About this position
Description:
Purpose and Scope
This position provides cleaning and light maintenance for the buildings and grounds at the parish.
Essential Job Functions
- Assures that church buildings are maintained in a clean and orderly manner. Mops and vacuums floors, cleans bathrooms, washes windows, and maintains wood furniture that requires oiling and maintenance.
- Assures that grounds are maintained in a clean and safe manner by mowing, watering and edging lawns, sweeping walkways, weeding, pruning and raking.
- Performs minor maintenance of the rectory, church and office buildings when needed.
- Performs light plumbing, electrical, carpentry and other minor repair work on the facilities as needed.
- Provides other general assistance as needed through setting up the chairs and tables as requested, hauling and moving items, and picking up parts or other equipment as requested by staff.
- Maintains an inventory of supplies needed for maintenance and repairs.
Additional Job Functions
- Performs any job-related tasks necessary for the smooth flow of operations within the parishes.
- Contributes to team effort for a professional environment.
- Maintains and demonstrates a cooperative attitude and effective working relationship with all departments, church groups, employees, volunteers and parishioners.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required
- Ability to safely operate gas or electric powered lawn mowers, edgers, trimmers or other equipment used in landscaping and maintenance.
- Ability to safely operate power tools that may be required to make routine, light maintenance repairs.
- Knowledge of general care requirements for landscaping and maintenance.
- Must be able to perform strenuous tasks and must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.
- Ability to lift, move and use ladders, lifts, scaffolds and other related equipment.
- Knowledge of hazards and safety methods related to maintenance and custodial operations.
- Ability to set priorities and organize work effectively.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Ability to provide own transportation for job-related responsibilities.
- On-call availability for emergencies.
Minimum Qualifications
- Three yrs. work experience in minor repair work in carpentry, painting, electrical & plumbing.
- Successful work experience implementing a comprehensive cleaning plan for a facility, including sweeping, dusting, washing, waxing.
- Successful work experience maintaining grounds, parking lots, etc.