Custodial​/Janitor​/Cleaning

Janitorial Staff

Principal Accountabilities:

• Assists in keeping the building, including restrooms/hallways clean throughout the day.

• Cleans restrooms, vacuums carpeted areas and dust all surfaces in Family Life Center and Religious Education Building.

• Cleans kitchen sink, counters, coffee maker, and microwave in Parish Office

• Empties trashcans in public areas; vacuums all floors in public areas, cleans office doors and windows in Parish Office and Religious Education Building.

• Dusts all furniture in public areas, mops kitchen, bathrooms and front office entrance floors, cleans bathrooms and windowsills in public areas in Parish Office and Religious Education Building.

• Wipes out refrigerator, wipes baseboards, dusts blinds and ceiling corners, vacuums along baseboards and in corners in Parish Office and Religious Education Building.

• For individual offices: empties trashcans, and vacuums floors.

• Dusts individual offices on a rotating schedule.

• Cleans restrooms.

• Performs monthly, semiannual, or annual janitorial duties and projects as directed.

• Secures and stores all cleaning supplies and equipment after completion of cleaning

• Maintains all cleaning equipment in a safe and working order.

• Participate in staff meetings.

• Responsible for all other projects, tasks, etc., as assigned.

Supervision Given and/or Received:

• Received: moderate supervision given to this position from Parish Pastor and/or Business Manager.

• Given: this position provides feedback and guidance to the Parish Administrative staff, volunteers, and/or vendors upon advice and consent of the Parish Pastor

Working Conditions and/or

Physical Requirements:

• This position requires on call availability 24 hours/7 days a week. Required to work some nights and weekends.

• This position works in a typical office environment but is subject to stress due to the evolving and quickly expanding business needs, tight deadlines and heavy workloads.

• Some general ability to navigate computer software

• Lifting:
Safely lifting 35 lbs. on a regular basis, 50 lbs. on an occasional basis.

• Balancing:
Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces.

• Standing:
Particularly for sustained periods of time.

• Walking:
Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.

• Use of Fingers:
Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling.

• Grasping:
Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm and being able to turn a key and doorknob and operate work tools.

• Communicating:
Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Conveying detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, clearly, and quickly.

• Repetitive Motions:
Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.

• Visual Acuity:
Close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a security alarm or computer monitor; expansive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts and/or operation of machines; using measurement devices; and/or assembly of fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes.

• Visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, thoroughness of work assigned (i.e., custodial, general labor, etc.). or to make general observations of facilities or structures (i.e., inspection, etc.)

• Climbing:
Ability to ascend and descend ladders (including 6', 8', 12', 25' and roof hatch ladders), stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.

• Stooping:
Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.

• Kneeling:
Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.

• Crouching:
Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.

• Crawling:
Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.

• Reaching:
Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

• Pushing:
Using upper extremities to press against something with steady…