General Maintenance Wrkr - Housekeeping

About the role

The General Maintenance Worker is responsible for providing a clean and sanitary environment for patients, staff and visitors.

Responsibilities

• Maintain building floors and hallways using machine or manual processes by sweeping, scrubbing, mopping, waxing and stripping wax, and vacuuming and scrubbing carpets.
• Clean windows, ceilings and walls by determining appropriate cleaning agents, mixing chemicals, and applying them.
• Clean and maintain rooms and furniture by dusting, moving, rearranging, setting up or taking down tables and chairs, and making minor repairs to furniture.
• Clean and sanitize restrooms by scrubbing floors, sinks, bathtubs, and toilets; maintaining supplies of soap and paper products; and emptying wastebaskets and trash containers.
• Clean assigned state-maintained sidewalks by shoveling snow, applying sand and/or deicers, and removing ice, rubbish and other materials.
• Auxiliary duties as needed.

Requirements

• Knowledge of different types of flooring/floor covering sufficient to determine proper methods of maintenance and appropriate cleaning methods, materials, agents and equipment.
• Chemical cleaning agents such as ammonia, bleaches, scouring agents and soaps sufficient to appropriately select the agent(s), handle and apply, and dispose of safely.
• Methods, tools, and equipment used in maintenance sufficient to use effectively and operate safely and to make minor repairs.

Qualifications

• Valid driver's license.
• Ability to follow simple oral and written instructions, read and understand operational manuals, and keep simple records.
• Ability to perform assigned tasks with limited work direction.
• Ability to operate simple maintenance equipment.
• Ability to follow strict guidelines of Minnesota’s Covid-19 Preparedness Plan, in regard to housekeeping, disinfecting, and decontaminating.

Skills

• Knowledge of different types of flooring/floor covering.
• Chemical cleaning agents.
• Methods, tools, and equipment used in maintenance.

Benefits

As an employee, you'll have access to one of the most affordable health insurance plans in Minnesota, along with other benefits to help you and your family be well.

Pay

$20.87 - $25.88 / hourly; $43,576 - $54,037 / annually

Schedule

Day Shift, 6-2:30

Contact

To receive consideration as a Connect 700 Program applicant, apply online, email the Job ID#, the Working Title and your valid Proof of Eligibility Certificate by the closing date to Kayla Evenson at kayla.evenson@state.mn.us.