Church Facilities & Maintenance Team Member

Work Schedule: Flexible schedule required, including weekends (Sundays) and occasional evenings/holidays for church events.

Position Summary

The Full-Time Church Facilities & Maintenance Team Member plays a vital role in supporting the ministry of the church by maintaining a clean, safe, fully functional, and welcoming environment across all church facilities and grounds. This role encompasses comprehensive custodial care, preventive maintenance, facility repairs, event logistics, vendor oversight, and security management.

Key Responsibilities

1. Janitorial & Custodial Care

• Execute daily, weekly, and monthly deep cleaning routines for the sanctuary, chapels, fellowship halls, administrative offices, classrooms, nurseries, restrooms, and commercial kitchen areas.
• Perform hard-floor maintenance (sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, stripping, and waxing) and carpet care (vacuuming, spot cleaning, and extraction).
• Sanitize high-touch surfaces, nursery equipment, door handles, and restroom fixtures continuously to maintain a hygienic environment.
• Manage daily trash and recycling removal from all indoor and outdoor receptacles.
• Ensure all restrooms are continuously stocked with paper products, soap, and hand sanitizer.

2. Facilities Maintenance & Upkeep

• Perform routine repair work across facilities, including basic plumbing (fixing leaks, clear clogs, replacing fixtures), electrical (replacing light bulbs/ballasts, outlets, switches), carpentry, and drywall repair/painting.
• Conduct regular preventive maintenance inspections on HVAC units, water heaters, emergency lighting, fire extinguishers, and exit signage.
• Maintain custodial equipment (floor buffers, carpet extractors, vacuums, power tools) to keep them in safe, optimal working order.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for external vendors and contractors (e.g., HVAC technicians, plumbers, electricians, roofing contractors), obtaining quotes and supervising work on major repairs.

3. Event Setup, Logistics & Support

• Review weekly church facility calendars and coordinate room setups for Sunday services, mid-week ministries, Bible studies, weddings, funerals, and community events.
• Set up and tear down tables, chairs, staging, partitions, and audio/visual physical equipment as requested by ministry leaders.
• Provide physical support and prompt cleanup during and after major church-wide events and holiday services (e.g., Easter, Christmas Eve).

4. Groundskeeping & Exterior Maintenance

• Maintain clean exterior entrances, walkways, courtyards, and parking lots, ensuring they are free of litter and debris.
• Perform light landscaping duties (edging, weed removal, sweeping entryways) or oversee contracted landscaping teams.
• Execute seasonal property preparation, including snow and ice removal from walkways, spreading ice-melt, and clearing storm gutters.

5. Safety, Security & Inventory Management

• Manage building opening and closing procedures, ensuring all doors, windows, and perimeter gates are secured, and security systems are armed.
• Maintain an organized inventory of custodial supplies, tools, and repair materials, placing reorders within the designated facility budget.
• Ensure compliance with safety standards, including OSHA regulations, proper chemical storage, and maintaining updated Safety Data Sheets (SDS).

Qualifications & Requirements

• Experience: Minimum of 3–5 years of professional custodial, facilities maintenance, or building operations experience (church or non-profit facility experience preferred).
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in standard trade repairs (basic plumbing, electrical, carpentry, painting) and commercial cleaning equipment.
• Physical Requirements:
• Ability to perform physical labor, including heavy lifting (up to 50–75 lbs), bending, kneeling, reaching, and standing/walking for extended periods.
• Comfortable working at elevated heights using ladders or lifts.
• Interpersonal Skills: Self-motivated, dependable, detail-oriented, and able to work independently as well as collaboratively with staff, ministry leaders, and volunteers.
• Character & Alignment: High level of integrity, respect for the church's mission, values, and statement of faith, and a heart for service within a church community.
• Background Check: Must successfully pass a comprehensive criminal background check and drug screening.

Benefits & Compensation

• Salary: Competitive based on experience.
• Paid Personal Time: 80 hrs. Annually
• Paid Sick Leave: 40 hrs. Annually

Pay: $22.86 - $27.53 per hour

Expected hours: 35.0 – 40.0 per week

Benefits:

• Paid time off

Work Location: In person

Salary : $23 - $28