Building & Grounds Assistant ; Austin Facilities Management

About This Position

The Building & Grounds Assistant (Custodian) works 20 hours per week to maintain City of Austin facilities, ensuring cleanliness and functionality. This hands‑on role includes cleaning, minor repairs, and grounds upkeep across city‑operated buildings, parks, airports, and recreation areas.

Under general supervision, perform custodial, minor maintenance, construction, and grounds‑keeping tasks in and around city property.

• Clean building interiors.
• Mix, stir, and pour chemicals.
• Perform grounds maintenance.
• Perform minor building maintenance and repair.
• Operate and maintain assigned vehicles and equipment.
• Set‑up and tear‑down exhibit halls and ballrooms in compliance with local codes and procedures.
• Perform minor construction work such as erecting partitions, building or tearing down walls, painting, and building or erecting storage sheds.
• Perform routine administrative duties, complete forms, and prepare reports.
• Maintain inventory of materials and supplies, making purchases when needed.
• Handle and account for cash.
• Train new employees to perform basic job duties.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Skill in establishing and maintaining good working relationships with others.
• Skill in learning simple tasks.
• Skill in operating power tools.
• Skill in lifting and carrying equipment or materials applicable to the assigned work.
• Ability to understand oral and written instructions.
• Ability to read and write English.
• Knowledge of equipment used in janitorial, grounds keeping, or other related work.
• Ability to train others.
• Ability to read and follow floor plan sketches and diagrams.

One (1) year experience related to janitorial or grounds‑keeping services.

Must possess the appropriate Texas Driver’s License if assigned to operate vehicles.

• Experience using green cleaning chemicals and practices in a commercial or industrial setting.
• Experience cleaning and maintaining all types of flooring in a commercial or industrial setting, including buffing, carpet extraction, waxing, and stripping.

• Valid Texas Class C Driver’s License or ability to obtain one by hire date.
• Meet City’s Driver Record Evaluation standards (no more than 3 moving violations or 6 points in the last 36 months).
• Background check may be required.

Monday through Friday; 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., with possible evening, weekend, and holiday work.

$22.05 - $24.26 per hour.

The City of Austin will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, creed, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, age, religion, veteran status, disability, or sexual orientation. In addition, the City will not discriminate in employment decisions on the basis of an individual's AIDS, AIDS Related Complex, or HIV status; nor will the City discriminate against individuals who are perceived to be at risk of HIV infection, or who associate with individuals who are believed to be y of Austin is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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