Summary: St. Paul of the Cross Catholic Retreat Center in Pittsburgh’s South Side Slopes is looking for a motivated, enthusiastic person to care for the building and grounds throughout the year.
Responsibilities:
Applies preventative maintenance, inspection, repair, renovation, painting, and minor construction of building, grounds, utilities
Safely utilizes power equipment such as lawnmowers, snow blowers, leaf blowers, drills, augers, and related yard/plumbing/construction tools and keep all in working order.
Mows and removes grass, snow, ice, leaves from garden, sidewalks, and parking lot
Arranges furniture indoors/outdoors for events
Maintains equipment in working order
Repairs furniture, minor plumbing/electrical/heating/cooling interventions
Maintains logs/schedules for regular property maintenance and as issues occur
Communicates successfully verbally and in writing with colleagues, vendors, contractors, to provide and obtain useful information
Responds to emergency/urgent situations in a timely way as needed, which may include after regular hours, on weekends.
Completes work with minimal supervision as directed by the Maintenance Manager
Required:
HS diploma or GED and work experience
Valid PA Driver’s License
Negative drug/alcohol screening
Required physical conditions:
Contact dirt, grease, oil, gasoline, cleaning products on a regular basis
Able to climb, sit, stand, walk, use stairs, ladders, step stools frequently
Able to push, pull, carry, lift heavy objects 50 # and occasionally heavier
Able to kneel, twist, squat, reach, crouch, crawl frequently
Preferred:
Additional education, work experience, apprenticeship, trades helper, or experience in building/groundskeeping