Maintenance​/Custodial Worker; Part-Time

Maintenance/Custodial Worker (Part-Time)

Location: New Glasgow, NS

Employment Type: Part-time

Job Type: On-site

Headquartered in New Glasgow, NS, Crombie is an integrity-driven, caring, and purpose-built organization. It’s why we’ve been voted one of Atlantic Canada’s Top Employers year after year. Here are a few more reasons why we all love where we work:

• An on-site fitness facility, or subsidized fitness centre memberships;
• Professional development programs to help you grow and succeed; and
• A strong, diverse culture that promotes thought leadership and interdepartmental collaboration.

There’s no such thing as a perfect candidate. You don’t need 100% of the listed qualifications to add incredible value to our team. If you feel energized thinking about what you could accomplish here, we would love to hear from you.

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Crombie values diversity, and is committed to creating and maintaining a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and collaborative culture that is free of barriers, increases equity, and drives stronger business results. We encourage and invite candidates to self-identify on your resume if you are a member from one of the following groups:
Members of visible minorities, persons with disabilities, Indigenous Peoples, women, and members of the LGBTQ2S+ community. If you require accommodations during any stage of our recruitment process, please let us know how we can assist you by contacting us at  .

Who we are

As one of Canada’s leading REITs, we build spaces that will shape communities and have a lasting impact for generations. Supported by a solid foundation and focused value creation, Crombie is positioned to deliver consistent results and generate long-term sustainable growth.

You’ll join a team of values-driven, caring colleagues. We collaborate, find solutions, and cheer each other on. Our winning culture is rooted in our values: outperform expectations, embody integrity, care passionately, deliver excellence together, and empower one another.

We care for our employees, we support flexible work, compensate with great benefits, and work with you to help meet your career goals. Learn more about us at

Position Summary

Based in New Glasgow, NS, the Maintenance/Custodial Worker is responsible for representing the organization with respect to the efficient and effective maintenance and service of assigned properties. Additional duties of the Maintenance/Custodial Worker include but are not limited to:

• Providing excellent customer service, address tenant concerns and work with tenants and members of the public in a positive and respectful manner.
• Day-to-day operations, service and maintenance of all areas of the site and surrounding properties both internally and externally.
• Removal of snow and ice from sidewalks, doorways and canopies using shovels, snow blowers and/or small tractor. Salting of walkways and parking areas as required.
• Lawn cutting and landscape maintenance using gas trimmer, whipper snipper, rake, push mower and ride on mower. Plant, water and tend to flowers, shrubs and beds. Rake and bag leaves. Shovel gravel.
• Inside and outside duties such as:
  • Painting, cold patching holes in the parking areas, vacuuming, assembling and taking down seasonal décor, clearing roof drains and catch basins, monitoring building systems, pressure washing, cleaning maintenance equipment, cleaning and garbage removal.
  • Washing windows, interior walls and ceilings, cleaning and disinfecting bathrooms and fixtures, sweeping, mopping, scrubbing (using walk behind cleaning unit), emptying trash cans and other waste containers.
• Effectively communicating issues to the Property/Operations Manager and/or Maintenance Supervisor.
• Meeting with contractors for service calls, providing supervised access to mechanical rooms if required.
• Performing monthly water meter readings and monthly property tenant inspections at sites where required.
• Monitoring contractors to ensure duties are performed properly and communicating issues to Maintenance Supervisor for resolution.
• Understanding the importance of safety in the workplace and following all health and safety procedures.
• Responding to…