General Maintenance Worker​/Housekeeping - Part time evenings

General Maintenance Worker / Housekeeping

Agency:
Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs

Location:

Minneapolis.

Work schedule:

evening shift (3:00 pm – 11:30 pm), at least 64 hours every 2‑week pay period, may include weekends, holidays, and other business needs.

Hourly pay: $20.87 – $25.88 (annual $43,577 – $54,037). Part‑time. Health and dental benefits are offered.

Job Description:

Perform a variety of internal and external maintenance, cleaning and laundry tasks in a resident care setting. Responsibilities include cleaning floors, windows, walls, furniture, restrooms, sidewalks, handling laundry, operating and maintaining equipment, and making minor repairs.

• Maintain floors and hallways using vacuuming, sweeping, mopping and scrubbing.
• Clean windows, walls, curtain dividers and window treatments using appropriate agents.
• Dust, rearrange furniture; set up or take down tables and chairs.
• Sanitize restrooms—scrubbing floors, sinks, and stools; manage supplies; empty trash.
• Shovel snow, apply sand or deicer, and remove ice and debris from state‑maintained sidewalks.
• Perform personal laundry—sorting and delivering residents’ clothes.
• Operate, maintain, and repair vacuums and other maintenance equipment.

Knowledge of:

• Various floor coverings, cleaning methods and equipment.
• Chemical cleaning agents—selection, safe application and disposal.
• Maintenance tools and repair procedures.

Ability to:

• Use hand tools; handle light materials.
• Work with ladders and scaffolding.
• Carry out laundry duties.
• Work in adverse weather conditions.
• Perform tasks independently.
• Perform minor mechanical repairs.
• Follow instructions, read manuals and keep simple records.

A Minnesota Department of Human Services background check and tuberculosis screening are required for finalists.

Employment reference checks may be conducted.

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities is an equal‑opportunity employer. Reasonable accommodations will be made for qualified disabled applicants. Contact 651‑259‑3637 or email careers.us for assistance.