Cleaner, Cleaning Services

Position: Cleaner Continuous Recruitment
Budget Title Cleaner Campus Title Cleaner Continuous Recruitment School/Division Finance and Management, Division of Department Custodial Staff Sub-Type Staff & Administration Salary Level SG005 Salary Range $34,312 Salary Determination

Starting salary rates are based on negotiated labor contracts.

Position Effort Full-Time If Part-Time, enter FTE:
Is this a temporary position? No If Temporary, enter End Date:
Position Summary

SUNY Cortland is accepting applications for full-time Cleaner positions as part of an ongoing recruitment effort to establish a hiring pool for current and future vacancies. Applicants will be contacted for interviews as needed, and those who advance will be added to the hiring pool. This pool will be used to fill vacancies as they arise. Work schedules will vary depending on position availability.

Cleaners perform a variety of routine manual tasks that require light to heavy physical effort. Responsibilities include cleaning and maintaining assigned areas within residence halls, academic buildings, and the surrounding campus grounds and sidewalks. By contributing to this essential work, you will play an important role in creating a safe, clean, and vibrant environment where our campus community can thrive. Joining SUNY Cortland means becoming part of a supportive and dedicated team that values hard work, collaboration, and pride in making our campus a welcoming place for students, faculty, staff, and visitors.

Salary: $34,312

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What makes SUNY Cortland a great place to work?

* Our positions provide predictable salary progressions, and many offer permanency.

* Generous benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance, various retirement program options, paid family leave and/or parental leaves, flexible spending and dependent care accounts, long term disability and tuition reimbursement.

* SUNY Cortland prioritizes work-life balance and well-being in all forms. The university's state-of-the-art Student Life Center is free for employees to use, with membership options for families. Alternate work schedules are available with a supervisor's approval.

* Professional development opportunities exist through training, continuing education programs, tuition reimbursement and conference travel, based on funding.

* Cortland County and surrounding areas offer easy access to arts, entertainment, outdoor recreation and much more. Experience Cortland dives deep into the region's offerings

Major Responsibilities

General Cleaning

* Use mops, brushes, detergents, buffers, floor scrubbers, and other cleaning implements to wash, wax, vacuum, and shampoo carpets, floors, corridors, stairs and stairwells, walls, partitions, windows from the inside of buildings, etc.

* Collect trash and recyclables from offices, centralized trash locations, designated trash rooms and dormitories, and transport to the exterior dumpster.

* Use hand-dusting equipment to dust assigned areas.

* Use hand-operated equipment and detergents to scrub and clean all areas of lavatories, such as sinks, showers, urinals, toilets, etc.

* Use designated equipment to polish wood and metal fixtures and equipment.

* Assist with cleaning for absent employees as directed or assigned.

Furniture Coordination and Event Support

* Move furniture and equipment in connection with cleaning and care functions.

* Move furniture within the building for office moves.

* Set up furniture and equipment in assigned areas, such as athletic fields, gymnasiums, and conference or meeting rooms, as needed.

Lighting and High Areas

* Use appropriate equipment such as ladders and aerial lifts to clean light fixtures and replace light bulbs in high places.

Maintenance and Grounds

* Remove snow and salt sidewalks or stairs adjacent to the assigned building entrance.

* Use manual and/or mechanical equipment to occasionally clean sidewalks, yards, and driveways.

Safety and Hazard Removal

* For all assigned tasks, pick up and remove any hazardous items from floors and furniture, and place them in designated receptacles or appropriate locations.

* Notify supervisor of any safety hazard that cannot be mitigated on site.

Functional and Supervisory Relationships

* This position reports to one of the Supervising Janitors.

Required Qualifications

* There are no education or experience requirements for this position. This position is a labor class position and as such is not subject to selection on the basis of seniority. Selection of the candidates shall be at the campus' discretion from among those who apply.

* Applicants must possess a valid New York State Driver's License appropriate for the type of vehicle operated.

* Physical strength and agility are required to lift/carry/work on ladders, power hand tools, and maintenance equipment. Must be able to work on scaffolding and knees. Working conditions may include working at heights and in confined spaces.

Preferred Qualifications

* Previous cleaning and/or labor-type work experience preferred.

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