Janitor

Salary: $39,956.00 annually. Full-time classified position in the Facilities Custodial department, Division of Administration and Finance at SUNY Brockport.

About the role

Janitors are responsible for the cleaning, maintenance, and care of public buildings and adjacent grounds and sidewalks. Janitors perform similar duties as Cleaners but have additional responsibilities such as supervising Cleaners; responding to building issues and performing basic unskilled maintenance; submitting work orders for building repairs requiring semiskilled or skilled trades staff; ordering and restocking cleaning supplies; and distributing and collecting keys. A Janitor supervises up to ten Cleaners.

Responsibilities

• Performs training of new employees, including all initial hands-on machine and process training; may be required to switch shifts to accommodate the training of new employees.
• Performs a variety of cleaning, maintenance, and care activities in assigned areas including mopping, washing, dusting, polishing, vacuuming, moving and setting up furniture, emptying trash, recycling, and other related duties as described in the classification standard for Cleaner.
• Performs unskilled repairs and maintenance work such as hanging pictures, curtains, and blinds; fixing or replacing broken shelves and doorknobs; performing routine maintenance on manual and motorized cleaning and maintenance equipment; unplugging toilets, traps, or sinks; and other unskilled maintenance and repair work as assigned.
• Sets up equipment and seating facilities for public meetings, classes, graduations, and special events.
• Requisitions cleaning and bathroom supplies, and industrial cleaning agents to clean assigned areas as directed.
• Responds to requests for cleaning or maintenance and refers matters requiring semiskilled or skilled trades work to higher-level staff.
• Reports damages or needed maintenance and repair in assigned areas requiring semiskilled or skilled trades staff to higher-level staff.
• Supervises lower-level custodial personnel in the cleaning and care of an assigned area by assigning specific tasks, providing instructions, ensuring work is completed according to custodial program specifications, and monitoring employee time and attendance and signing timecards.

Requirements

• Must be physically able to perform the tasks of the position.
• Must be able to communicate orally and in writing to exchange information.

Schedule

40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, 10:30 pm – 7:30 am.

Benefits

This position is benefits eligible. Details available at Careers@Brockport.

Pay

$39,956.00 annually.