CUSTODIAN 1 or 2 (Morning Shift)

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Portal•New Orleans, LA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is for the day shift 6AM-2:30PM, Monday – Friday. This is work providing leadership to employees in the Custodian 1 classification while also performing daily housekeeping duties including cleaning restrooms, classrooms, lecture halls, offices, common-use areas, halls and corridors, stairwells, and carpet and tile floors in a professional manner. OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF THE POSITION This position may be asked to respond to campus emergencies after normal business hours and during campus closures. The employee may be assigned to the emergency team that remains on campus and or evacuates to an off-site location during emergency events.

Requirements

Knowledge of disinfecting procedures.
Knowledge of complex chemical cleaners and their safe mixing and use.
Knowledge of complex floor cleaning and maintenance machines.
Skill in safely performing disinfecting procedures.
Skill in safely mixing and using complex chemical cleaners.
Skill in safely operating complex floor cleaning and maintenance machines.
Ability to safely operate and maneuver high speed buffers, scrubbers and other assigned floor care equipment.
Ability to understand and apply LSUHSC rules, regulations, policies and procedures.
Ability to apply safety policy and procedures for personal protection and the safety of the campus community.
Ability to communicate information effectively, in English, both verbally and in writing.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
Ability to perform efficiently within a group as well as independently.
Ability to perform tasks requiring standing, bending, stooping, kneeling and walking significant distances between and within buildings.
Ability to push, pull, lift or move loads of at least 35 pounds (bags of trash, cleaning carts, buffers and scrubbers, cleaning supplies and the like).
Ability to perform duties within extreme temperature ranges between the interiors and exteriors of buildings.
Visual ability, corrected, to observe dangerous situations in the work area (re: wet floors) to redirect others to avoid injuries.