Custodian - Parking Utility

City of La Crosse•La Crosse, WI

10d•Onsite

About The Position

The City of La Crosse is seeking a full-time Custodian to join the Parking Utility team. This role is responsible for overseeing and maintaining municipally owned parking ramps and surface lots, which collectively manage almost 4,000 parking spaces. The primary function of this position is to perform routine building and grounds maintenance and custodial tasks at the City's parking ramps and lots. Incumbents will engage in manual labor and operate light equipment such as vacuums, power washers, leaf blowers, weed trimmers, and hand-held power tools.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Prior buildings and grounds maintenance experience, or any combination of education and experience which provides equivalent knowledge, skills, and abilities.
A valid driver's license is required.
Ability to assemble, copy, record and transcribe data and information, following a prescribed plan.
Ability to compare, count, differentiate, measure and/or sort data and information.
Ability to explain, demonstrate and clarify to others within well established policies, procedures and standards.
Ability to follow specific instructions and respond to simple requests from others.
Ability to utilize a wide variety of reference data and information such as work orders, operating instructions, schedules and records.
Ability to communicate effectively with department personnel.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide.
Ability to apply functional reasoning in performing routine functions following clearly prescribed standard practices.
Ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving a variety of generally pre-defined duties which may be subject to frequent change.
Ability to operate, maneuver and/or steer equipment and machinery requiring simple but continuous adjustments such as pressure washers, vacuums, blowers, brooms, mops, pick-up with plow, snow removal equipment, trimmers, drills, rakes, shovels, etc.
Ability to coordinate eyes, hands, feet and limbs in performing movements requiring moderate skill, such as cutting, painting and drilling.
Ability to exert moderately physically demanding work, typically involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling.
Ability to recognize and identify similarities or differences between characteristics of colors, shapes, sounds, odors and textures associated with job-related objects, materials and tasks.
Ability to work under conditions which require exposure to environmental factors such as temperature variations and extremes, odors, toxic agents, bloodborne pathogens, machinery, wetness and/or dust. This exposure may cause some discomfort and presents a risk of injury.

Responsibilities

Sweeps, mops and vacuums floors, elevators and stairwells.
Washes windows, window ledges, doors and walls.
Cleans parking ramp access-control equipment and assists with equipment maintenance.
Empties trash containers, picks up litter and cleans up waste, including bodily fluids.
Weeds and waters flower beds and landscaping.
Plows snow from parking ramps, lots and alleys; shovels snow from doorways, walkways and entrances.
Applies sand, salt and other de-icing products.
Performs routine building maintenance tasks.
Assists with minor plumbing, lighting and electrical repairs.
Assists with installing and removing signs.
May respond to building emergency calls on occasion.
Maintains regular and predictable on-site attendance.