MoMA PS1 Maintainer

Responsibilities

• Maintain cleanliness of facilities
• Ensure all interior and exterior areas of museum are clean, tidy, and safe for public, staff, and other occupants and users of building.
• Clean all interior public areas of museum before and after public hours, including but not limited to restrooms, galleries, hallways, and Visitor Kiosk.
• Tasks include but are not limited to cleaning and restocking all restrooms; sweeping, mopping, stripping, buffing, and waxing floors; vacuuming carpet; dusting; emptying garbage receptacles; and handling recycling.
• Clean all exterior public areas of museum before and after public hours, including but not limited to Courtyard and sidewalks surrounding the building.
• Tasks include but are not limited to raking, weed removal, power washing and garbage removal.
• Proactively monitor and maintain cleanliness of building throughout shift, especially in public areas during public hours, including but not limited to performing all restroom checklist items in a timely manner and according to schedule.
• Clean non-public areas of museum before office hours, including but not limited to offices, carpentry workshop, loading dock.
• Tasks include but are not limited to sweeping, mopping, stripping, buffing, and waxing floors; vacuuming carpet, dusting, emptying garbage receptacles, handling recycling, removing scrap wood to dumpsters, and properly storing tools and equipment.
• Respond to emergency cleaning needs and requests as required, including from floods, leaks, and other causes.
• Move and assemble furniture, including but not limited to office Furniture, desks, filing cabinets, cushions, and other event furniture and supplies.
• Bring mail and other small packages and deliveries to designated areas.
• Proactively check for and remove all graffiti, stickers, and other vandalism and debris from interior and exterior of building.
• Perform other cleaning duties as needed and assigned.
• General maintenance and repair
• Monitor all interior and exterior building areas for repairs ensure safe conditions, and report issues to the supervisor.
• Proactively check for burned-out and non-functioning lighting through interior and exterior of building, report any issues to the supervisor and change as required.
• Perform routine inspections of walls and floors throughout interior and exterior of building, and perform necessary repairs in a timely manner including but not limited to painting.
• Remove any snow, ice, and water from outdoor areas, including sidewalks, Courtyard, and loading dock, and install entryway mats as needed to limit interior moisture.
• Respond to emergency maintenance needs and requests as required, including from floods, leaks, and other causes.
• Aid Maintenance Technicians as needed and assigned.
• Provide event assistance
• Maintain clean and tidy conditions throughout events, including but not limited to maintaining and restocking restrooms and emptying garbage receptacles.
• Setup and breakdown of event equipment including but not limited to staging, tables, chairs, heat lamps, garbage receptacles, event infrastructure, extension cords, kegerators and other event specific items.
• Respond to emergency event needs and requests as required.
• Provide other event assistance as needed and assigned.
• Building protocol and procedure
• Ensure all doors and windows are returned to locked positions.
• Respond to Security directions as given to maintain the safety and security of patrons, staff and artwork.
• Respond to Fire Alarm and other incidents per discretion of Operations Management and Security Personnel.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• Minimum of one year of responsible experience in building maintenance and repair; or an acceptable equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to use hand and power tools, or ability to acquire such skill.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to other employees of the organization.
• 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 percent and to interpret miscellaneous drawings and schematics.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Pay

This position is permanent and full-time with a salary of $24.52 an hour and is flex shift.

Schedule

This role is overnight, Thursday–Monday, 11pm–7am.

Benefits

• 20 days paid vacation leave;
• 10 days paid sick leave;
• 11 paid holidays;
• 3 paid personal days;
• participation in a 401(k);
• life insurance;
• medical/health (including visual and dental);
• transit, health, and dependent care FSA;
• pension plan.

Equal Opportunity Employer

MoMA PS1 is an equal opportunity employer and considers all candidates for employment regardless of race, color, sex, age, national origin, creed, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or political affiliation.

For More Information

Please be advised that due to the high volume of applicants, we are only able to contact those candidates whose skills and background best fit the needs of the open positions. Thank you for your interest in employment opportunities at MoMA PS1.