Custodian

Position Summary

Join the dynamic Custodial team and help support MSU's mission of advancing knowledge and transforming lives! You'll use top cleaning methods, equipment, and standards in a collaborative, growth-oriented environment, ensuring MSU's facilities remain clean, safe, and beautiful.

Pay rate: $19.15 - $20.16 upon meeting probationary period requirements. MSU Benefits - Free comprehensive health care for you and your family as well as a 10% contribution toward your retirement;
Generous sick, vacation, personal and holiday time;
This position is not eligible for remote work. Regular, in-person attendance is required to meet business and customer needs.

This position will work in the Natural Science Building, working Monday - Friday: 4:30PM - 1:00AM. May be required to work after-hours, weekends, and holidays.

This position will perform cleaning and maintenance activities; understand and give verbal or written instructions; read chemical, biological, or radioactive warning signs; remove snow with shovel or snow blower; retain training information required for custodial methods, equipment, and products; make independent decisions to accomplish acceptable cleaning standards using appropriate methods, products, and equipment.

Job responsibilities are as follows:

• 40% – Perform cleaning duties such as sweeping, dusting, mopping, and vacuuming of hard surface and carpeted floors using appropriate cleaning equipment such as vacuums, mops, brooms. Clean and maintain assigned equipment.
• 20% – Clean and disinfect restrooms including showers, toilets, urinals, sinks, towel dispensers and mirrors.
• 20% – Dust and wash windows, mirrors, interior glass window casing and tracks, venetian blinds and ledges. Dust furniture equipment and furnishings, moving same as necessary. Empty waste containers. Collect and sort recycling materials within building.
• 10% – Spot wash to remove such as splash marks around sinks and fingerprints from light switches. Clean and polish sinks, shower heads and fountains.
• 10% – Correspondence through email, training, meetings and professional development.

This position will engage in high performing, leading edge practices, valuing people, partners and stewardship.

• One-year experience with commercial or institutional cleaning methods, techniques and equipment.
• Frequent lifting of up to 25 pounds is required, occasional lifting of 50 pounds.

Experience in maintaining wood floors.

A creative innovator dedicated to continuous learning, with a proven ability to communicate effectively across stakeholder groups. Brings strong technical expertise and thrives in team-oriented environments. A collaborative problem solver who identifies challenges and implements solutions that support and advance University priorities.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.

Monday - Friday: 4:30PM - 1:00AM. May be required to work after-hours, weekends, and holidays.

NATURAL SCIENCE BLDG

Exposure to human blood, serum, tissue and other body fluids; and materials covered under Universal Precautions.