Sr. Custodian
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 such as spills, broken glass, bodily fluids, emergency restroom cleaning, restocking, etc. When performing custodial duties, the Senior Custodian is responsible for the cleanliness of assigned areas, individually and as part of a team.
Responsibilities
- 40% - Daily Custodial Duties: Sweep, mop, scrub, dust, clean, and vacuum floor surfaces in hallways, corridors, stairs, lounges, outside steps, terraces, window sills, and other designated areas using a variety of cleaning solutions and supplies.
- Clean and disinfect restroom and shower room fixtures, air vents, shower curtains, and drains.
- Empty wastebaskets and other receptacles.
- Unstop minor drain blockages.
- Wash glass and trim on entrance doors.
- Receive and stock custodial supplies.
- Report items that need repair.
- Rearrange or move furniture, supplies, and miscellaneous equipment, as directed.
- Collect recycling from inside buildings and discard it at a designated location.
- Drive a University vehicle to transport cleaning materials and tools between campus work areas.
- 25% - Periodic Custodial Duties: Clean woodwork, light fixtures, Venetian blinds, radiators, grills, ducts, walls, blackboards, washing machines, dryers, and other types of equipment.
- Wax and polish furniture.
- Operate floor buffers, shampoo machines, wet/dry vacuums, waxers, and floor scrubbing and polishing machines during stripping, waxing, buffing, and other related cleaning operations.
- 10% - Building Security Duties: Lock and unlock buildings according to written instructions.
- Carry out emergency procedures (communicating with Fire and Police personnel), and evacuate buildings in the event of a fire or other disasters.
Requirements
Knowledge and experience in the use of custodial equipment and tools such as vacuum cleaners, powered floor polishers, industrial carpet cleaners, mops, carts, buckets, personal protective equipment, etc.
Qualifications
- Valid license to drive in the state of California and participation in the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) pull notice program.
- Ability to operate a vacuum, floor scrubber, and polisher.
- Use cleaning chemical compounds.
- Perform essential custodial duties including dumping bags into dumpster or moving equipment and materials with or without accommodations.
Skills
Selected candidate will be required to pass a pre-employment criminal history background check.
Benefits
MISCONDUCT DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.
Pay
Budgeted Salary: $25.02/hourly
Schedule
Schedule Information: Full-time, FixedPercentage of Time: 100%, 40 Hours per Week