Building & Maintenance Custodian _FT

**Department:** Facilities **Reports to:** Director of Facilities **Schedule:** Full-time, Monday – Friday; 8:00am-4:00pm **FLSA Status** **:** Non-Exempt **Rate:** $21/hour The YWCA of Western MA is dedicated to eliminating racism and empowering survivors. The YW provides a safe place for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. Our programs and services include crisis shelter and transitional housing for survivors and their families, counseling, SAFEPLAN court advocacy, community education, supervised visitation, and vocational training for youth. The YWCA provides services at our primary campus in Springfield and Holyoke location. **Expectations of all Employees** In the performance of essential and general job responsibilities, all YWCA employees are expected to: - Demonstrate commitment to the YW’s mission and principles of trauma-informed work. - Represent the YW in a professional and competent manner to participants, community members, organizational partners, and other stakeholders. - Support policies, practices, and decisions that demonstrate our shared accountability for racial equity. - Communicate openly and contribute to the development of others. - Coordinate efforts across teams, programs, and partner organizations. - Maintain professional behavior and strict confidentiality. **Position Purpose** The Building & Maintenance Custodian performs custodial and maintenance duties necessary for YWCA functioning, safety, and orderly condition. These duties include general building repairs, grounds, snow removal, vehicle, and equipment maintenance, as well as general cleaning. The Building & Maintenance Custodian will be assigned to work in both YWCA locations including Springfield and Holyoke. **Additional Expectations of Position** In the performance of essential and general job responsibilities, the Building & Maintenance Custodian is expected to: - Restrict use of YWCA vehicles and equipment to normal business hours. - Return YWCA vehicles and equipment to the Springfield location at the end of the work day. - Communicate regularly with the Director regarding the status of recurring tasks. - Provide emergency on-call assistance after business hours, using the YWCA-issued mobile phone, in response to weather or other unforeseen events. - Provide emergency on-call assistance after business hours when the Director of Facilities is unavailable. **Essential Responsibilities to be Performed on a Daily Basis** - Cleans, sweeps, mops, scrubs, waxes, and polishes counters and floors by hand or by machine as appropriate. - Cleans carpet, upholstery and furniture. - Washes windows, screens, sills, woodwork, doors, desks, walls, and ceilings. - Cleans and sanitizes rest rooms, dusts and vacuums rooms, locks and unlocks doors. - Collects and disposes of trash and recycling for curbside pick-up. - Maintains custodial closets. - Moves equipment and furniture. - Sets up and takes down tables and chairs for classes and programs. - Maintains appropriate records of each assigned work request and submits completed forms in a timely manner. - Provide on-call assistance during work days from 8am – 4pm using the YWCA-issued mobile phone for the purpose of responding to urgent needs. - Provides after hour on-call assistance as needed per the Directors request. - Performs other related work as required. **Essential Responsibilities to be Performed on a Weekly Basis** - Maintains outside parking lots, sidewalks, and facility entrances by removing snow, applying salt when necessary, and clearing debris. - Mows lawns, trims plants, and clears leaves. - As requested, provides guidance to subcontractors about specific building systems while accompanying subcontractors during inspections. **Essential Responsibilities to be Performed on an As-Needed Basis** - Provides maintenance and minor repairs to plumbing, electrical, HVAC and building envelop systems. - Apartment turnovers. - Performs maintenance of buildings by…