Custodian for Academic and Residential Buildings

Universities of Wisconsin • Platteville, WI

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The University of Wisconsin – Platteville is hiring Custodians to help maintain a vibrant, welcoming campus while enjoying dependable employment, excellent benefits, and a positive work-life balance. As a Custodian, you will play a vital role in keeping our campus clean, safe, and welcoming while building meaningful connections with students, faculty, staff, and visitors. As a Custodian at UW–Platteville, you’ll support the upkeep of historic landmarks like Ullrich Hall, a 1916 academic building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. At the same time, you’ll work around Sesquicentennial Hall, a state-of-the-art engineering and science facility, which contains the expansive Huff Family Innovation Center, one of the largest makerspaces in the Midwest.

Requirements

• Ability to bend, stoop, kneel, move furnishings and work on feet for prolonged periods of time.
• Ability to safely lift up to 50 pounds with or without mechanical assistance.
• Excellent communication skills
• Basic computer skills.
• Ablility to read work instructions and schedules, warning labels and instructions for equipment operation
• H.S. Diploma or GED

Nice To Haves

• No experience required! We will train you!

Responsibilities

• Maintains clean and clear walkways to ensure they are free of debris, litter, snow, and ice
• Monitors and secures facility interior and exterior entrances and reports issues to appropriate entities
• Maintains organization of supply areas and equipment, documents inventory, and requests additional supplies as needed
• Documents and reports repairs, violations, and pest control needs
• Utilizes basic equipment and supplies to clean assigned facility areas and remove waste and recyclables
• Effectively perform and meet cleaning and maintenance expectations in assigned areas.
• Maintain clean and clear walkways to ensure they are free of debris, litter, snow, and ice.
• Maintain organization of supply areas and equipment.
• Work with campus customers, co-workers, and supervisors as a team
• Remove waste and recyclables from assigned residential areas using equipment and supplies.
• Assemble and move furniture, equipment and deliver supplies as needed or requested.
• Operate specialized machinery and work with chemicals.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Retirement contributions
• Life insurance ( multiple, low-cost plans)
• Flexible spending accounts
• Participation in the nationally ranked pension Wisconsin Retirement System with employee match!
• Vacation benefits that increase over time
• Nine paid legal holidays
• 4.5 paid personal holidays
• Paid sick leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED