General Utility Attendant

General Utility Attendant

Perform skilled and routine maintenance, grounds, and housekeeping tasks necessary to maintain the buildings, grounds, and equipment managed by Apartment Operations.

Key Position Duties:

• Perform grounds maintenance tasks including, but not limited to: fertilizing, mulching, weed eating, large area mowing, tree and shrub trimming and planting, removing trash and dead trees and shrubs, installing planter beds, installing, maintaining and/or repairing fences, terraces, traffic signage and drainage ditches.
• Perform housekeeping duties including, but not limited to: operating equipment to strip, scrub, wax and refinish floors and baseboards, clean carpets and upholstery and apply carpet protect ant, wash windows, door frames and walls, set up apartments for visiting dignitaries, respond to emergency situations such as fires and floods using blower fans, wet vacuums and other equipment as necessary to limit damages, inventory and stock related supplies.
• Perform light maintenance tasks including, but not limited to: unstopping drains and commodes, installing, cleaning and changing HVAC filters, spot painting and spackling to repair minor wall damage, painting outside posts and fences, replacing overhead fluorescent and other light bulbs, assembling and repairing furniture using hand and power tools, assist mechanics as directed.
• Operate the Apartment Operations Cyclic furniture program as directed by the Service Supervisor including, but not limited to: conducting inventories of furniture on hand, evaluating condition of furniture, receiving, storing and placing furniture in appropriate apartments, removing, storing and delivering surplus furniture from appropriate apartments, operate light and medium trucks in support of these activities.

Qualifications, Skills, and Competencies

Required:

Minimum Qualifications:

Work requires one year of housekeeping experience and general maintenance. OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE. A valid North Carolina Driver's license is required.

Minimum Education:

Work generally requires the ability to understand and follow instruction normally acquired through a partial high school education.

Physical Demands:

Physical demands associated with this position include, but may not be limited to: ability to move throughout residential buildings, moving/operating heavy weighted materials and equipment (up to 50 lbs), self-movement/positioning oneself to perform light maintenance and carpentry tasks in low areas, position self to reach materials on shelving units and/or perform maintenance or carpentry duties in high reach areas, potential transport and stock of assigned supplies and materials.

The incumbent must be able to complete all positional requirements outlined above with or without reasonable accommodations.

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All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values. Essential Physical

Job Functions:

Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.