ASSOCIATION MAINTENANCE

Salary Range: $40,000 to $55,000, FLSA EXEMPT

Job Description

At the YMCA of South Alabama, serving four branches within two counties, we are dedicated to strengthening community through youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. Our network of fitness facilities, aquatic centers, and programs creates safe, welcoming spaces where individuals and families can grow, connect, and thrive. Under the direction of the Vice President of Operations, the Maintenance and Facilities Director serves as a key leader and technical expert across multiple centers, ensuring our facilities consistently reflect the high standards and positive experiences our members expect. This role blends advanced hands-on expertise with strategic leadership—driving operational excellence, developing internal maintenance talent, and reducing reliance on external vendors—while overseeing facility systems to ensure reliability, safety, and long-term sustainability.  

Essential Functions

• Effectively communicates and collaborates with the branch Executive Director and/or VP of Operations to determine project priority, timelines, risk mitigation, and member/camper experience.
• Focuses on high-impact and complex work, ensuring routine maintenance tasks are performed.
• Drives consistency in maintenance standards and operational practices across all assigned centers, including aquatics facilities.
• Performs advanced and specialized maintenance work as needed, focusing on complex systems, troubleshooting, and support of field technicians, including but not limited to plumbing, electricals, carpentry, painting, HVAC, pumps.
• Diagnoses and resolves high-level or recurring issues.
• Performs in-house repairs whenever feasible to reduce vendor reliance.
• Supports emergency repairs and critical facility issues.
• Coordinates and reallocates maintenance resources across centers based on priority, workload, and operational needs.
• Purchases equipment and supplies within assigned budgets/forecasts and maintains appropriate records and inventory.
• Monitors expenditures to ensure compliance with budget.
• Regularly advises on maintenance, custodial issues and projects, adjusting schedules and plans as needed to meet priorities.
• Organizes and maintains all office and work areas in neat, safe, and clean manner.
• Completes all the required tasks in a timely manner and maintains records in accordance with regulatory agencies and YMCA policies and procedures.
• Plans and coordinates all new projects assigned to include scheduling, material acquisition, and resource allocation.
   

Operations/Team Leadership

• Ensures adherence to all YMCA policies and procedures regarding the safety, health and welfare of members, program participants, guests and staff.
• Attends and completes all training and certifications assigned by supervisor.
• Attends and actively participates in all meetings, workshops, conferences as assigned by supervisor.

Safety and Risk Management

• Adhere to all Federal, State, and local safety regulations, as well as all YMCA policies and procedures related to the safety, health, and welfare of members, participants, guests, and staff.
• Adhere to all training requirements and ensures proper reporting of all incidents/accidents according to risk management procedures.
• Maintain an emphasis on safety in all areas of responsibility as they relate to members and staff.
• Adhere to job specific abuse risk management responsibilities such as ensuring unused rooms and closets remain locked; routinely monitor high-risk locations (locker-rooms and bathrooms), etc.
• Contribute to creating and maintaining a safe, positive, and respectful environment for members, guests, and staff.
• Promptly report any suspicious or inappropriate behavior, as well as policy violations, following established association procedures.

Abuse Risk Management language:

Employees and volunteers who directly supervise consumers will:

• Adhere to policies related to boundaries with consumers.
• Attend required abuse risk management training.
• Adhere to procedures related to managing high-risk activities and supervising consumers.
• Report suspicious or inappropriate behaviors and policy violations.
• Follow mandated abuse reporting requirements.

Employees and volunteers who do not directly supervise consumers will:

• Adhere to policies related to boundaries with consumers.
• Attend required abuse risk management training.
• Report suspicious and inappropriate behaviors and policy violations.
• Follow mandated abuse reporting requirements.
• Adhere to job specific abuse risk management responsibilities.
  • Maintenance employees and volunteers—ensure unused rooms and closets remain locked; routinely monitor high-risk locations (locker-rooms and bathrooms), etc.
  • Front desk personnel—ensure consumers are properly signed in and signed out,ensures only authorized adults are allowed in the facility, etc.

Qualifications

• High School/GED diploma required.
• Associate’s degree or greater, preferred.
• Trade School (plumbing, electrical, HVAC, etc.) preferred.
• Three or more years’ experience in facility management or closely related field.
• Ability to work well with all levels of management.
• Working knowledge of standard practices and tools of HVAC, mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems, carpentry and other maintenance related areas and ability to perform those functions.
• Pool operator license (CPO) required or obtained in first 90 days.
• Ability to organize work efficiently and apply technical principles to solve practical problems in a timely manner.
• Works well under pressure, communicates well with others and provides courteous service.
• Ability to respond to safety and emergency situations, as well as diagnose, troubleshoot and locate defects in a wide variety of equipment.
• Responds to supervisory communication within a 24-hour business day.
• CDL preferred or willingness to obtain.
• Ability to travel throughout the association as needed. 

Certifications/Trainings Required:

• Must obtain within 30 days of employment and then maintain current certifications in CPR, AED, First Aid, and Oxygen Administration.

Salary : $40,000 - $55,000