General Definition of Work

Performs work assisting with unskilled laboring and light equipment operation in cleaning and maintenance for residents of RRHA.

This position reports to the Property Manager.

Essential Functions

• Performs general laboring and custodial tasks such as shoveling snow, cutting grass, lawn maintenance, trash pick-up, and cleaning buildings.

• Performs general landscape and lawn maintenance (mowing, fertilizing, seeding, trimming, weeding etc.).

• Maintains outdoor basketball courts and playground areas as needed.

• Drives trucks for the pick-up, hauling, and delivery of housing unit materials, appliances and supplies.

• Keeps buildings and grounds clean and orderly; sweeps, mops, cleans and waxes floors; dusts, cleans and polishes woodwork and furniture; cleans windows and glass surfaces; moves furniture and equipment, picks up and disposes of trash and debris on the property and surrounding streets; cleans offices, community rooms, common areas, sidewalks, parking lots, and related areas and buildings.

• Cleans apartment appliances.

• Paints apartments under general direction of maintenance supervisor or technician.

• Assists with snow and ice removal and other emergency tasks as essential personnel of the agency during extreme weather events.

• Performs related manual laboring tasks such as moving furniture to assist with tenant evictions, sweeping floors, washing windows and cleaning vacant housing units, etc.

• Assists maintenance technicians in the general construction, maintenance and repair of facilities and grounds as required.

Minimum Qualifications

High School Diploma or GED and minimal years of experience, or a combination of equivalent education and experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Special Qualifications

Valid state identification or driver’s license in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Working Conditions

• Employees sit sometimes of the time but may frequently or most of the time walk or frequently or most of the time stand for periods of time.

• This classification involves physical agility requirements such as: climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, pushing, pulling, repetitive motions and manual dexterity.

• Sensory requirements include special vision requirements - close and distance vision, ability to adjust focus, depth perception, color perception, night vision and peripheral vision, ability to convey detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly and standard hearing requirements. #HP