Department: Sports & Recreation
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.
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Job Description Summary
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. Provide excellent customer service to a wide variety of internal and external customers.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities (other duties may be assigned)
1. Clean men's locker rooms and restrooms including sinks, toilets, floors, walls, ceilings, and shower stalls. Replenish washroom soap, paper, and vending products.
2. Clean classrooms, offices, labs, hallways, lobbies, lounges, corridors, stairways and other work areas; including interior and exterior windows, floors, walls, ceiling and furniture surfaces. Dust and move furniture.
3. Sweep, mop, clean, vacuum, wax, and buff various types of floor surfaces.
4. Remove refuse from stairwells, hallways, rooms and buildings
5. Operate and maintain a variety of machines, tools and equipment pertaining to the SDC, Kearly Stadium, MacInnes Student Ice Arena, and Gates Tennis Center (i.e. riding floor machines, airlift, etc.)
6. Maintain building entrances and grounds according to conditions (i.e., remove snow, apply sand and salt, and remove debris).
7. Assist in delivering, moving, setting up, and taking down equipment for on-site events, such as tables, chairs, staging, and floor mats.
8. Maintain a clean, sanitary, and safe work area and ensure a safe environment throughout the facility. Remove garbage and recycling.
9. Participate in any training necessary to accommodate changes in operation which directly affects regular assigned duties.
10. Assist customers with Athletics & Recreation policies and procedures.
Required Education, Certifications, Licensures (minimum requirements)
* High school diploma, or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and abilities can be acquired.
Required Experience (minimum requirements)
* 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.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities (minimum requirements)
* 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, bulbs. The use of ladders will be required to perform some of these 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.
Work Environment and/or 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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk; talk or hear; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, climb extension ladders, and step ladders.
Ability to shovel, move, and/or scrape snow and ice from exterior entrances, steps, patio's, porches, and fire escapes.
The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, peripheral and color vision; depth perception; and the 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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally work near moving mechanical parts; may be exposed to outdoor weather conditions and vibration. The employee may regularly be exposed to wet, humid conditions (non-weather); fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; and the risk of electrical shock.
The noise level in the work environment ranges from moderate to loud.
Required Training and Other Conditions of Employment
Every employee at Michigan Technological University will receive the following 4 required trainings; additional training may be required by the department.
Required University Training:
Employee Safety Overview
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Michigan Technological University is an Equal Opportunity Educational Institution/Equal Opportunity Employer that provides equal opportunity for all, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
