Custodian; mon, 1st

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Department: Facilities Management
Work Type: Union
Location: Main Campus (Houghton, MI)
Full Time / Part Time: Full Time
Categories: Labor/Service/Maintenance

Michigan Technological University is seeking a 1st shift custodian who will be responsible for the performance of routine and special custodial duties in facilities and grounds as assigned. Work is performed in accordance with instructions and schedules provided, with results regularly inspected. The position requires providing excellent customer service to a wide variety of internal and external customers. The role is full‑time (40 hrs per week) for a 12‑month term.

• Sweep, mop, clean, vacuum, wax, and buff various types of floor surfaces.
• Clean and maintain all meeting and conference rooms, hallways, lobbies, lounges, restrooms, offices, labs, stairwells, and other public and work areas.
• Clean washroom floors, walls, and fixtures; sanitize as necessary; replenish washroom soap, paper, and vending products.
• Maintain a clean, sanitary, and safe work area; ensure a safe environment throughout the facility; remove garbage, paper, and recycling.
• Clean all types of wall and ceiling surfaces.
• Use and maintain a variety of cleaning and maintenance machines, ladders, tools, and equipment.
• Wash windows, clean furniture, dust windowsills and ledges, clean fixtures, and change light bulbs in various fixtures inside and out of the building.
• Maintain building entrances by removing snow and ice, applying sand and salt, and removing debris.
• Adhere to current uniform policy.
• Perform minor wall and ceiling repair including spackling, sanding, and painting.
• Participate in any training necessary to accommodate changes in operation that directly affect regular assigned duties.
• Commit to learning about continuous improvement strategies and applying them to everyday work; actively engage in University continuous improvement initiatives.
• Apply safety‑related knowledge, skills, and practices to everyday work.
• SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
  
  Functional supervision may be exercised over seasonal/temporary university employees and student assistants.

• High school diploma, or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and abilities can be acquired.

• One year experience with primary duties as a custodian, or an equivalent combination of experience to equal one year full time.
• One year experience maintaining a variety of floor surfaces using auto‑scrubbers, burnishers, buffers, carpet extraction vacuums, and other commercial cleaning equipment.

• Excellent communication, customer service, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to use basic internet and web‑based applications.
• Demonstrated ability to follow instructions and perform work with minimum supervision.
• Demonstrated ability to work harmoniously with clients, students, and staff in varying situations and in all areas when assigned.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain a clean and safe facility.
• Demonstrated ability to perform general maintenance tasks, including changing lights and bulbs; use of ladders is required for some tasks.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively across cultural boundaries and work harmoniously with diverse groups of students, faculty, and staff.
• Demonstrated commitment to contribute to a safe work environment.

The role requires regularly standing, walking, using hands to handle tools or controls, reaching, climbing ladders, and stooping, kneeling, or crouching. The employee must frequently lift or move up to 100 pounds and must be able to shovel, move, and/or scrape snow and ice from external entrances. Specific vision abilities include close, distance, peripheral and color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

The work environment may involve exposure to wet, humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and extreme heat and cold. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities…