Maintenance Technician

Duties And Responsibilities

• Inspect church and parish buildings, equipment, grounds, entrances, and work areas regularly; identify hazards and maintenance needs and report urgent concerns promptly.
• Perform routine repairs and upkeep, including door hardware, minor plumbing, basic carpentry, paint touch-ups, and other building repairs.
• Monitor HVAC operation, replace filters, and coordinate inspection, service, and repairs with qualified contractors.
• Address electrical, plumbing, mechanical, and stormwater issues and arrange licensed or specialized service through the supervisor when required.
• Maintain a preventive maintenance schedule and records of inspections, repairs, service visits, and outstanding work.
• Respond to facility emergencies, secure affected areas, and coordinate timely repairs with the Director of Facilities.
• Prepare spaces and equipment for parish use as assigned, taking care to minimize disruptions to worship, ministry activities, and visitors.

Campus Capital Improvements

• Coordinate the on-site work of approved capital improvement projects across the campus in consultation with the Director of Facilities and parish leadership.
• Communicate schedules, site access, work areas, and disruptions with contractors, parish staff, and school contacts when projects affect shared campus spaces.
• Monitor project progress and workmanship, document issues and completed work, and provide regular status updates to the Director of Facilities, Facilities Council, and Pastor as requested.
• Track contractor visits, completed work, outstanding items, and closeout needs; bring proposed scope changes, costs, or safety concerns to the supervisor for approval.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• One to three years of related experience in building maintenance, facilities operations, or contractor coordination preferred.
• Working knowledge of common building systems and the ability to read technical instructions, maintenance records, diagrams, and schedules.
• Ability to organize multiple maintenance requests, document work, and communicate clearly with leadership, staff, and vendors.
• Communicate respectfully with clergy, staff, contractors, parishioners, and visitors; maintain a welcoming and safe environment.
• Exercise sound judgment about when to perform work directly and when to request qualified outside assistance.
• Ability to respect and support the mission, moral and social teachings, doctrines, and laws of the Roman Catholic Church.
• Ability to meet diocesan background screening and training requirements and maintain eligibility throughout employment.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of leadership, vendors, employees, and the general public.
• Aptitude with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percentage.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Physical Demands

• Physical stamina to handle a full shift of being active and working on the building.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Working Conditions

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• Employees will follow OSHA guidelines and immediately report any work-related injury.
• Employees are exposed to noise levels that are generally moderate; the office area is quiet, and some areas of the facilities or construction sites are loud.