Facilities Generalist

FACILITIES GENERALIST AND GROUNDSKEEPER Job Description Reports To Director of Facilities Status Full-time, 12-month; Non-Exempt (overtime eligible) Schedule Monday-Friday from 6:00 am - 2:30 pm Location The Pike School | Andover, Massachusetts POSITION SUMMARY The Facilities Generalist is a hands-on member of Pike’s Facilities team who helps ensure a safe, clean, well-maintained, and welcoming campus for students, employees, families, and visitors. This position performs a wide range of building maintenance, groundskeeping, custodial, event support, and campus safety responsibilities, adapting to changing daily and seasonal needs. Groundskeeping is a significant focus of the role during the spring, summer, and fall months. The ideal candidate is a dependable, practical problem-solver who takes initiative, works effectively both independently and as part of a team, and uses good judgment in determining when a repair or facility concern should be escalated to the Director of Facilities or an outside specialist. ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES · Maintain and repair school buildings, facilities, fixtures, and equipment through a variety of routine and semi-skilled carpentry, painting, plastering, plumbing, electrical, HVAC, and mechanical tasks within the employee’s training and experience. · Inspect buildings and campus areas to identify maintenance, safety, or repair needs; address routine issues promptly and report major repairs, unsafe conditions, defective equipment, or unusual situations to the Director of Facilities. · Perform preventive maintenance, including changing HVAC filters and belts, cleaning coils, replacing light bulbs, maintaining equipment, and completing assigned maintenance schedules and records. · Maintain and make routine repairs to plumbing fixtures and systems, including sinks, toilets, faucets, dispensers, fountains, drains, and sump pumps; clear minor obstructions when appropriate. · Operate and maintain hand tools, power tools, custodial equipment, tractors, mowers, snow-removal equipment, and other grounds/maintenance equipment safely and appropriately. · Maintain campus grounds, lawns, landscaping, trees, plantings, sidewalks, driveways, parking areas, and athletic areas, including mowing, trimming, watering/irrigation, litter removal, seasonal cleanup, and other routine grounds work. · Assist with maintenance of playing fields and athletic facilities, including field preparation, grooming, lining, seeding/loam application, irrigation, and seasonal opening or winterization tasks as assigned. · Remove snow and ice from roadways, sidewalks, entrances, and other access routes using plows, snow blowers, shovels, ice melt, and sand; respond to winter weather outside the regular schedule when needed. · Perform custodial and floor-care support as needed, including sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, scrubbing, floor-machine…