Senior Custodian *SWING SHIFT*

About the role

The Senior Custodian is responsible for unskilled and semi-skilled cleaning and general maintenance duties, including housekeeping of offices, classrooms, laboratories, residential areas, auditoriums, restrooms, and other designated public areas of campus buildings and properties. The incumbent responds to campus-wide custodial emergencies and work orders, including spills, broken glass, bodily fluids, emergency restroom cleaning, and restocking.

Responsibilities

• Daily Custodial Duties: Sweeps, mops, scrubs, dusts, cleans, and vacuums floor surfaces in hallways, corridors, stairs, lounges, outside steps, terraces, window sills, and other designated areas using a variety of cleaning solutions and supplies.
• Cleans and disinfects restrooms and shower room fixtures, air vents, shower curtains, and drains.
• Empties wastebaskets and other receptacles.
• Unstops minor drain blockages.
• Washes glass and trim on entrance doors.
• Receives and stocks custodial supplies.
• Reports items that need repair.
• Rearranges or moves furniture, supplies, and equipment, as directed.
• Collects recycling from inside buildings and discards it at a designated location.
• Drives a University vehicle to transport cleaning materials and tools between campus work areas.
• Periodic Custodial Duties: Cleans woodwork, light fixtures, Venetian blinds, radiators, grills, ducts, walls, blackboards, washing machines, dryers, and other types of equipment.
• Waxes and polishes furniture.
• Operates floor buffers, shampoo machines, wet/dry vacuums, waxers, and floor scrubbing and polishing machines during stripping, waxing, buffing, and other related cleaning operations.
• Miscellaneous Custodial Duties: Spot-cleans carpets, upholstered furniture, draperies, and other designated materials.
• Makes beds and changes linens and towels.
• Washes interior windows and exterior windows where accessible without a ladder.
• Uses cleaning compounds according to directions indicated on labels.
• Reads and follows chemical safety information and warning signs.
• Acts as a work leader for a small group of custodians.
• Interacts with campus staff and visitors regarding assigned duties as needed.
• Building Security Duties: Locks and unlocks buildings according to written instructions.
• Performs emergency procedures (communicating with fire and police personnel as necessary) and evacuates buildings in the event of a fire or other disaster.

  Requirements

  • Experience in the use of custodial equipment and tools, including vacuum cleaners, powered floor polishers, industrial carpet cleaners, mops, carts, buckets, and personal protective equipment.
  • Knowledge of the proper and safe use of custodial equipment, chemicals, and tools.
  • Ability to effectively communicate and follow oral and written instructions, read manuals, signs, and labels.
  • Ability to work without close supervision.
  • Skill in prioritizing workload to meet daily schedule.
  • Ability to accommodate changing priorities and complete tasks despite intermittent interruptions.
  • Skill in carrying and operating technology, including tablets and cell phones, and to properly use programs and applications.
  • Knowledge of procedures related to building safety.
  • Able to safeguard keys issued for assigned areas.
  • Able to incorporate sustainability concepts into daily work.

  Qualifications

  • Mid-Level benefits
  • Full-time, FixedPercentage of Time: 100%, 40 Hours per Week
  • Days of the Week: Mon-Fri
  • Shift Includes: Nights, Swing Shift - 5:00pm - 2:00am
  • Employee Classification: Limited appointment
  • Job End Date: 5 months from the date of hire, with possibility of extension
  • Work Location: UC Santa Cruz Main Campus
  • Union Representation: SX Union
  • Job Code Classification: 005116 (CUSTODIAN SR)
  • Travel: Up to 25%