Custodian for Academic and Residential Buildings

About the role

The University of Wisconsin – Platteville is hiring Custodians to help maintain a vibrant, welcoming campus while enjoying dependable employment, excellent benefits, and a positive work-life balance. As a Custodian, you will play a vital role in keeping our campus clean, safe, and welcoming while building meaningful connections with students, faculty, staff, and visitors.

Responsibilities

• Maintains clean and clear walkways to ensure they are free of debris, litter, snow, and ice
• Monitors and secures facility interior and exterior entrances and reports issues to appropriate entities
• Maintains organization of supply areas and equipment, documents inventory, and requests additional supplies as needed
• Documents and reports repairs, violations, and pest control needs
• Utilizes basic equipment and supplies to clean assigned facility areas and remove waste and recyclables
• Effectively perform and meet cleaning and maintenance expectations in assigned areas
• Remove waste and recyclables from assigned residential areas using equipment and supplies
• Assemble and move furniture, equipment and deliver supplies as needed or requested
• Operate specialized machinery and work with chemicals

Requirements

• Ability to bend, stoop, kneel, move furnishings and work on feet for prolonged periods of time
• Ability to safely lift up to 50 pounds with or without mechanical assistance
• Excellent communication skills
• Basic computer skills
• Ability to read work instructions and schedules, warning labels and instructions for equipment operation
• H.S. Diploma or GED

Benefits

• Competitive Pay: $17.00 per hour, plus shift differential pay for applicable shifts
• Sign-On Bonus: $500 Sign-On Bonus for Eligible Applicants
• Outstanding Benefits: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance, retirement contributions, life insurance, and flexible spending accounts
• Participation in the nationally ranked pension Wisconsin Retirement System with employee match
• Generous Paid Leave: Vacation benefits that increase over time, nine paid legal holidays, 4.5 paid personal holidays, paid sick leave, and more

Pay and Schedule

Monday–Friday schedule, with 1st and 2nd shift opportunities.