Full Time Custodian

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Below you will find the job description for the position including the requirements and any additional documentation and questions you should review before applying for the opening.

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Position Information

• Position Title:
  
  Full Time Custodian
• Campus:
  All Campuses
• Department:
  Facilities
• Full-time, Part-time, Adjunct
• Full Time Exempt or Non-Exempt
• Non-Exempt Regular, Temporary, or Grant Regular General

General Description:

Under general supervision, performs a variety of custodial and manual duties that involve heavy lifting, and use of heavy power equipment. Duties are related to the general appearance and cleanliness of both the interior and immediate exterior of the college buildings and facilities. The primary and most important overall responsibility of all is to provide service in a pleasant, helpful, and effective manner to our students and other members of the college community.

• Sweeps and/or vacuums floors, carpets, hallways and stairwells.
• Mops, scrubs, waxes and polishes floor surfaces using heavy-duty powered equipment. Performs necessary service and preventive maintenance such as cleaning and oiling equipment, to prevent breakdown and insure effective and efficient operation.
• Vacuum cleans carpets, drapes, and walls using chemicals and cleaning solutions as required.
• Washes, cleans, disinfects, deodorizes and maintains restrooms in a clean, orderly and sanitary condition. Replaces toilet tissue, towels, soap, and deodorizer as required.
• Dusts, waxes and polishes office furniture, cleans shelves, empties trash receptacles.
• Moves and rearranges furniture and/or fixtures and assists in the movement of office equipment, and in the loading and off loading of office equipment and supplies.
• Picks up litter from around entrances to assigned area, and parking lots.
• Scrapes and shovels snow from entrance ways and steps.
• Assists in exterior landscaping work and interior plant management.
• Maintains stock of restroom and janitorial supplies.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

High School graduate or equivalent

• One (1) year creditable work experience in the custodial service field.

• Must possess a valid New Jersey Driver’s License.
• Ability to operate large floor cleaning machine and equipment.
• Required to submit to a pre-employment drug screening and background check.

• Works inside and outside and may be exposed to extreme temperatures.
• Exposed to dirt and disagreeable odors, and possible skin irritations from cleaning chemicals and solutions.
• Care is required when working from ladders or lifting heavy equipment to prevent injury.
• Moves heavy equipment, sets up and works from ladders.
• Frequently lifts up to 40 pounds and may occasionally lift up to 50 pounds.

$37,000

UCNJ Union College of Union County, NJ does not discriminate and prohibits discrimination, as required by state and/or federal law,