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Facilities Maintenance Support I - Library
Salary
See Position Description
Location
Billings, MT 59101
Job Type
Full-Time
Job Number
202500199
Department
Billings Public Library
Division
Library Facilities
Opening Date
10/17/2025
Description
Benefits
"Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis."
Position Overview
Salary Range: $20.1798/hour and includes an additional $.80/hour shift differential. Salary reflects Step 5 of a 7-step pay scale. Salary at hiring will be dependent upon the applicant's education, experience, and training.
Work Schedule: Tuesday through Friday, 5:00 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. & Saturdays, 3:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.
Employee Benefits:
$10,000 Employer-Paid Life Insurance
Competitive Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance Options
11 Paid Holidays
3 Weeks of Vacation Earned in the First Year
2 Personal Days per Year
Robust Retirement Benefits
Job Summary:
The Facilities Maintenance Support I performs routine cleaning and sanitation of assigned facilities and grounds. Duties include cleaning floors, walls, windows, sidewalks, restrooms, work areas, break areas and public access areas of public buildings. Duties include removal of waste materials and collection of recyclable materials. Duties may include being observant of potential safety and security problems.
Scope of Responsibility:
Incumbents follow prescribed procedures in performing duties and are subject to close supervision. Work is repetitive and is typically scheduled. Performs simple troubleshooting and selects solutions from among proven alternatives.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Performs routine cleaning and sanitation duties
Uses vacuum cleaners, floor scrubbers, carpet cleaners, polishers, as well as hand cleaning supplies to maintain facilities
Safely uses cleaning chemicals, some of which may be caustic or may produce toxic gases if improperly mixed with one another
Removes waste material to dumpsters and recycling to proper collection locations
Removes snow from sidewalk areas and ensures that ice conditions are treated with salt or sand
Waters plants inside buildings and in the immediate outdoor areas
Cleans break areas
Cleans and maintains supplies in restrooms
Monitors for and removes graffiti
Performs a regular cleaning and janitorial materials inventory and notifies the supervisor when material stocks are low
May order department supplies in order to maintain a working inventory, preparing purchase orders for replenishment as directed by policy
Receives janitorial supplies and stores them in designated areas
Observes people or conditions that may present a threat to safety and security and reports them to the proper personnel
Observes burnt out lights and reports them to the proper personnel for correction
Observes unattended packages left in the facility and calls for assistance if there is a possibility of a hazard
Monitors heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems as directed and reports to the proper personnel to address out-of-order conditions
Moves office partitions and furnishings, or assists others with moves
May provide routine responses to the public on basic questions such as directions
May set up tables, chairs, and/or stage for events and return them to their proper location(s) afterwards
Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications and Skills
Required Qualifications & Skills:
Ability to follow basic written instructions and simple diagrams
Six (6) months experience doing general custodial work, or equivalent
Must be able to answer basic questions from the public in a courteous manner
A valid Montana driver’s license or must be obtained within sixty (60) days of employment
Preferred Qualifications and Skills
A high school diploma or GED
Physical Demands and Working Conditions
Work is mainly indoors with some exposure to outside areas. Frequent moderate physical effort involving lifting of 5 - 25 pounds is required. Intermittent (less than 15% of the time) lifting of amounts over 60 pounds may be required. Work requires limited attention to detail or deadlines between 45% and 70% of the time. Work includes frequent exposure to at least one disagreeable element, such as dirt, waste material or odors. There may be intermittent exposure (less than 15% of the time) to intensely disagreeable elements. In some departments it may be necessary to drive intermittently.
Some requirements in this job description may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health and safety of themselves or other employees. All requirements are subject to modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.
Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills, and experience required. To perform this job successfully, the worker must possess the abilities and aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently.
This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise. The City retains the discretion to add duties or change the duties of this position at any time.