Full-Time Custodian

About Us

At Penobscot Bay YMCA, we live our mission every day by strengthening our community with purpose and heart. Our culture is guided by core values that support growth, inclusivity, and a commitment to nurturing potential. Here, we are welcoming, embracing each individual's uniqueness and potential. We are genuine, creating a safe, supportive environment where everyone can belong. We are hopeful, believing in our community’s capacity to inspire positive change. And we are determined, on a relentless quest to build a stronger, healthier community—beginning with you.

Our team members play a vital role in bringing this mission to life. We also have a zero-tolerance policy for child abuse and are committed to ensuring a safe, secure environment for all.

Position Summary

We’re looking for a dedicated Custodian to keep our facility clean, safe, and welcoming for everyone who walks through our doors. This role is integral in ensuring that our members and guests experience a clean, well-maintained YMCA. If you’re detail-oriented, proactive, and take pride in creating inviting spaces, we’d love to meet you!

Why Join Us?

• Purposeful Work: Play a key role in creating a welcoming, clean, and safe YMCA for our community.
• Supportive Environment: Join a team that values and supports your journey toward personal and professional growth.
• Community Impact: Be part of an organization that strives to make a difference locally every day.
• Inclusive Culture: We embrace diversity and are committed to being a place where everyone feels they belong.
• Benefits: Paid Time Off; Health, Vision, & Dental insurance; Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance; free family membership to the Y!

If you’re ready to contribute to a team that values you and is dedicated to strengthening the Penobscot Bay community, apply today to become part of our YMCA!

Key Responsibilities

• Perform cleaning and sanitizing tasks, including dusting, mopping, trash removal, and recycling.
• Conduct seasonal tasks such as snow removal, locker room power washing, and window cleaning.
• Handle minor repairs and report any facility issues or safety hazards to the supervisor.
• Operate motorized and non-motorized cleaning equipment.
• Set up spaces for events, ensuring areas are welcoming and well-prepared.
• Maintain adequate levels of cleaning supplies, replacing items as needed.

Qualifications

• At least six months of custodial experience preferred, but not required.
• Basic knowledge of cleaning compounds and chemicals and their safe, efficient use.
• Ability to read and understand instructions, procedures, and maintenance documentation.
• Comfortable operating cleaning equipment and handling minor repairs as needed.

Physical Demands

• Sufficient physical strength and agility to carry out essential duties, including lifting up to 50lbs.
• Ability to erect and stand on ladders and platforms at heights up to 30 feet.
• Ability to work with paint, cleaning equipment, chemical compounds, solvents, cleaners, and solutions in dry, liquid, powder, spray, and aerosol forms.
• Ability to paint, clean equipment, and operate motorized equipment as needed.
• Ability to work in conditions that will create dirt and dust; and work in humid environment, i.e pool area and locker rooms.
• Ability to perform essential maintenance to facility or equipment which may involve, but not limited to the following activities: semi – reaching to full-reach overhead; crouching; kneeling; shoveling; carrying, working in narrow and/or confining spaces: underground, overhead, and at ground level; twisting of the waist, shoulders, and legs; and lying on stomach and/or back.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to do this job, but is not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities.

At the Penobscot Bay YMCA, we strive to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process. We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes. Should you require an accommodation, please contact our Talent Acquisition team, by email at hr@penbayymca.org and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.