Building Sanitation Worker

MSU Careers Recent Jobs; East Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 1,791,000 - 2,480,000; Full time

Job summary

MSU Careers Recent Jobs is seeking a Building Service Worker to perform sanitation and cleaning tasks across university facilities, including dining rooms, classrooms, and public areas. The role involves moving furniture, setting up for events, and routine maintenance activities.

Applicants should meet the minimum requirements, including physical stamina and ability to handle heavy lifts. Work hours run Sunday through Thursday, with occasional alignment to campus needs.

Qualifications

• One year of satisfactory work experience as a Building Service Worker or equivalent.
• Lifting of 26 to 75 pounds and occasional lifting of over 75 pounds.
• Ability to relate to and work with college students and college personnel.
• Good physical condition.

Responsibilities

• Sweep, mop, and polish dining rooms, halls, offices, apartments, ladders, classrooms, and other areas.
• Clean restrooms, lavatories, and shower rooms; replace towels, soap, and similar items.

Job description

Position Summary

CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES – RESPONSIBILITIES

Sweeps, polishes, and wet mops dining rooms, halls, offices, apartments, lobbies, study lounges, classrooms, auditoriums, pressing rooms, treatment rooms, laundry rooms, shower rooms, locker rooms, stairways, outside entrances, and all such areas.

Cleans restrooms and shower room toilets, lavatories, urinals, shower stalls, floors, towel dispensers, all chrome, walls, ceiling, partitions, mirrors, and all other areas in room.

Re-supplies toilet tissue, towels, soap and similar items in shower rooms, locker rooms, restrooms and bathrooms.

Periodically scrubs and refinishes floors with sealers and finishers.

Uses electronic floor machines, battery or electric automatic scrubbers, vacuums, carpet cleaning machines, and window and wall washing machines.

Washes walls, ceilings, windows, furniture, doors, and other related surfaces.

Moves furniture and equipment, cleans, dusts and polishes furniture and equipment.

Sets up and removes chairs, tables, easels and P.A. equipment for conferences, banquets, classes, meetings and workshops.

Replaces light bulbs and reports any observed electric, plumbing or mechanical failures.

Removes, cleans and replaces soiled drapes and shower curtains.

Cleans drinking fountains; cleans aluminum, brass, chrome or enamel; cleans surfaces on doors, trim, stair railing, etc.

Cleans and clears trash from building entrances, sweeps or shovels snow from building entrances, and empties ash urns at building entrances.

Turns in lost and found articles to supervisor.

Requests supplies necessary to perform job.

Perform related duties as assigned including, but not necessarily limited to, the following:

May collect, sort and transport soiled and clean linen.

May orient new Building Sanitation Workers and student employees to the assigned facilities.

Properly cleans and stores above equipment and other general maintenance equipment after use.

Keeps workers' storage and work areas clean at all times.

Locks and unlocks outside doors of buildings.

Assists students with minor building-related and maintenance problems.

May make minor repairs and do incidental painting.

All positions in RHS are designated as critical status. In the event of a university closure, modification, or suspension of operations due to snow or other emergency condition, persons in this position are expected to make all reasonable attempts to report to work as scheduled for the duration of the closure/suspension. If a person has an approved remote work agreement to work a portion of their normally scheduled work hours remotely, they may be called upon to work on-site to serve the MSU community.

Minimum Requirements

• One year of satisfactory work experience as a Building Service Worker or an equivalent combination of training and experience is necessary.
• Lifting of 26 to 75 pounds and occasional lifting of over 75 pounds is necessary.
• Ability to relate to, and work with college students and college personnel.
• Good physical condition.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.

Required Application Materials

Resume

Work Hours

Sunday-Thursday-6:30am-3pm, Friday-Saturday-Off

Building Location

E WILSON HALL

Summary of Physical Demands

• Lifting of 26 to 75 pounds and occasional lifting of over 75 pounds is necessary.

Bidding eligibility ends October 1, 2026, at 11:55 PM

Advertised: Sep 25, 2026 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: Oct 1, 2026 Eastern Daylight Time