Custodial Worker 1

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania • Lackawanna County, PA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) is seeking a Custodial Worker 1 to support the Gino J. Merli Veterans' Center. This role involves maintaining the cleanliness and welcoming atmosphere of resident areas, public spaces, and work areas, ensuring a comfortable and supportive environment for veterans, their spouses, and staff. The position requires a commitment to detail and contributes to meaningful work.

Requirements

• Must be able to perform essential job functions.

Nice To Haves

• Willingness to work in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
• Willingness to work a full-time schedule.
• Willingness to work 6:45 AM - 2:45 PM.
• Work experience as a custodian, janitor, or cleaning person (Experience might include such things as cleaning restrooms; cleaning resident rooms, offices, or public areas; mopping, scrubbing, dusting, sweeping, and buffing).
• Work experience in an assisted living facility, nursing home, or hospital.
• Work experience interacting with patients or residents while cleaning in patient or resident rooms or a dining room setting.
• Work experience cleaning bodily fluids and disposing infectious waste into proper storage areas.
• Work experience removing snow, trash, and debris from sidewalks and entrance ways.
• Work experience using and mixing chemicals or solvents.
• Work experience using manual or power equipment to mop, scrub, sweep, strip, wax, and buff floors.
• Custodial work experience in one of the following environments: activity or recreation room, bathroom, shower or bathing room, cafeteria or dining room, entranceway, lobby, common space, nursing station, patient or resident rooms, pharmacy, physical therapy rooms.

Responsibilities

• Perform thorough cleaning of resident rooms, common areas, offices, medical spaces, kitchen areas, vehicles, and public areas.
• Carry out tasks such as mopping, scrubbing, waxing, polishing, dusting, sweeping, and buffing of surfaces and fixtures.
• Clean and sanitize all restrooms and restock needed supplies.
• Empty waste containers, dispose of trash and recyclable materials, and collect infectious waste for proper storage.
• Clean, sanitize, rearrange, and organize resident rooms prior to occupation and move furniture and equipment as needed.
• Maintain a safe work environment, report hazards, assist with snow removal, and help train new employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed