Building Maintenance Worker

Building Maintenance Worker

Starting Salary: $31,308

• Perform varied simple and moderately physically strenuous tasks in cleaning and maintaining offices, furniture, buildings, and grounds; assist in making minor repairs to buildings or equipment.
• Clean rooms, offices, bathrooms, restrooms, dust, wash, and clean windows.
• Mop or scrape sticky or heavy liquids from floors.
• Operate equipment used in stripping, waxing of floors, vacuuming, polishing wood, tile, glass, and similar surfaces.
• Run power‑cleaning equipment and floor machines; clean, oil equipment and change brushes and accessories.
• Obtain, store, safeguard, distribute, and use equipment, materials, and supplies properly.
• Handle cleaning problems; lift and move moderately heavy objects; organize cleaning work; develop work methods.
• Apply knowledge of occupational hazards and safety precautions involved in performing general maintenance work.
• Move heavy furniture, supplies, equipment; load and unload trucks.
• Work from ladders, scaffolds, and platforms.
• Perform general electrical maintenance: replacing light bulbs, wall plates, switches, receptacles, and light fixtures.
• Use methods in performing general maintenance and repair work.
• Mow lawns, trim hedges, rake leaves, plant and care for flowers, trees, and shrubs.
• Shovel snow and salt icy surfaces to prevent slipping; operate motorized snow removal equipment.
• Maintain and make minor repairs to hand tools, automotive and mechanical equipment, and facilities.
• Read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform duties.
• Learn to utilize various electronic and/or manual recording systems and computerized information systems.

Appointees must possess a valid driver’s license in New Jersey and comply with County Motor Vehicle Policies.

The County of Cumberland is an equal employment opportunity employer. We are committed to recruiting and hiring qualified individuals without discrimination and regardless of race, creed, color, national origin, age, ancestry, nationality, marital or domestic partnership or civil union status, sex, pregnancy, breastfeeding, gender identity or expression, disability, liability for military service, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical cellular or blood trait, and genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing).

The County of Cumberland offers a wide array of benefits for all full‑time employees. Benefits include Retirement Programs, Medical/RX Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Life Insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Supplemental Insurance options, Paid Leave, and Tuition Reimbursement. Specific benefits are subject to the provisions of County policy and the applicable collective bargaining agreement. Part‑time employees are eligible for leave benefits as required by New Jersey law.

Cumberland County employment is governed by the rules and regulations of the New Jersey Civil Service Commission.