Custodian
Listed on 2025-12-31
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Maintenance/Cleaning
Cleaning Services, Facility Maintenance
Title: Custodian
Employee Classification: Custodian
Campus: University of North Texas - Health Science Center
Division: HSC-Operations & Business Mgmt
Sub Division-Department: HSC-Facilities Management Services
Department: HSC-Facilities Admin-356000
Job Location: Fort Worth
Salary: 30,168.00
FTE: 1.000000
Retirement Eligibility: TRS Eligible
About Us - Values OverviewWelcome to the University of North Texas System. The UNT System includes the University of North Texas in Denton and Frisco, the University of North Texas at Dallas and UNT Dallas College of Law, and the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. We are the only university system based exclusively in the robust Dallas-Fort Worth region. We are growing with the North Texas region, employing more than 14,000 employees, educating a record 49,000+ students across our system, and awarding nearly 12,000 degrees each year.
We are one team comprised of individuals who are committed to excellence, curiosity and innovation. We are transforming lives and creating economic opportunity through education. We champion a people-first values-based culture where We Care about each other and those we serve. We believe that we are Better Together because we foster an environment of respect, belonging, and access for all. We demonstrate Courageous Integrity through setting exceptional standards and acting in the best interest of our communities.
We are encouraged to Be Curious about opportunities for learning, creating, discovering, and innovating, and are encouraged to learn from failure. Show Your Fire by joining our team and exhibiting your passion and pride in your work as part of our UNT System team.
Learn more about the UNT System and how we live our values System.edu.
Department SummaryFacilities Management has a mission to make the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth a place where the facilities and grounds are aesthetically pleasing, clean, well maintained, and energy-efficient. We offer a working environment that promotes teamwork and professionalism. Facilities Management provides responsive, friendly, and efficient customer support to appropriately support the institutional mission.
Position OverviewThis position is responsible for the cleaning and the sanitation work of the university or on special projects. Work involves the performance of cleaning and sanitation work in an assigned building or work area, and occasional special project work. Work requires the application of proper cleaning methods and materials. Employees work under general supervision of assigned supervisory staff in accordance with established routines.
Work is reviewed and evaluated through inspection of work performed. Specific cuties may vary depending upon the type of facility to be cleaned.
There are no minimum education or experienced requirements. Employees in this job may be responsible for conducting research on, working on, or having the ability to access critical organizational infrastructure and they must be able to maintain the security and integrity of the infrastructure related to this role.
Knowledge,Skills and Abilities
- Sweeps, mops, scrubs, strips, waxes, and buffs floors, hallways, and stairways and cleans and vacuums, carpets and rugs.
- Cleans and dusts furniture, walls, ceilings, windows, windowsills, woodwork, and other building surfaces.
- Cleans and sanitizes rest rooms, baths, commodes, urinals laboratories, drinking fountains, and other fixtures.
- Picks up and removes trash and other waste from building and cleans waste receptacles and transports recyclable materials to drop off point on a scheduled basis.
- Unlocks building doors as required for building functions and programs.
- Moves furniture for cleaning purposes and reports building conditions and situations requiring attention.
- Observes safety and security precautions appropriate to work performed
- Ability to follow oral and written instruction's ability to read and understand labels on chemicals.
- Ability to apply mathematical concepts to complete tasks (example: measuring and mixing chemicals).
- Sufficient knowledge of cleaning methods and the proper use of cleaning equipment.
- Ability to operate vacuum cleaner, floor-waxer, floor buffer, and other cleaning equipment.
- Physical ability to perform work involving standing, stooping, operating cleaning equipment, and lifting of materials and equipment.
- Ability to recognize and to report maintenance needs in buildings.
- Knowledge of safety and security precautions appropriate to work performed.
- Moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another.
- Moving self in various positions to perform tasks in tight and confined spaces.
- Operating machinery and/or power tools.
- Operating motor vehicles or heavy equipment
- Lifting and Moving objects up to 20 pounds.
- Lifting and Moving objects up to 50 pounds.
- Communicating with others to exchange information.
- Exposure to…
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