Custodian 2

Louisiana State University•Union, NJ

7d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for cleaning and maintaining the LSU Student Union facility. This person must be capable of moving about in a 305,000 square foot building multiple times daily to clean and prepare ballrooms, meeting/conference rooms, lobbies, office space, and exterior sidewalks, patios, and balconies. Cleans lobbies, bathrooms, hallways, meeting rooms, billiards area, and administrative area of the union by sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, dusting, and polishing. Mixes or blends cleaning solutions to proper concentrations as necessary - 30% Responsible for set-ups and break downs associated with daily events in meeting rooms, lobbies, ballrooms, and exterior grounds - 25% Cleans, strips, waxes and polishes floors using industrial size mops and commercial type floor machines. Fills commercial floor machines with cleaning solutions of proper concentration, empties unused solution into appropriate container - 20% Cleans floor machines and checks and recharges batteries. Washes, rinses and dries industrial size wet mops, dust mops, and commercial floor pads. Operates wet dry vacuuming carpet extraction equipment and other commercial equipment as requires for cleaning and shampooing carpets - 10% Empties (exterior and interior ) trash and recycling containers, transports waste material to outdoor refuse containers or recycling containers as needed. Cleans, decontaminates, and deodorizes waste containers using proper materials according to label directions - 10% Performs other duties as may be assigned by Building Services supervisors, Managers, or other administrative personnel within the department - 5%.

Requirements

No Test Score Required
Six months of experience in custodial, housekeeping, grounds keeping, or food service work.
Must be capable of moving about in a 305,000-square-foot building multiple times daily to clean and prepare ballrooms, meeting/conference rooms, lobbies, office space, and exterior sidewalks, patios, and balconies.
Must be able to ascend and descend the stairs of a 4-story building multiple times daily and stand for extended periods during cleaning processes.
Must be capable to stoop, kneel, and crouch to pick up litter, retrieve equipment, and clean restrooms, offices, lobbies, and maintain floors.
Should be capable of moving furniture that weighs 20-40 lbs. or more and transporting tables and chairs weighing 60-80 lbs. to set up for events throughout the building.
Will use arms/hands to operate floor/power equipment used in preparing and maintaining floors.
Will work with and be exposed to common cleaning products.
Satisfactory pre-employment background check and physical are required for hire.
Valid U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and maintain that valid work authorization throughout employment.

Nice To Haves

A permanent or probationary internal employee who is appointed to another position following certification from an open competitive eligible list is considered a new employee in the new position and shall serve a probationary period for six months.

Responsibilities

Cleaning and maintaining the LSU Student Union facility.
Moving about in a 305,000 square foot building multiple times daily to clean and prepare ballrooms, meeting/conference rooms, lobbies, office space, and exterior sidewalks, patios, and balconies.
Cleaning lobbies, bathrooms, hallways, meeting rooms, billiards area, and administrative area of the union by sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, dusting, and polishing.
Mixing or blending cleaning solutions to proper concentrations.
Responsible for set-ups and break downs associated with daily events in meeting rooms, lobbies, ballrooms, and exterior grounds.
Cleaning, stripping, waxing and polishing floors using industrial size mops and commercial type floor machines.
Filling commercial floor machines with cleaning solutions of proper concentration, emptying unused solution into appropriate container.
Cleaning floor machines and checking and recharging batteries.
Washing, rinsing and drying industrial size wet mops, dust mops, and commercial floor pads.
Operating wet dry vacuuming carpet extraction equipment and other commercial equipment as requires for cleaning and shampooing carpets.
Emptying (exterior and interior) trash and recycling containers, transporting waste material to outdoor refuse containers or recycling containers as needed.
Cleaning, decontaminating, and deodorizing waste containers using proper materials according to label directions.
Performing other duties as may be assigned by Building Services supervisors, Managers, or other administrative personnel within the department.