St. Peter Claver Catholic Church is a vibrant, spirit-filled, evangelizing community that is
grounded in the Eucharist and celebrates the culture and traditions of our African American
Heritage. Strengthened by our belief in Jesus Christ and trusting in God's word, we transform our
community through acts of justice by caring for the spiritual and physical needs of His people.

JOB SUMMARY
The maintenance/ janitor technician is responsible for maintaining the entirety of the physical
plant of St. Peter Claver. The maintenance/ janitor technician is to assure cleanliness of the
grounds and spaces, to provide adequate maintenance and preventive maintenance on all equipment,
buildings, and grounds to ensure safety to all persons, including parishioners, staff, and
visitors, and to extend the life and appearance of these items.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES
Essential duties include but are not limited to the following:

Maintains the cleanliness of the Church Building, Parish Office, Ujimma Center, Sankofa

Center, School Building, and other parish spaces as needed.

Removes trash from all trash cans, including in offices, the cafeteria, and outside trash

cans, and trash found on the ground around the campus.

Help with a variety of installation, repair and renovation to buildings including but not

limited to electrical fixtures and switches, and semi-skilled tasks in construction, repair, and
maintenance of wooden, brick structures and items.

Installation, repair, and renovation of some equipment including metal and wood equipment,

electrical appliances, valves, gas stoves, hot water heaters, sinks, commodes, hand basins, kitchen
appliances, heating and cooling systems, sewer lines, and other fixtures.

Cutting and planting of lawns, trees, and shrubs and watering and fertilizing of the same.
Rough painting and rough concrete laying/patching and patch plastering.
Removes and replaces defective motors and valves.
Moving and transporting furniture and misc. items from buildings.
Operates a variety of gasoline/diesel powered equipment, tractors, mowers, weeders,

trailers, backhoes, and other machines.

Maintains daily maintenance logs and reports time to be kept in the parish office.
Assist other areas related to overall maintenance when assigned.
Other duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

Must have a high school degree and knowledge of procedures, practices, tools, and equipment used

in maintenance.

Must have ability to:

Move, load and unload equipment and supplies weighing 50 pounds and heavier.
Work independently without direct supervision.
Walk long distances around grounds, bend, stoop, squat and reach, climb ladders,
Make judgment related to emergency and safety matters.

Certifications, Clearances, Licenses Required:

Fingerprinting Clearance
Safe Environment Training

Hours

Monday thru Friday, 40 hours per week.
Weekend Hours will be required based on Parish Events.

Please send all resumes to parishoffice@spclaver.org.

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