Part-time Building Attendant II

McNay Art Museum; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 21,000 - 23,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Sick leave

Retirement Plan - Company match 6%

Job summary

The McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, TX seeks a Part-Time Building Attendant II to maintain cleanliness, safety, and readiness of museum facilities, especially during evening and weekend shifts with occasional day coverage.

A primary focus is preparing, maintaining, and restoring event spaces, including room setups, breakdowns, and changeovers, while performing routine custodial duties to ensure visitor-ready spaces before, during, and after events.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of proper building custodial procedures.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Must have flexibility in work hours, nights and weekends are required.

Responsibilities

• Perform general housekeeping and custodial duties per maintenance standards.
• Provide custodial support during evening and weekend shifts, including museum events.
• Set up, break down, and execute room changeovers for events and public spaces.
• Maintain event spaces, galleries, and public areas, keeping them clean and visitor-ready.
• Clean and restock restrooms daily.
• Empty trash and recycling and store supplies securely.

Skills

Time management

Flexibility

Reliability

Education

High School or GED

Job description

Hourly Rate of Pay $15.39

Benefits

Paid Sick leave

Retirement Plan - Company match 6%

Position Overview

Reporting to the Housekeeping Supervisor and Head of Operations, this position is responsible for maintaining the cleanliness, safety, and readiness of museum facilities primarily during evening and weekend shifts, with occasional daytime shift coverage.

Part-Time Building Attendant II

Hourly Rate of Pay $15.39

Must pass a pre-employment physical and background check

Benefits

Paid Sick leave

Retirement Plan - Company match 6%

Position Overview

Reporting to the Housekeeping Supervisor and Head of Operations, this position is responsible for maintaining the cleanliness, safety, and readiness of museum facilities primarily during evening and weekend shifts, with occasional daytime shift coverage.

A major focus of this role is preparing, maintaining, and restoring event spaces, including room setups, breakdowns, and changeovers, in addition to routine custodial duties. The Building Attendant II ensures that public areas, galleries, event spaces, offices, and back-of-house areas are clean, properly set, and visitor-ready before, during, and after events.

This role requires physical activity, attention to detail, and the ability to complete assigned tasks in a timely manner.

Essential Job Functions

• Under the direction of the Housekeeping Supervisor, perform general housekeeping and custodial duties in accordance with designated maintenance standards, procedures, and regulations.
• Provide custodial support primarily during evening and weekend shifts, including coverage during museum events, with occasional daytime shifts as operationally needed.
• Serve as a primary support role for museum events by setting up, breaking down, and executing room changeovers for events and public spaces, including arranging tables, chairs, furnishings, and equipment according to event and operational needs.
• Maintain event spaces, galleries, and public areas ensuring spaces are clean, organized, properly set, and visitor-ready.
• Maintain museum spaces, including but not limited to sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, dusting, and scrubbing floors, stairways, hallways, offices, galleries, and building lobbies according to established schedules and cleaning protocols.
• Clean and restock restrooms daily, ensuring they remain in excellent condition for visitors, staff, and volunteers.
• Empty trash and recycling receptacles throughout museum buildings as scheduled, including evenings and weekends.
• Clean work areas, tools, and equipment upon task completion and at the end of each shift; ensure all supplies and materials are safely and properly stored.
• Perform other related duties as assigned to support museum operations.

Requirements

• Knowledge of proper building custodial procedures; ability to complete routine tasks in a dependable and reliable manner with attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Must have flexibility in work hours, nights and weekends are required.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to lift a minimum of 50 pounds.
• Ability to bend, lift, stand, and move for extended periods.

Education & Experience

Education:

• High School or GED

Work Experience

• Minimum 6 months custodial work.

About The McNay Art Museum

The McNay Art Museum located in San Antonio, Texas, offers an array of career opportunities for passionate individuals who are eager to take part in our mission to engage a diverse community in the discovery and enjoyment of the visual arts. At our core, we strive to be San Antonio’s place of belonging and to offer our community transformational art experiences.

Built in the 1920s by artist and educator Marion Koogler McNay, the Spanish Colonial Revival residence became the site of Texas’ first modern art museum when it opened in 1954. Today, 200,000 visitors a year enjoy works by modern masters including Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, Edward Hopper, Joan Mitchell, Alice Neel, Georgia O’Keeffe, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The 45,000-square-foot Jane & Arthur Stieren Center for Exhibitions, designed by internationally renowned French architect Jean-Paul Viguier, features major exhibitions annually. The 25 acres of beautifully landscaped grounds include sculptures by Willie Cole, Robert Indiana, Luis A. Jiménez Jr., Alejandro Martín, George Rickey, Joel Shapiro, Kiki Smith, Tom Wesselmann and others. For more information about the McNay, visit www.mcnayart.org.