Custodial Worker

Summary:

Under the general supervision of the Director of Maintenance and/or the Deputy Director of Maintenance, and the direct supervision of the Regional Maintenance Supervisor and/or the Deputy Regional Maintenance Supervisor, is responsible for custodial maintenance of assigned building and facility doing the simple tasks involved in the cleaning and maintaining of offices, furniture and buildings.  Does related work as directed.

Minimum Experience and Abilities: High school diploma or general education degree (GED).

Schedule: 3:00 P.M. to 11:00 P.M. (including weekends on a rotating basis)

Essential Duties and Responsibilities Include the Following, other duties may be assigned:

• Washes and cleans windows.
• Sweeps, washes, waxes and polishes floors, including halls, stairs and foyers.
• Dusts, cleans and polishes furniture, fixtures, woodwork and equipment.
• Empties ashtrays and wastebaskets.
• Vacuums rugs.
• Cleans and services rest rooms, lunchrooms, bathroom, and sees that towels, tissues and soap are available.
• Observes safety precautions.
• Responsible for maintaining the areas of assignment in a neat, clean and presentable condition.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES 

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE 

High school diploma or general education degree (GED).

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

LANGUAGE SKILLS 

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.  Ability to write simple correspondence.  Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS 

Ability to add, subtracts, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  

REASONING ABILITY 

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.   Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS 

Possession of a valid New Jersey or Pennsylvania driver’s license required.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.  The employee frequently is required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk or hear, taste or smell.  The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move and/or slide up to 60 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Additional Notes: 

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.