Custodian Brandeis University

Brandeis University is looking for a Custodian in the Facilities Administration.

ESSENTIAL & OTHER JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Clean, strip, polish building surfaces as directed.

• Read, understand and carry out simple instructions in English

• Establish and maintain a positive working relationship with supervisors, fellow workers, department heads and other members of the campus community

• Follow simple oral instructions in English

• Work in an environment subject to frequently changing priorities and from individuals and time deadlines

• Bend, stoop, lift and move furniture, shovel snow and remove trash weighing 30 pounds

• Work either independently or in a project team setting

• Organize responsibilities and tasks

• Receive and ship packages, luggage and supplies.

• Set up rooms for conferences, lectures, and special events.

• Respond to and clean up after emergencies and disasters

• Assist in the security and protection of facilities to include locking and unlocking exterior and interior doors

*This list is representative of those duties and responsibilities that are required of this position. However, the list is not to be considered as all inclusive.

Schedule:A Mon-Fri; 5:00 am -1:00 pm

Job Qualifications and Requirements:

• Ability to clean, strip, polish building surfaces as directed

• Ability to read and understand simple instructions in English

• Ability to follow simple oral instructions in English

• Ability to establish and maintain a positive working relationship with supervisors, fellow workers, department heads and other members of the campus community

• Ability to work effectively in an environment subject to frequently changing priorities and periodic stress from individuals and time deadline

• Ability to bend, stoop, lift and move furniture, shovel snow and remove trash weighing 30 pounds

• Ability to work effectively and efficiently either independently or in a project team setting

• Ability to organize responsibilities and tasks weekly in order to perform them efficiently and effectively

• Ability to respond to and clean up after emergencies and disasters

• Ability to perform other related tasks as required

JOB LOCATION (Place(s) where work is performed):
Inside campus buildings and outside perimeter of buildings

EQUIPMENT (Machines, devices, tools, etc., used in job performance):
Floor buffers, vacuums of all types, wet/vacuums, automatic walk-behind and riding floor scrubbers, pressure washers, 44 gallon trash containers, snow shovels, ice chippers, brooms, mops, pails with ringers, chemicals including but not limited to: ammonia, bleach, germicide/disinfectant, floor stripper, wax, ice melt, and metal polish.