Posted: August 1st, 2024

We are seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented Facility Maintenance and Groundskeeper to join our team. As a Facility Maintenance Worker, you will be responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of our facilities, ensuring a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for our customers and employees. This is an exciting opportunity for individuals who enjoy working outdoors and have a passion for maintaining grounds to their highest standard.

Responsibilities

Work Schedule: Monday – Thursday 7-3 or as discussed with the Pastor

– Monday and Thursday

– Pull all garbage and recycling

– Clean Parish Hall floors

– sweep/mop kitchen

– Parish Ministry Center

-Empty garbage and recycling

-Any heavy lifting or moving of items

– Entire Campus

-Check for bee’s nest and spray if need

-Paint

-Wash windows

-Power wash different areas of the campus as needed

-Other duties as needed (i.e. hang pictures, clocks, move furniture, etc.)

– Work with snow plow company and office

– Moves boxes and supplies when delivered

– Assists with flowerbed cleanup night

– Sprays campus for weeds including parking lots and sidewalks

– Parish Hall

-Set up Parish Hall for various events (Funerals, Youth Breakfasts, Saturday Night Suppers, K of C

Dinners, St. James Day Celebration, Faith Formation Events including Christmas Pageant, etc.)

– Moves tables and chairs

– Coordinates with Knights for Fish Fry

– Clean floors – weekly or bi-weekly as needed

– Sweep/Mop Kitchen – weekly or bi-weekly as needed

– Take out trash/recycle

– Church

-Set up for Funerals: remove floor insert near the altar, set up Baptismal candle

-Set up for Good Friday (and other special Liturgical seasons)

– Mop basement floors in the event that it floods

– Check font daily for chemicals, clean as needed

– Cemetery

– Cut grass weekly

– Weed whack weekly

– Empty trash weekly

– Clean and maintain cemetery building and equipment inside

– Spring and fall clean-up

– Assist Office Manager/Office Assistant as needed with plot sales, burials, headstone placement and foundations

– Acts as Sexton

– Member of Cemetery Board

– Back Field

-Mows field every two weeks or as required in the summer

-Mows around the volleyball court every two weeks or as needed

– Move picnic tables as needed for Knights

– Rectory

-Cut grass weekly

-Trim/cut bushes as needed

– Weed whack weekly

– maintain fence, repairing/replacing boards as needed

-Any other work requested by the residential Pastor

– General minor repairs

-minor repairs (plumbing, electrical, etc.) in the Church, PMC, and Rectory.

-General purchases

-Buys maintenance, kitchen, and office supplies as needed.

– Vendors

– Works with vendors for maintenance of the building

– Furnace, Boiler, HVAC, Fire Supression, Kitchen Appliances, Doors, etc.

– Parish Education Center

– waxes floors in chapel bathrooms

– cleans bathrooms as needed to assist housekeeper

– takes care of trash, assists housekeeper in classrooms as needed during Faith Formation and special events

*Note: Covers for Housekeeper as needed

Requirements

– Must hold valid Driver’s License, a clean driving record and have dependable transportation

– Proven experience in grounds maintenance or a related field.
– Strong mechanical knowledge and the ability to perform routine maintenance tasks.
– Excellent customer service skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with others.
– Physical stamina to perform physically demanding tasks in a fast-paced environment.
– Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
– A commitment to upholding a high level of professionalism and attention to detail.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $20.00 per hour

Expected hours: 32 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift

Experience:

• Maintenance: 3 years (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Driver’s License (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Montague, MI 49437 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Montague, MI 49437: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person