Facilities and Custodial Technician
About The Position
The Facilities and Custodial Technician is a full-time, hands-on role responsible for maintaining a clean, safe, and professional workplace for FoodChain ID Testing. The position combines daily facility care with light maintenance, troubleshooting, vendor coordination, and practical improvements in laboratory, office, common, and exterior-entry areas. The role works under the supervision of the Director of Operations or a designated manager. The position operates across laboratory, office, warehouse, and exterior-entry environments. Work may involve occasional exposure to cleaning products, chemicals, biological materials, airborne particles, wet floors, and changing temperatures. Appropriate safety procedures and personal protective equipment are required.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to complete work consistently.
- Ability to follow written and verbal instructions, cleaning schedules, and safety procedures.
- Dependability, punctuality, and ability to prioritize daily work and urgent needs.
- Professional communication with laboratory staff, visitors, contractors, and management.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Basic computer and mobile-device skills, including ability to use email, work-order, checklist, and inventory systems as assigned.
- Ability to stand, walk, bend, stoop, kneel, and reach for extended periods; perform repetitive hand and wrist tasks; lift, carry, push, or move supplies, equipment, and materials generally up to 50 pounds; and safely use step stools and ladders as authorized.
Nice To Haves
- One to three years of commercial cleaning, custodial, building maintenance, or comparable experience.
- Experience using hand tools and completing routine building repairs.
- Experience in a laboratory, healthcare, food, manufacturing, or other controlled environment.
Responsibilities
- Clean and disinfect restrooms, break areas, offices, corridors, entryways, sample receiving areas, and other assigned spaces each day.
- Sweep, mop, vacuum, dust, clean glass, remove trash and recycling, and keep floors and surfaces clean.
- Restock restroom, breakroom, and cleaning supplies and report inventory needs before supplies are depleted.
- Maintain cleaning schedules, checklists, maintenance logs, and supply records; respond promptly to spills, leaks, and facility needs.
- Routinely inspect building areas and report safety concerns, leaks, damage, pest activity, and repair needs to management.
- Perform routine light replacement using approved access equipment and safe work practices.
- Perform routine light plumbing tasks, including faucet-component work and minor clogs, and report issues requiring a licensed plumber.
- Complete minor repairs to doors, hardware, furniture, fixtures, wall finishes, and other building components within training and authorization.
- Maintain basic tools, cleaning equipment, ladders, and supplies in safe working condition.
- Identify practical opportunities to improve facility appearance, organization, and reliability and present solutions to management.
- Coordinate qualified vendors for repairs outside the role's authorized scope, schedule access, follow work through completion, and communicate status and unresolved issues to management.
- Follow laboratory safety rules, cleaning-product label and Safety Data Sheet requirements, and personal protective equipment requirements.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
