Custodian - Operations Technician

Sprucelake; Canadensis (PA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Spruce Lake Ministries in the Pocono Mountains seeks an Environmental Services Operations Technician (EVS Operations Tech) to uphold a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for guests and staff.

You will perform custodial duties across recreational facilities, meeting rooms, and common areas, including handling basic AV equipment and supplies, while supporting a hospitable, service‑oriented team.

Qualifications

• Floor care experience.
• Experience with audio visual equipment.
• Must affirm Spruce Lake mission, vision, beliefs and core values.
• Must have a teachable spirit, team-player attitude, and servant heart.
• Must be responsible, industrious, hospitable, and enthusiastic.
• Effective interpersonal communication skills, both verbal and written.

Responsibilities

• Maintain cleanliness and safety of guest areas, conference spaces, and facilities.
• Manage custodial tasks for common areas, meeting rooms and AV equipment.

Skills

Floor care

Audio-visual equipment handling

Mission alignment

Teachable spirit

Responsibility & hospitality

Interpersonal communication (verbal &

Tools

Audio Visual Equipment

Job description

Spruce Lake Ministries encourages persons from a variety of traditions to a deeper faith in God through Jesus Christ. In this peaceful setting in the heart of the Pocono Mountains in northeastern Pennsylvania, Spruce Lake and Pinebrook provide Christian church, family and corporate groups with lodging, meeting spaces and meals for their next event or retreat. Spruce Lake also hosts summer camps, programmatic retreats, and outdoor education programs throughout the year.

The Environmental Services Operations Technicians (EVS Operations Tech) are responsible for ensuring a positive, clean and safe guest and employee experience through diligent custodial services of recreational facilities, common areas, meeting rooms including audio-visual equipment, supplies and equipment.

Qualifications

• Floor care experience.
• Experience with audio visual equipment.
• Must affirm Spruce Lake mission, vision, beliefs and core values
• Must have a teachable spirit, team-player attitude, and servant heart.
• Must be responsible, industrious, hospitable, and enthusiastic.
• Effective interpersonal communication skills, both verbal and written

Physical Requirements:

Physically fit: able to stand and walk for long periods of time, lift 50 lbs., climb ladders, perform repetitive motions with arms, wrists, shoulders and to bend, kneel and stretch.

Spruce Lake Ministries, Pinebrook or Spruce Lake, does not currently hire anyone who is not authorized to work in the US, nor are we able to sponsor international employees or volunteers.

At the employer's expense, all employment hires are contingent upon completion of FBI Criminal Background fingerprint clearance, PA Child Abuse Clearance and PA Criminal History Clearance.

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