Facilities Custodian

Part-Time Position: Non-exempt position (19 hours per week) includes day, evening and weekend hours

Salary Range: $18.92-$29.71with a starting hourly wage of $18.92

• Paid Time Off (vacation, holidays, personal and sick)
• 457(b) Plan
• Staff Library Card
• Employee Assistance Program
• Professional Development

Objective:

Maintains the Library, ensuring a safe, clean environment for patrons and staff.

Duties:

• Provides consistent, gracious and friendly service to internal and external customers.
• Performs a wide variety of custodial and maintenance tasks for the upkeep and cleaning of library building, equipment, and grounds.
• Conducts the general cleaning of the library including dusting, vacuuming, restrooms, floors, furniture, windows and other areas.
• Completes special cleaning projects as assigned.
• Responds to all maintenance issues in a timely manner.
• Interact with users in a positive and professional manner, assist and provide information and directions.
• Maintains library grounds in all seasons.
• Check room condition at end of use and clean up room in preparation for next group.
• Ensures facilities and grounds are operating safely and correctly, resolves unsafe conditions. Reports unsafe conditions to supervisor or Person in Charge.
• Assists with deliveries to the Library and to Departments.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Experience:

Minimum one year of experience in building maintenance and repair.

Education:

Requires knowledge typically acquired through completion of high school or equivalent.

Skills:

Office & Library

• Knowledge of standard office software including word processing, spreadsheet and database applications.

Communication

• Communicates effectively in English, both orally and in writing.
• Speaking skills in other languages, particularly Spanish, is a plus.

Facilities Management

• Knowledge of safety, construction and maintenance of public facilities.
• Good working knowledge of hand tools, power equipment, electrical and plumbing methods and excellent mechanical ability.
• Detail oriented and well organized.Supervisory Responsibility: None

Contacts:

Internal:
Library staff and management

External:
Patrons, contractors and vendors, police, fire and emergency personnel.

Physical Requirements:

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the functions of this job. Physical requirements include: good speaking, hearing and vision ability, frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl;

excellent manual dexterity and occasionally required to sit. The employee must frequently lift and /or move and/or carry up to 50 pounds, occasionally push and pull up to 100 pounds. Position requires standing and walking for prolonged periods of time.

Working Conditions:

Work is performed in a typical office environment. Work is performed outdoors and in mechanical areas of the library facilities. Part-time position. May require some weekend and evening work.

Fountaindale Public Library, Will County