Maintenance Associate | Asociado(a) de mantenimiento

Maintenance Associate

Evening Shift: 4:00 PM – 12:00 AM

Full-time, Nonexempt, $25.85/hour

Two positions available

About The Frick Collection

Internationally recognized as a premier museum and research center, the Frick is known for its distinguished Old Master paintings and outstanding examples of European sculpture and decorative arts.

The collection originated with Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919), who bequeathed his home, paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts to the public for their enjoyment. The institution's holdings—which encompass masterworks from the Renaissance through the nineteenth century—have grown over the decades, more than doubling in size since the opening of the museum in 1935. A critical component of the institution is the Frick Art Research Library, founded in 1920 by Helen Clay Frick, daughter of the museum's founder. Recognized as one of the world's top art history research centers, it has served students, scholars, and members of the public free of charge for generations.

The Frick has undergone a comprehensive renovation and was open in a temporary home, Frick Madison, from 2020 through early 2024, while renovations were underway at the mansion on 70th Street. In addition to special exhibition galleries and education spaces, we have added enhanced visitor amenities and accessible spaces. The museum and Art Research Library reopened to the public in April 2025.

We pride ourselves on promoting an open and welcoming workplace culture that supports work-life balance. The Frick strives to provide our employees with competitive salaries and exceptional benefits in a beautiful and pleasant work setting, while offering an excellent opportunity to appreciate some of the world's finest works of art.

The Frick Collection provides equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to personal characteristics such as race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, marital and civil partnership/union status, alienage or citizenship status, creed, genetic predisposition or carrier status, unemployment status, familial status, domestic violence, sexual violence or stalking victim status, caregiver status, or other characteristics protected by law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Position Summary

• Maintenance Associates at The Frick Collection are responsible for cleaning all offices, restrooms, public areas, galleries, as well as the employee break and dining spaces.
• Maintenance Associates assist with set-up/tear down for special events of all kinds: staff events, small luncheons, private corporate events, and fundraising events.
• Maintenance Associates are also responsible for maintaining the property surrounding the building by cleaning sidewalks, including gum and snow removal.
• Maintenance Associates also work to ready and maintain museum galleries for installation of artwork and for the visiting public. As such, duties include: careful dusting and cleaning of historic surfaces and finishes, including, but not limited to marble, limestone, carved wood, decorative painted walls, ornate ironwork, display cases. Cleaning of interior and exterior windows, requiring opening of windows with 100+-year-old hardware, cleaning walls/ceilings.

Requirements

The education and/or experience requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and ability required to successfully perform the essential duties of this position.

High School diploma or GED. Two years professional cleaning experience. Must be able to use all cleaning equipment: vacuums, mops, brooms. Sensitivity to working near/around sensitive materials including gilded elements, fabric-covered walls, ornate draperies, and, most importantly, invaluable works of art.

Physical Requirements

The candidate must be able to perform the essential functions of the position and, if requested, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job, absent undue hardship.

• Physical requirements are comparable to most office roles in addition to the ability to physically maintain and clean the facility.
• Ability to interact in-person with colleagues, vendors, and visitors.
• Use common office tools and machines (computer, phone).
• Ability to traverse throughout the office, building(s) and gardens both in and out-of-doors and visit different levels of the building. Ability to perform physical labor on a daily basis in all weather conditions (year-round).
• Ability to reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and regularly lift and/or move 40 lbs. with proper tools to care for and clean floors and other surfaces that are low to the ground. Ability to climb ladders and/or use lifts to clean walls and ceilings.
• Ability to transport and operate cleaning equipment, including but not limited to: trash and recycling containers, hoses, brooms, mops, buckets, snow blowers and shovels.

Work Hours and Compensation

The Frick's regular workweek for Operations staff is Mondays- Sundays.

Maintenance Associate are generally scheduled to work 40 hours per week; shifts vary but are expected to be 8 hours/day 5 days/week.

Hours worked in excess of 40 per workweek are paid at time-and-one-half.

The base annual salary for this position is $48,660; the hourly rate is $23.50; a 10% differential is applied to the hourly rate for hours worked on evening and overnight shifts, bringing the total hourly rate for evening/overnight shifts to $25.85.

Maintenance/Custodial staff, and others in Operations, are relied upon to support readying the galleries for art installation, opening for the public, and special events, therefore work shifts may be scheduled outside of regular business hours and on weekends.

Benefits of Employment at The Frick Collection

Paid Holidays: All full-time employees are eligible for 14 paid holidays (all federal holidays including Juneteenth, and Election Day), including four floating holidays; two may be used in the first half of the calendar year, two may be used in the second half of the calendar year.

Sick and Vacation Time: Eligible full-time employees accrue up to 12 sick and 15 vacation days their first year of employment. In subsequent years, eligible full-time employees accrue up to 12 sick days and 25 vacation days per year.

Family Leave: We provide all eligible employees with paid bereavement leave and paid family leave, and we adhere to federal family leave laws.

Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance: All eligible full-time employees and their eligible dependents may enroll in employer-sponsored benefit plans. Employees contribute to the cost of health insurance based on income level and type of coverage selected.

Retirement: The Frick supports all employees in planning for retirement. The Frick provides all eligible employees with a defined benefit pension plan, the value of which is equivalent to an additional 12% in compensation. Employees may also choose to make additional contributions to the Frick's Tax Deferred Savings Plan (403(b)).

Short- and Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance: The Frick covers the entire cost of these benefits for all eligible full-time employees. The life insurance benefit is up to three times the employee's annual salary.

Wellness Programs: The Frick offers an Employee Assistance Plan, a discount on Citi Bike memberships, and a discount on bike helmets.

Meal Discount: When employees are working on-site, they may access a discount on food pickup or delivery through Seamless/Grubhub.

Additional Benefits: The Frick also offers eligible employees additional benefits including transit discounts and flexible spending accounts for medical expenses, dependent care, and commuting costs. All employees may access a discount on Museum Shop purchases and in our coffee bar.

Application Process

Apply here or send resume and cover letter to:

Custodial Manager

The Frick Collection

1 East 70th Street

New York, NY 10021

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