CUSTODIAN; PT

Custodian (PT)

Ford Community and Performing Arts Center - Dearborn, MI 48126

Salary Range $15.00 Hourly Position Type Part Time

Rate of pay: $15.00 per hour Minimum age: 18 years of age

Hours of work:
This is a year-round part-time position at 28 hours per week. The Ford Community and Performing Arts Center is a 7-day operation. Currently the available shifts are midnights.

Description of work:
An employee in this position performs a variety of custodial, janitorial, set-up and light maintenance duties. Duties will include the facilitation of conference/banquet and theater events through the set up and tear down of furniture and various pieces of production equipment. The employee may receive specific assignments from a supervisor, but must assume some responsibility for achieving desired results.

The Custodian-Lead will be assigned additional crew leader duties.

• Set up and breakdown 8 foot rectangle tables and 6 foot round tables.
• Set up and breakdown portable staging units.
• Set up and breakdown pipe and drape.
• Set up and breakdown stacking chairs.
• Able to climb at least a 6 foot ladder.
• Sweeps, scrubs, buffs, and waxes floors; operates cleaning machinery such as a rider/scrubber, walk-behind carpet extractor, high speed buffer, and high pressure washer.
• Cleans restroom facilities and drinking fountains.
• Dusts surfaces, washes walls, washes windows, collects and carries out trash.
• Performs other custodial and cleaning tasks as necessary to maintain a clean, sanitary complex and grounds.
• Maintains outdoor grounds as needed; shovel snow, salt walkways, and trash pick-up.
• Reports all obvious safety hazards to supervisor.
• Performs related work as required.
• Must be able to perform essential functions either with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Mandatory participation with maintenance week – traditionally occurs last week in August.
• Crew leader position will assign duties and monitor the staff in the absence of a full-time Custodian.
• Demonstrates predictable and regular attendance;
  Reliable transportation required.

Desirable qualifications:

• Knowledge of janitorial equipment and supplies, and of their efficient and effective use in cleaning a large office complex.
• Ability to perform physical labor required for cleaning duties.
• Ability to read written diagrams and instructions.
• Ability to interpret and follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to communicate effectively and courteously with other employees and the public regarding janitorial and minor maintenance needs.

Post-employment offer requirements:

• Satisfactory completion of background check (sex offender registry if applicable) and a pre-employment physical and drug screen that tests for illegal drugs as defined by the Federal Drug Free Workplace Act but not those legalized under Michigan law.