programmable logic control. Experience with drives, including AC frequency and DC drives. Ability to work cooperatively with others in a fast paced and sometimes stressful environment. Ability to read/write, comprehend instructions and communicate in English. Ability to work safely and effectively while elevated on ladders, platforms, or other structures at heights up to 320 feet above ground. Ability to work nights, weekends and holiday periods to meet business needs. Ability to pass a mandatory (or random) drug test, per Company policy, unless prohibited by state or provincial law. Ability to pass a background check, which may include, but is not limited to, credit, criminal, DMV, previous employment, education and personal references, per Company policy, unless prohibited by federal, state, or provincial law.

Overview: Inspect, install, repair, and maintain all the ride electrical and communications systems and equipment. This includes but not limited: wiring, electrical fixtures, electric motors, motor controls, variable frequency drives, soft starters, programmable logic controllers, sensors, pumps, lighting, generators and all levels of electrical distribution, transformers, and inverters. Work from ladders, scaffolds, and man lifts to install, maintain or repair electrical wiring, equipment, and fixtures. Salary Details: $32.22 / hr - $41.48 / hr, based on experience Responsibilities: Able to read and work with Ladder Logic, blueprints and various types of schematics. Participates in the daily inspection and compilation of amusement rides including electrical PM's and Work Orders. Responds to service calls in a prompt and professional matter. Communicates issues and repairs made with Ride Maintenance Supervision and/or Ride Operations. Updates progress at regular intervals. Diagnose malfunctioning systems, apparatus, and components, using test equipment and hand tools, to locate the cause of a breakdown and repair/correct the problem. Repair or replace wiring, equipment, and fixtures, using hand tools and power tools. Work safely and effectively while elevated on ladders, platforms, man lifts, or other structures at heights up to 300 feet above the ground or in confined spaces. Maintains adequate records of repairs or work completed in logbooks and/or electronically through Computerized Maintenance Management Software. Provides technical assistance in the inspection, maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of rides as necessary. Thorough understanding of building codes, California Electrical Code, National Electrical Code NEC, and related electrical and control standards (NFPA 70) etc. Remains flexible with rotating schedule and overtime when needed. Provides assistance with Facility Maintenance and other departments as needed. Qualifications: Associate's degree / vocational or technical school degree At least 2-4 years of relevant work experience Solid grasp of the fundamental principles of electronics, including Ohm's Law, basic AC and DC circuit analysis, basic digital logic, and extensive knowledge of common electronic components and their uses. Extensive operational knowledge of various lighting consoles including ETC and High-End Systems. Expertise of operation in theatrical lighting equipment and up to date knowledge of current lighting trends, controllers, styles and equipment. Extensive ability to read and understand a variety of technical documentation including manuals, schematic diagrams, drawings, labels, color codes, etc. Ability to effectively troubleshoot electronic circuits down to the component level & complex systems while managing multiple tasks and priorities. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Overview: Performs, installs, repairs and maintenance to a variety of equipment including: refrigeration, air conditioning, electric motors, heating units, heat pumps, hermetic compressors, furnaces, burners, intake and exhaust fans, economizers, humidifiers, capacity controls, semi-hermetic compressors, split systems, flame safeguard controls, air compressors, air driers, and packaged units. Salary Details: $32.22 - $41.48 / hr, based on experience. Responsibilities: Repairs and maintains ice machines and ice-making equipment. Assists in the maintenance of various other equipment, such as food preparation equipment; on an as-needed or as-assigned basis. HVAC Technician must be able to install, repair, adjust, maintain, retrofit and troubleshoot refrigerant controls, compressors, heat pumps, split systems, ductless splits, packaged units, electric motors, motor controls, commercial furnaces and related controls, water pumps, exhaust fans, unit heaters, economizers, humidifiers, capacity controls, sizes of air compressors and air dryers and related accessories and controls, chillers, (reciprocating, screw and centrifugal), cooling towers, automation control systems and all types of glycol systems. Maintains accurate and up-to-date records of all work performed. Maintains all required EPA documentation and follows all EPA and AQMD rules when working with refrigerants, oils, and other regulated chemicals. Repairs and maintains various types of walk-in and reach-in coolers and freezers throughout the facility. Qualifications: This position requires the following education and experience, or an equivalent combination of both: Education Associates degree/ vocational or technical school Field of study: Refrigeration or HVAC Experience 4-6 Years' Work-related experience required Qualifications: At least 4 years' experience with the repair and maintenance of commercial air conditioning or refrigeration systems. Demonstrable familiarity with EPA refrigeration regulations and requirements. EPA universal refrigerant license needed. Documented experience with a variety of different refrigerants and equipment, including experience with both chilled-water and direct-expansion systems. Knowledge of building and structural ventilation systems. Fully understand and mastered the refrigeration cycles to include: identifying components in advanced refrigeration circuits, understanding how each component works, diagnosing and correcting problems in the refrigeration circuit, using manifold gauge set, pressure/temperature chart and temperature measuring devices for routine maintenance and to troubleshoot. Understands refrigeration recovery, evacuation and charging, understands the installation and sizing of refrigerant piping. Fully understands and has mastered the fundamentals of temperature and humidity measurement and control in air conditioning units. Understands the process of treating air so as to simultaneously control its temperature, humidity, cleanliness and distribution. Ability to use a psychometric chart to determine the results of mixing air having various properties. Proven experience in all types of HVAC systems and how each component within the system operates in conjunction with the other components and how that impacts the overall operations of the system. These systems include but are not limited to air cooled, water cooled, hot water systems, chilled water systems, VAV systems, steam heating systems and building-automation control systems. License, Certification or Other CA Driver's License EPA 608 certification for handling and evacuating refrigerants

Overview: Supervises and coordinates the departments activities in maintaining and repairing mechanical parts of pumps, cranes, compressors, automobiles, trucks, tractors, and similar equipment used in construction and maintenance. Inspects defective equipment in shop or field to determine extent of wear or damage to direct repairs. Supervises and coordinates activities of employees engaged in production machining and repair of metallic or nonmetallic workpieces, applying knowledge of machine shop procedures, machine tool setup, welding, operating techniques, and production machining methods. Salary Details: $70,304 - $80,000 / yr based on overall experience Responsibilities: Extensive knowledge of applicable laws, codes, standards, and industry practices relating to Machine Shop and Automotive maintenance and Plumbing trade work. Understand and operate according to State & Federal regulations, Company policy/procedures, and all safety requirements. Remain compliant with all health and safety rules and regulations applicable to the company. Responsible for planned schedule creation and overseeing the adherence and timely completion of work carried out. Increase the site operational effectiveness, improve on project delivery, mean time between failure and down time reduction, and manage and implement improvement plans, driving key performance ensuring that project schedules, deadlines, health, safety and environmental requirements are adhered to. Manage, plan, control and organize the planned preventive and corrective mechanical maintenance on all of the fleet and other equipment in order to maximize their lifespan and ensure safety. This involves monitoring the performance of mechanical machinery ensuring remedial work is undertaken to prevent failure/loss of the facilities and equipment. Monitor the production of jobs and allocate the work on a daily basis to the mechanical technicians, monitoring progress and inspecting completed work to ensure the required standards are achieved. Asses the needs for stocking critical spare parts for continuous production on all critical components. Assess the need of consumables and PPE to support repair efforts. Complete and maintain accurate, timely documentation and records as required. Maintain departments operating expenses within approved budgets. Ensure that resources are used for optimum effect. Provide technical and organizational leadership to departments. Motivate and coordinate department employees and handle any disciplinary issues that arise. Manage the introduction and purchase of new machinery, plant and equipment from specifications, to managing suppliers through to full installation in collaboration with all relevant work orders. Coordinate with the Purchasing Department the process of disposal of obsolete machinery, plant and equipment from gaining agreement to write off to physically removing it and its safe and lawful disposal. Manage the application of and supervision of machine shop theories and procedures, shop mathematics, machinability of materials, and layout techniques: Studies blueprints, sketches, drawings, manuals, specifications, or sample parts to determine dimensions and tolerances of finished workpiece, sequence of operations, and setup requirements. Qualifications: Associate's degree / vocational or technical school degree, emphasis in Mechanical/Automotive/HVAC/Welding/Plumbing is required. Preferred focus in Mechanical and/or Structural Trades. Certifications in Mechanical and/or Plumbing Trades preferred. At least 10+ years of prior, work related job experience. Requires independent decision making, nonstandard problem solving, troubleshooting, planning, organizing and the supervision of Machine Shop, Automotive and Plumbing trades. Thorough background in reading, modifying, or correcting blueprints, sketches, and drawings. Must fully comprehend manuals, specifications, or sample parts to determine dimensions and tolerances of finished work pieces, sequence of operations, and/or setup requirements. Must be able to manage and verify employee techniques and work in same. Must be detail oriented to guide and instruct employees in trouble shooting and finding causes of mechanical, plumbing and electronic malfunctions.

Overview: Executes the daily operation, ongoing maintenance, installation and annual projects assigned for the Utilities Plumbing Department. Responsible for installing, repairing and maintaining pipes, fixtures and other plumbing used for water distribution and wastewater disposal in amusement and water parks. Maintains boilers, bathrooms, sinks, kitchen equipment, drains, lift stations, grease traps, and other related equipment as required to support a large amusement facility. Maintains Fire Systems and performs minor repairs. Responsibilities and requirements may vary by location. Salary Details: $32.22 / hr Responsibilities: Audibly inspect plumbing devices while in operation to detect gas flow, water flow, proper operation, or any physical deviation and/or abnormality. Service stand-by parts and equipment to be utilized when needed. Perform routine preventative maintenance on plumbing fixtures and systems. Dismantles devices to gain access, remove, repair and replace defective parts. Installs, repairs, and maintains plumbing, systems supports and hangers for pipe, fixtures and equipment. Performs preventative maintenance (planned internal inspections) on water rides and plumber installations, as well as preventative maintenance on plumbing equipment and machinery, based on manufacturer and park standards. Tests and observes pressure gauges for leaks to repair if needed. Reads blueprints and drawings to determine exact specifications and where plumbing systems exist and will be installed. Ensure use of materials needed for installation, including type and size of pipe. Assembles pipe sections, tubing and fittings, using couplings, clamps, screws, bolts, cement, plastic solvent, caulking, or soldering, brazing, and welding equipment. Locates and repair issues with water supply lines; unclogs drains safely and without causing damage to company property. Ensures that all installations, repairs, and maintenance are properly sized, aligned, supported, and at specified grade by AWWA standard and meets all standards of health, building and safety guidelines, and codes. Qualifications: High school graduate or equivalent. Related degree or vocational training preferred. 7 years minimum experience in commercial plumbing and boiler systems Must be familiar with or know how to obtain information from the National Uniform Plumbing Code Must be able to use or learn to use small tools: pipe threader, soldering torches, jackhammer, gas leak locater, pipe wrenches, channel locks, hammer, sawzall, various drain snakes, and others as the need arises. Good written and oral communication skills. Ability to pass a mandatory (or random) drug test, per Company policy, unless prohibited by state or provincial law. Ability to pass a background check, if 18 years of age or older, which may include, but is not limited to, credit, criminal, DMV, previous employment, education and personal references, per Company policy, unless prohibited by federal, state, or provincial law. Must have and maintain a current driver's license, both for use on the Farm and off the Farm. Prefer D1 distribution certification.

Overview: Lay out, fit, and fabricate metal components to make and assemble structural forms, such as machinery frames, bridge parts, and pressure vessels, using knowledge of machining and welding techniques, metallurgy, and engineering requirements. Includes prototype work, welding and analyzing engineering drawings and specifications to plan welding operations. To perform journeyman level welding, machining, and fabrication of metals and special alloys to maintain, repair, design, and modify rides, vehicles and construction related items; and to construct specialized devices, parts and structures as requested. Salary Details: $28.64 / hr - $37.24 / hr Responsibilities: Machinist duties include setting up and operating conventional, special-purpose and numerical control (NC) machines and machining centers. Fabricate metallic and nonmetallic parts and fitting/assembling machined parts into complete projects, parts or units. Applying knowledge of machine shop theory and procedures, shop mathematics, machinability of materials, and layout techniques: Studies blueprints, sketches, drawings, manuals, specifications, or sample part to determine dimensions and tolerances of finished work piece, sequence of operations, and setup requirements. Measures, marks, and scribes' dimensions and reference points on material or work piece as guides for subsequent machining. Selects, aligns, and secures holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, and materials on machines, such as mills, lathes, jig borers, grinders, and shapers. Calculates and sets controls to regulate machining factors, such as speed, feed, coolant flow, and depth and angle of cut, or enters commands to retrieve, input, or edit computerized machine control media. Starts and observes machine operation to detect malfunctions or out-of-tolerance machining and adjusts machine controls or control media as required. Verifies conformance of finished work piece to specifications, using precision measuring instruments. Sets up and operates machine on trial run to verify accuracy of machine settings or programmed control data. Fits and assembles parts into complete assembly, using jigs, fixtures, surface plate, surface table, hand tools, and power tools. Verifies dimensions and alignment of assembly, using measuring instruments, such as micrometers, height gauges, and gauge blocks. May install machined replacement parts in mechanisms, machines, and equipment, and test operation of unit to ensure functionality and performance. Welding duties include setting up and operating acetylene and/or electric arc welding equipment to weld metal parts, according to work order, blueprints, layout, and operating charts. Clamping work pieces into position at work area in field or fixed job site. Selecting welding equipment, torch tip, filler wire, and flux, according to charts or thickness and type of metal used. Connecting hoses from torch to regulator valves and cylinders of oxygen and fuel gas or adjusting controls/voltage on electric arc welding as required. Turning regulator valves to start flow of gases, lights torch and adjusts gas mixture and pressure to obtain flame of desired size and color. Starting machines, observing welding action, and examines weld for defects. Visually examines welds for adherence to specifications. May grind welded surfaces for penetrating test. Adjusts machine setup to vary bead size and other weld characteristics, as job requires. May record setup and operating data. May re-weld defective joint as non-destructive test dictates. May lay out, fit, and tack-weld work pieces together. May remove surplus flux, slag, and splatter, using wire brush, portable grinder, and hand scraper. Responsible for using Stick, Mig, Tig, and Flux Core welding techniques to weld various components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions. Performing any combination of duties to assist workers in welding, brazing, and thermal and arc cutting activities. Maintains cleanliness and safety in assigned work area and performs all duties in compliance with Six Flags Safety guidelines and requirements and reports all unsafe or unusual conditions to supervision. Qualifications: Requires a minimum of 4-6 years of experience in machining and welding operations, along with a current AWS D1.1 Certified Welder certification. Possess strong knowledge of machinist and welding trade practices, including the properties and applications of various metals and alloys, and be proficient in selecting proper welding techniques for different materials and structural requirements. Prior experience operating and maintaining machine tools, metal-forming and metal-removal equipment, and various welding devices to fabricate, fit, assemble, repair, and maintain parts and equipment used in a theme park environment. Must be able to determine proper welding techniques for various alloys; operating and maintaining metal-removing machines, metal forming equipment, machine tools and a variety of welding devices. Lay out, fit, and fabricate metal components to assemble structural forms, such as machinery frames, bridge parts, and pressure vessels, using knowledge of welding techniques, metallurgy, and engineering requirements. Includes analyzing engineering drawings and specifications to plan welding operations where procedural information is required or unavailable. Must be able to read and interpret blueprints, drawings, and specifications to determine dimensions, tolerances, layouts, and work sequences, and perform layout, fitting, and fabrication of metal components such as ride structures, mechanical assemblies, and support systems. This position requires applying knowledge of machine shop theory, shop mathematics, metallurgy, and fabrication techniques to safely execute work, often planning tasks independently when detailed instructions are not available. Ability to perform basic mathematical calculations and effectively communicate in English to follow procedures, complete documentation, and coordinate with team members is essential, with a strong emphasis on safety, precision, and maintaining equipment critical to guest operations.