Housekeeping Worker

Job Description

We’re searching for a Housekeeping Worker to join the Student Engagement and Campus Life (SECL) team in Blacksburg, VA to help usin our mission. This position attends to Custodial Operation needsby ensuring a clean, sanitary, and safe environment in the SECLfacilities. In addition, it maintains established standards of cleanliness and sanitation in student lounges, offices, lobbies,stairs, restrooms, showers, windows, and other venues as assigned.

The duties include floor maintenance, dusting, gathering and removing trash, snow and ice removal from entrance ways andsidewalks, raking leaves, and gathering trash from areas nearbuildings. So, if you’re passionate about providing outstandingexperiences for our students, please keep reading.

When was the last time you changed the world? In Virginia Tech’sDivision of Student Affairs, that’s exactly what we do everyday—guiding, nurturing, and supporting students as they learn andgrow into the leaders and world-changers of today and tomorrow.

1) You’ll join the Student Engagement and Campus Life (SECL) team:a department centered on uplifting the student experience by cultivating affirming environments, promoting holistic well-being,and providing exceptional services, programs, and facilities.

2) You’ll report to the Housekeeping Supervisor. This is a regular,full-time, 100% staff appointment.

3) You’ll be primarily responsible for maintaining and replenishingsupplies in assigned areas and reporting any facility repairs orneeds to management. You’ll operate powered and manual cleaning equipment; mix chemicals with proper proportions from establishedguidelines; and be responsible for caring for and handling

Custodial Operations supplies, equipment, and assigned keys.

Occasionally supports Event Operations Staff in preparing eventsscheduled in reservable spaces in SECL facilities.

4) You’ll have the chance to grow and take advantage of a developmental plan with opportunities to advance within the Department and the Division.

5) You’ll be offered a base compensation package starting at $33,280 with a comprehensive benefits package that includes health insurance, paid leave, retirement, tuition assistance, VTdiscounts, and so much more!

• Excellent customer service and communication skills for interaction with employees, students, and visitors at a largeuniversity campus facility.
• Knowledge of commercial/industrial cleaning methods.
• Ability to work independently with little supervision
• Experience safely mixing chemicals with proper proportions from established guidelines
• Experience operating manual and electrically powered cleaning equipment.

• Experience in cleaning institutional or commercial areas.

1

Non-Exempt:
Eligible for overtime

Regular

$33,280

40

Open until filled

The successful candidate will be required to have a criminalconviction check.

Work schedule - Monday-Friday 6am-2:30pm

Dedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve),Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking ahands-on, transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to beleaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout theworld, Virginia Tech is an inclusive community dedicated to knowledge, discovery, and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverseenrollment of more than 36,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in eight undergraduate colleges , a school of medicine , a veterinary medicine college, Graduate School , and Honors College .

The university has a significant presenceacross Virginia, including Blacksburg, the greater Washington, D.C.area, the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke, sitesin Newport News and Richmond, and numerous Extension offices and research institutes . A leading global research institution,Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in researchannually.

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