Building Custodian – Regional Center

Overview

Hello, we’re Metro! Metro is dedicated to shaping a better future for the greater Portland region. The work the people of Metro do every day benefits the lives of the people who live here, today, and tomorrow.

Do you enjoy working in a collaborative environment where everyone supports one another? Are you familiar with sustainable cleaning practices? Do you take pride in creating clean, safe, and comfortable spaces for others? If this sounds like you, we invite you to consider this opportunity.

As the variable hour Building Custodian, you will help ensure the cleanliness, care, and daily upkeep of the Metro Regional Center (MRC). This includes lobbies, kitchens, offices, meeting and break rooms, restrooms, and the surrounding campus grounds. You will contribute to a welcoming experience for staff and visitors by providing friendly assistance, answering questions, offering directions, and responding to custodial requests.

At times, you may also assist with light maintenance or simple repair tasks that help keep the building running smoothly.

• Help create a welcoming, professional environment by keeping meeting spaces, offices, restrooms, and common areas clean, comfortable, and ready for daily use.
• Support smooth operations by preparing meeting rooms based on Outlook schedules, ensuring spaces are refreshed, organized, and guest ready.
  
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• Take pride in maintaining high standards of cleanliness through daily sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, dusting, disinfecting, and restocking essential supplies.
• Keep kitchens and break areas inviting by caring for dishware, appliances, and stocked items so employees have everything they need throughout the day.
• Play an important role in sustainability by managing compost, recycling, and waste systems and ensuring containers are clean and properly staged for pickup.
• Help maintain safe, attractive exterior spaces—from walkways and parking areas to building entrances—ensuring they’re clean, accessible, and well-kept in all seasons.
• Provide friendly, responsive support by assisting employees and guests with custodial needs, quick requests, and event setups as they arise.
• Use cleaning equipment safely and effectively, follow organizational procedures, and collaborate with the team on special projects that keep the entire facility looking its best.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• A solid understanding of basic custodial practices and a commitment to maintaining clean, welcoming spaces.
• Ability to safely and confidently use custodial tools, equipment, and cleaning supplies.
• Strong customer service mindset with the ability to support staff and visitors in a friendly, professional manner.
• Excellent attention to detail and pride in delivering high-quality work.
• Comfort using Microsoft Outlook for email and calendar coordination.
• Clear, respectful, and tactful communication skills—both in person and over email or radio.
• Ability to adapt and stay effective in environments where priorities may shift or ambiguity exists.
• Strong teamwork skills and the ability to work independently when needed.
• Ability to build positive working relationships and maintain confidentiality.
• Capacity to meet the physical requirements of the role and operate custodial equipment safely (with or without reasonable accommodation).

At Metro, we strive to cultivate diversity, advance equity, and practice inclusion in all of its work. This means attracting and empowering a workforce that is inclusive of a broad range of human qualities. Workplace diversity is both a moral imperative and a business strength, essential to providing quality support and services to our region. Metro’s goal is to hire, develop and retain highly skilled and talented individuals across all departments and programs who best reflect the diversity of our community.

Learn more about Metro’s Diversity Action Plan

We will consider any combination of relevant work experience, volunteering, education, and transferable skills as qualifying unless an item or section is labeled required. Please be clear and specific in your application materials on how your background is…