Maintenance Technician

Maintenance Technician

Columbus School for Girls seeks to hire a full‑time Maintenance Technician. Reporting directly to the Maintenance Manager, this role performs essential maintenance and operations tasks throughout the facility to ensure a safe, operational, attractive, clean, and healthy environment for students, faculty, staff, and community members. Competitive salary, benefits, and professional opportunities are offered.

• Maintain a clean, operational, safe, and attractive campus.
• Complete work orders assigned by the manager.
• Perform daily, weekly, and monthly preventative maintenance on facilities and equipment.
• Carry out indoor and outdoor routine maintenance and projects such as cleaning halls and bathrooms, sweeping leaves, removing snow and ice from walkways, emptying trash, and straightening furniture.
• Use school‑owned tools and equipment safely.
• Coordinate with facility vendors.
• Support campus security by ensuring exterior doors are properly locked and assist with security duties as needed.
• Perform light construction‑type repairs or identify repairs for outside subcontractor attention.
• Fulfill event, athletic, and meeting facility requests including common areas, fields, and rooms—setting up and tearing down equipment.
• Complete tasks on time and to a high standard of detail, while being aware of the school’s daily schedule.
• Perform light custodial duties.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Works effectively and collaboratively as part of a team.
• Maintains strong relationships and exhibits a helpful attitude.
• Demonstrates integrity, initiative, and resourcefulness.
• Maintains a can‑do attitude and offers help wherever needed.
• Willingness to learn and a growth mindset.
• Exhibits interpersonal skills to relate well with students, faculty, staff, and parents.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Available to work a flexible schedule, including day, evening, weekend, and holiday shifts as needed.
• Can read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Can follow direction and juggle multiple projects in a high‑energy school environment.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Prior construction or facility experience (painting, drywall, plumbing, carpentry) and landscaping experience (weeding, mowing, snow removal, planting) preferred.
• Experience in school maintenance preferred.
• Computer skills, including familiarity with Google Suite.
• Ability to lift and carry at least 50 pounds.

Columbus School for Girls is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other status protected by law.