Custodian; Facilities Management
Listed on 2026-07-25
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Maintenance/Cleaning
Cleaning Services, Facility Maintenance, Janitor
Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876, is America's first research university and home to nine world-class academic divisions working together as one university.
The Bloomberg School of Public Health Facilities Management Department is seeking a Custodian
. The qualified candidate cleans office buildings, laboratories, classrooms, and/oroutside areas, and moves furniture, appliances and/or equipment.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Cleans, sweeps, vacuums, and polishes floors.
- Uses various tools, equipment, and cleaning materials toinclude, but not limited to hand and power scrubbing and polishingequipment, small and large vacuum cleaners, large commercial typebuffer, broom, dust brush, dust pan, wet and dry mop, bucket mopwringer, special cleaning solution, and chemical cleaners.
- Cleans identified or assigned areas/spaces with requiredcleaners and disinfecting solutions.
- Cleans walls, windows, window blinds and shades, ceilings, anddoors. May work from ladders or scaffolding.
- Replenishes towels, soap, toilet tissue, linen, and othersupplies as required.
- Inspects exterior and interior of building for service issuesand report all damages, malfunctions and needed repairs to supervisor.
- Removes trash from assigned areas.
- Moves furniture, miscellaneous equipment, supplies and/orrecyclable materials, empties large and small trash containers,removes miscellaneous debris and discarded building materials suchas broken plaster, wood, and brick.
- Removes recyclable materials and maintains appropriateseparation. Transports biohazard containers to designatedarea.
- Removes snow, ice and debris from building entrances, sidewalksand other areas as required.
- Maintains equipment and work areas in clean and orderly condition.
- Observes safety precautions and properly uses equipment and products.
- Sets up and removes furniture, miscellaneous equipment and supplies required for meetings and special events.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
- Ability to read and write such as to be able to read labels on cleaning and detergent materials, disinfecting solutions, and soforth.
- Ability to operate large powered vacuum cleaners, cleaning andbuffing equipment.
- Ability to interact and/or work with faculty, students, staff,and visitors in a respectful and courteous manner.
- Ability to lift, carry or otherwise move and position objects and materials weighing up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to stand, walk or otherwise move about campus on acontinuous basis.
- Ability to ascend/descend stairs on a regular basis in order to sufficiently clean them.
- High School Diploma or graduation equivalent preferred.
- One year or more of experience preferred.
- Valid driver's license preferred.
Classified
Title:
BU Housekeeper-SSR
Job Posting Title (Working Title):
Custodian (Facilities Management)
Role/Level/Range: GRADE
20/01/BU
Starting Salary Range: $18.00 per hour, increases to $20.75 after
12 months
Employee group:
Full Time
Schedule:
Monday - Friday 3:00 PM - 11:30 PM
FLSA Status:
Non-Exempt
Location:
School of Public Health - East Baltimore Campus
Department name:
-Custodial Services
Personnel area:
School of Public Health
The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.
The following additional provisions may apply depending on whichcampus you will work. Your recruiter will adviseaccordingly.During the Influenza ("the flu") season, as a condition of employment, The Johns Hopkins Institutions require all employees who provide ongoing services to patients or work in patient care or clinical care areas to have an annual influenza vaccination orpossess an approved medical or religious exception. Failure to meetthis requirement may result in termination of employment.
The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas,laboratories, working with research subjects, or involvingcommunity contact requires documentation of immune status against
Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella(chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received theTdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may includeocumentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratorytesting. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except tohose employees who provide results of blood tests or immunizationdocumentation from their own health care providers.
Anyvaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no costin our Occupational Health office.
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