Custodian I - PT Pool

About the role

The University Student Housing (USH) at MSU offers a unique, on-campus living experience for students and their families. The department manages 18 active on-campus communities including residence halls and apartments, housing up to 6,500 residents. The mission includes providing clean, attractive, well-maintained, comfortable living environments, ensuring orderly and effective administration, and promoting maturity and academic success.

Responsibilities

• Custodians provide cleaning and light maintenance services for residence halls, student apartments, and associated areas.
• Custodians may work individually or on a team.
• This position involves interacting professionally and positively with students, tenants, and summer conferencing guests to support the department's mission and aid in retention.
• The primary emphasis is on:
• Cleaning public areas such as restrooms, laundry areas, stairwells, etc.
• Carpeted and hard-surface floor care.
• Trash removal.
• Setting up and tearing down areas like residence hall rooms, office spaces, and public spaces as needed.
• Other related custodial duties.
• Actively participates as part of the team while performing other duties in support of the department’s mission.

Requirements

• Experience working in custodial, janitorial, housekeeping, etc.
• Experience working effectively with minimal or no supervision.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience providing excellent customer service.
• Experience operating floor scrubbers, extractors, or similar janitorial equipment.
• Certifications, classes completed, or knowledge of safety procedures utilized in a custodial, janitorial or housekeeping position.

The Successful Candidate Will

• Positively and professionally perform all the functions of the position.
• Consistently exercise initiative and good judgment.
• Effectively and safely operate work-related equipment and tools.
• Accurately follow written and oral instructions and procedures.
• Exhibit strong communication skills.
• Work effectively and efficiently in close cooperation with staff in a team-oriented environment.
• Be able to complete multiple tasks in a timely manner.
• Quickly adapt to changing priorities.
• Possess strong organizational skills.
• Maintain excellent customer service.
• Be highly motivated and work with minimal supervision.
• Have excellent attention to detail.
• Represent the department and MSU to others in a professional and courteous manner.

Position Special Requirements/Additional Information

This job description should not be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements, but a general description of the job. Nothing contained herein restricts Montana State University’s rights to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. This is a 12-month, permanent part-time, non-benefited position. Hours are up to 16 hours/week.

Physical Demands

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodations.
• Stationary or moving about for extended periods of time.
• Frequently moving, transporting and placing containers/objects up to 30 lbs, and occasionally up to 100 lbs. (items may include stacking chairs, folding tables, floor sealer, bed frames, dressers, desks, etc.).
• Moving up and down stairs occasionally while carrying containers/objects.
• Moving up and down a step ladder.
• Bending, kneeling, stretching and general moving about while stocking products.
• Gripping handles on equipment.
• Performing repetitive motions related to job duties.
• Regular exposure to cleaning solutions.
• Sometimes shovel snow.

This position has supervisory duties?

No