Cleaning Team Member - Part Time Temporary

SUMMARY

The Cleaning Team Member – Part Time Temporary plays a vital role in creating a safe, welcoming, and student‑ready campus environment that supports learning, belonging, and student success. Guided by a Human First philosophy and the College’s Maroon & Gold Standards (MGS), this position helps ensure that instructional, student‑service, and common spaces are clean, secure, and well‑maintained—contributing directly to students’ ability to focus, persist, and succeed.

• Assist with the setup of facilities for meetings, classrooms, conferences, events, and other functions.
• Clean and sanitize restrooms/bathrooms using established practices and procedures.
• Clean areas around entrances to buildings, including snow removal and salting during winter.
• Clean, dust, and wipe furniture, whiteboards, lighting fixtures, and accessories; empty and clean wastebaskets and trash containers and refill restroom dispensers.
• Assist with event setup and teardown of facilities for meetings, classrooms, conferences, and events.
• Strip, clean, buff, and apply floor sealer and floor finish to hard‑surface floors (where applicable); vacuum and shampoo carpets.
• Properly use and maintain assigned power equipment and hand tools such as auto scrubbers, extractors, high‑pressure washers, high‑speed buffers, vacuums, brooms, mops, squeegees, and other related equipment.
• Safely use ladders when required in work assignments.
• Lock and unlock assigned interior rooms in buildings.
• Check for unlocked doors and windows, report any unauthorized occupants, and turn off lights.
• Operate snow removal equipment, including snowbrush, truck/plow, and shoveling as needed.
• Move furniture, equipment, supplies, and tools on an incidental basis.
• Wash accessible interior and exterior windows, exercising caution around applied vinyl window graphics; clean blinds.
• Assist with campus recycling initiatives.
• Maintain cleaning operations, improve quality, and build upon the institution’s total commitment to student success, monitoring progress to set goals.
• Respond to work with a timely, professional, respectful, and proactive approach.
• Assist staff and teams within the Facilities Department with work requests, projects, and daily operations as needed, working with customers to resolve problems and answer facility‑related questions, including communicating work‑arounds, determining scope, and estimating time of work.

• Current cleaning methods, materials, and equipment used to maintain safe, healthy, and welcoming facilities for students, employees, and visitors.
• Custodial practices, machinery, and related equipment that support consistent service quality and operational excellence.
• Occupational hazards, safety precautions, and regulatory requirements necessary to protect the well‑being of the campus community.
• Proper operation, routine maintenance, and basic care of cleaning equipment to ensure reliable and efficient service delivery.

• Read, understand, and follow safety procedures and material safety data sheets to maintain a safe environment for students, employees, and visitors.
• Understand and carry out oral and written instructions in support of daily operations, campus events, and student‑facing activities.
• Communicate effectively and respectfully, both orally and in writing, reflecting professionalism, teamwork, and MGS expectations.
• Work collaboratively as a team member to support a positive campus climate and shared responsibility for student success.
• Safely and responsibly use cleaning equipment and supplies while demonstrating care, stewardship, and attention to detail.
• Perform a variety of custodial and cleaning tasks in a manner that supports clean, orderly, and student‑ready facilities.

• Valid driver’s license
• High school diploma or G.E.D.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to touch, handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must regularly lift up to twenty‑five (25) pounds and occasionally lift up to fifty (50) pounds.