Custodian - Facility Operations

Custodian

Pittsburg State University is accepting applications for a Custodian in the Facility Operations department. The primary function is to clean and sanitize campus buildings and facilities. Assigned facilities can include classrooms, offices, student housing, as well as any other facility or space owned or maintained by the University, including outdoor space.

Duties and Responsibilities of Position:

40% - Office, Classroom and Facilities Maintenance:

• Vacuums, bonnets and extracts carpeted areas using automatic equipment.
• Uses dust tool to clean tile floors.
• Wet mops stains and spots on tiled floors, using pail method and semi-automatic scrubbers.
• Empties trash, cleans containers and replaces liners.
• Dusts furniture, blinds and other surfaces.
• Cleans glass, ledges, chalk, and dry marker boards.
• Replaces light bulbs.

15% - Restrooms/Shower Cleaning:

• Cleans and disinfects sinks, stools, urinals, sanitary napkin receptacles and trash containers.
• Cleans and polishes fixtures, wet mops floors, dusts and cleans all surfaces.
• Replaces soap and paper goods.
• Cleans floor drains and adds water weekly.
• Periodically scrubs walls and toilets.
• Proper safety gear is required and care must be exercised to not mix other chemicals or a reaction could occur.

10% - Hallways, Stairways, Elevators, Entrances and Exteriors:

• On resilient surfaces, dust mops, scrubs, and burnishes with both an automatic scrubber and burnisher.
• Wet mops spots and stains on tiled areas and floor mats.
• Spot cleans walls, doors, carpets, jam and kick plates.
• Washes windows and rails.
• Dusts and polishes surfaces.
• Removes unauthorized postings.
• Cleans fire extinguisher cases and check charges.
• Cleans display cases, commons area furniture and public telephones.
• Cleans exterior entrance ways daily.
• Sweeps snow and ice from outside entrances.
• Checks and maintains exterior drains and dock areas and handicap ramps.

10% - Floor Maintenance:

• Strips with automatic equipment, chemical detergent scrubs with like equipment in non-carpeted areas.
• Burnishes tile floors with automatic burnisher.
• Bonnets and deep extracts carpeted areas using mechanical extractors.
• Cleans and maintains specialty floors such as wood, cork, quarry tile etc. in high profile buildings.

10% - Supplies, Chemicals, and Equipment Maintenance:

• Equipment used ranges from hand tools to sophisticated high-speed mechanical/electric burnisher, scrubbers, and dry/wet vacuums.
• Maintains clean, organized and stocked supply closet.
• Reports equipment malfunctions to supervisor.
• Chemicals used are sometimes volatile and represent a wide range of disinfecting and cleaning jobs and applications. Staff must be knowledgeable concerning chemicals uses/purposes, mixes and safety issues.