Environmental Services Worker
About the role
The Maryland School for the Blind (MSB) offers rewarding career opportunities to individuals seeking to contribute and to grow with a school committed to helping children and young adults who are blind, deafblind or low vision with or without other disabilities. Full time positions include an array of benefits – medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 403(b) retirement savings plan, professional development, wellness programs, generous paid time off, and tuition reimbursement!
With supervision, performs daily, thorough environmental services tasks throughout the assigned buildings.
Responsibilities
- Cleans and sanitizes public and student living areas including classrooms, offices, staff lounges, kitchens, playrooms, staff/guest living areas, bathrooms/public restrooms, common areas, dormitories furnishings, floors, carpeting, appliances, and other hard surfaces on a daily basis.
- Orders, stocks, inventories and distributes dormitory cleaning supplies and consumables.
- Performs major spring-cleaning on an annual basis.
- Stocks, inventories & distributes dormitory linen supplies, launders clothes, makes beds, and collects & disposes of trash.
- Cleans and disinfects areas soiled by accidents (urine, blood, feces, vomit, food, etc.).
- Provides substitute and backup environmental services to other buildings.
- Completes set-ups and breakdowns and moves furnishings as necessary.
- Assures building security and reports repairs as needed (including urgency).
- Replaces bulbs, tightens screws & bolts, and makes minor adjustments, etc.
- May be required to remove snow and use deicer at main entrances and handicap ramps of buildings.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life insurance
- 403(b) retirement savings plan
- Professional development
- Wellness programs
- Generous paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
Pay
Pay Range: $16.37-$19.14 commensurate with education and experience, in keeping with Grade 2 of MSB's Non Exempt Facilities Operations Pay Scale.
Schedule
Work Schedule: 40 daytime hours (9:00am-5:30pm), Monday - Friday with daily 1/2 hour unpaid lunch; flextime or additional hours required infrequently. This position follows a 12 month schedule. Substitute (on-call) positions are also available.
Requirements
- General knowledge of environmental services principles and practices.
- Minimum two years environmental services experience.
- Ability to lift 30 - 40 lbs. and push or pull up to 100 lbs; climb a 6-foot ladder; stand and walk with little opportunity to sit during the standard workday; bend, stoop, kneel, reach.
- Ability to work independently, under specific instruction, to perform a variety of duties with frequent change of tasks, and to deal with a variety of people within the campus community.
- Ability to read instructions and Safety Data Sheets regarding use of cleaning supplies and other hazardous substances and work schedules; print simple sentences containing subject, verb, object and a series of numbers.
- Ability to determine when to refer non-routing problems to supervisor.
- Must have basic computer knowledge.
- Must be at least 18 years of age.