Maintenance

Position: Maintenance Saint Stephen of Hungary of Skidway Lake Employment type: Part-time Location: Prescott, MI General Description: Maintain all equipment/systems/buildings and keep in good working order (includes light bulbs); maintain lawn/trees/shrubs, parking lot, sidewalk/driveways, and fence. If unable to fix something/professional services are needed or need supplies, inform the office. We have three buildings and a maintenance garage that need to be maintained. This position is ideal for a retired (or other) person who wants to keep active and does not need a consistent number of work hours. NOTE: This is a part-time position (under 18 hours per week) with mostly flexible hours, requiring more hours in the summer/fall and far fewer in the winter/spring. REQUIREMENTS: Reliable and flexible. Able to follow through—or communicate when something prevents follow-through. Able to deal with shifting priorities and adjust accordingly. Willing to take direction, work with others, and able to recognize independently what needs doing. Must have the self-direction to perform regular checks of the interior/exterior of the spaces. Willing and able to initiate and reply to communications in a timely manner. Willing and able to complete and submit time sheets as required. Able to climb ladders and crouch in smaller spaces. Able to use or willing to learn to use general maintenance tools and equipment. Some experience with HVAC and electricity helpful but not required. Experience with wells, septic fields, sump pumps and water softeners helpful but not required. JOB DESCRIPTION: The list below represents the usual work; but additional items/projects might be requested as needs arise. Maintain logs for equipment. Maintenance of Lawn: Mow lawn and ditches, weed whack, rake, trim trees and bushes, use blower to clear grass from sidewalks and parking area. Remove any debris on church grounds. Maintenance of Sidewalks and Hall: In conversation with office during winter, shovel snow from sidewalks and around building exits & salt if needed, notating logs. Does NOT include plowing the parking lot. Maintenance of Mowers: Monitor blades and sharpen if needed or notify office to replace, scrape under mower deck to prevent grass build-up, grease, change oil, filters, belts. Monitor parking lot for weeds: Remove/spray as needed. Repair church fence that borders Mills Township Park if needed. Notify office when gas and supplies are needed. Keep Church Garage in order and clean as needed. Monitor AED, GFI, Exit lights: replace burned-out bulbs or batteries; note in logs. When asked, assist with moving chairs/tables in/to the hall, set up for yearly rummage sale, funerals, etc. Might also be asked to help move rummage sale items from the rectory basement to the hall. Fill salt in water softeners and monitor filters; update logs. Complete repair work as needed. Place Nativity set in front of church at Christmas and place back in garage after Christmas Season (January). Help move items used in Liturgical Environment. Replace furnace filters yearly for church and as needed for hall and gathering space. Check doors & tighten hinges/locks as needed; tighten kneeler screws and replace brackets as needed. Assist with other projects as they arise. Some fencing on the back line is maintained by the Township. Split-rail fencing is the church’s; rounded-boards fencing is the Township’s. Some split-rail fencing has been removed. #J-18808-Ljbffr Diocese of Gaylord