Sr. Custodian

About the role

The Sr. Custodian performs a variety of custodial/housekeeping tasks to care, maintain, disinfect, sanitize, and preserve campus facilities under the direction of the Facilities Services Custodial Supervisor. The Sr. Custodian is responsible for the upkeep of their assigned building(s) to ensure a safe and clean environment for staff and students.

Responsibilities

• Perform a variety of custodial/housekeeping tasks to care, maintain, disinfect, sanitize, and preserve campus facilities.
• Ensure a safe and clean environment for staff and students.
• Work independently or as part of a team in assigned work areas in a fast-paced environment with project deadlines and close turnarounds while maintaining a positive attitude.
• Proactively address daily tasks to maintain a clean environment.
• Communicate effectively with colleagues, supervisors, staff, faculty, and students to ensure a good relationship with campus customers.

Requirements

• Experience in safe use of a wide variety of equipment and machinery common to custodial services.
• Experience in safe use of cleaning chemicals, their interactions, danger signs, and disposal methods.
• Experience in proper procedures for cleaning and maintaining a variety of floor surfaces including, but not limited to, resilient tile floors, carpeted floors, and terrazzo floors.
• Prior experience and ability to prioritize work orders, routine work, emergency requests, combined with the knowledge to choose the proper materials and equipment to accomplish the work in the most expeditious and safe manner.
• Prior experience and ability to provide exemplary customer service.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule (weekends and holidays; early mornings, mornings, evenings, or graveyard shifts), as needed to accommodate campus event schedules.
• Knowledge, skill, and ability to safely use of cleaning chemicals and understand their interactions, danger signs, and disposal methods.
• Knowledge, skill, and ability to safely use of a wide variety of equipment and machinery common to custodial services including, but not limited to; stripping/buffing machines, vacuums, steam pressure washers, wet/dry shop vacuums, carpet extractors (bonnet, dry, hydro extraction) cleaning machines, raiding flooring cleaning machines, squeegees, brushes, etc.
• Ability to perform heavy/physically demanding tasks which require: pushing, pulling, walking, standing, reaching, bending, twisting, stooping, kneeling, squatting, stretching, reaching above shoulder level, and lifting up to 75 pounds.
• Ability to safely remove and replace heavy linen carts, refuse/recycling dumpsters from a loading dock routinely using a manual or mechanical cart/equipment.
• Ability to work indoors or outdoors with variable temperatures and conditions including: dust, smog, rain, or temperatures ranging from high heat with humidity to cold conditions.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or Equivalent.
• Experience in custodial/housekeeping operations or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Safe use of a wide variety of equipment and machinery common to custodial services.
• Safe use of cleaning chemicals, their interactions, danger signs, and disposal methods.
• Proper procedures for cleaning and maintaining a variety of floor surfaces including, but not limited to, resilient tile floors, carpeted floors, and terrazzo floors.
• Prior experience and ability to prioritize work orders, routine work, emergency requests, combined with the knowledge to choose the proper materials and equipment to accomplish the work in the most expeditious and safe manner.
• Prior experience and ability to provide exemplary customer service.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule (weekends and holidays; early mornings, mornings, evenings, or graveyard shifts), as needed to accommodate campus event schedules.
• Knowledge, skill, and ability to safely use of cleaning chemicals and understand their interactions, danger signs, and disposal methods.
• Knowledge, skill, and ability to safely use of a wide variety of equipment and machinery common to custodial services including, but not limited to; stripping/buffing machines, vacuums, steam pressure washers, wet/dry shop vacuums, carpet extractors (bonnet, dry, hydro extraction) cleaning machines, raiding flooring cleaning machines, squeegees, brushes, etc.
• Ability to perform heavy/physically demanding tasks which require: pushing, pulling, walking, standing, reaching, bending, twisting, stooping, kneeling, squatting, stretching, reaching above shoulder level, and lifting up to 75 pounds.
• Ability to safely remove and replace heavy linen carts, refuse/recycling dumpsters from a loading dock routinely using a manual or mechanical cart/equipment.
• Ability to work indoors or outdoors with variable temperatures and conditions including: dust, smog, rain, or temperatures ranging from high heat with humidity to cold conditions.