Building Services Worker

Michigan State University; East Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Michigan State University is seeking a Male Building Services Worker to perform regular cleaning duties across campus facilities. Responsibilities include cleaning bathrooms, halls, apartments, offices, and common areas, plus linen handling and basic maintenance tasks.

The role supports student housing and involves shift work, with a Bona Fide Occupational Qualification related to gender for certain duties. On-site work at ABBOT HALL is required.

Qualifications

• Casual knowledge of cleaning methods, techniques, and equipment.
• Ability to relate and communicate with college students.
• Lifting of up to 25 pounds is required.

Responsibilities

• Perform regular cleaning duties in bathrooms, halls, stairways, lobbies, dining rooms, apartments, student rooms, study lounges, pressing rooms, offices, and entrances.
• Dust mops, vacuum, sweep floor areas and wash lavatories and bathrooms.
• Make beds and tidy bedrooms; handle, count and mend linens; spot wash walls and clean upholstery.
• Re-supply restrooms with toilet tissue and towels; empty and clean wastepaper baskets; dust furniture and surfaces.
• Clean chalkboards; inspect and report damages or irregularities to Supervisor; replace cleaning supplies as needed.
• May assist in training, water plants, and change light bulbs in lounges.

Skills

Cleaning methods

Student communication

Light lifting

Job description

Position Summary

This position is seeking a Male Building Services Worker (see note below):

Performs regularly scheduled cleaning duties in areas such as the following: bathrooms, halls, stairways, lobbies, dining rooms, apartments, student rooms, study lounges, pressing rooms, offices, and inside entrance ways.

• Dust mops, operates vacuums, or sweeps floor areas.
• Wet mops lavatories, bathrooms, and shower areas with lightweight mop.
• Washes window glass, casings, tracks, ledges, and venetian blinds.
• Makes beds and tidies bedrooms.
• Handles, counts, and mends linens.
• Spot washes walls to remove such items as splash marks around sinks and fingerprints from light switches.
• Shampoos and cleans upholstery on chairs and sofas.
• Re-supplies toilet tissue, towels, and similar items in restrooms, showers, and locker rooms.
• Empties and cleans wastepaper baskets and cigarette ash receptacles.
• Dusts furniture, office equipment, and surfaces subject to dust accumulation.
• Cleans chalkboards and erasers.
• Turns in lost and found articles to Supervisor.
• Cleans and clears trash from building entrances, sweeps or shovels snow from building entrances, and empties ash urns at building entrances.
• Reports damage, malfunction, or irregularities of the building or equipment to Supervisor.
• Cleans and replaces cleaning equipment and supplies at end of work period.

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

• May assist in the training of new Building Service Workers and other support employees, as directed.
• Waters plants in public areas.
• Changes light bulbs in table, desk, and floor lamps in lounges.

This is posting has a Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ) due to the nature of the duties associated with this position. In order to achieve these business-related needs, specific information about the individual is required. With this understanding, applicants will be asked to disclose their gender as it pertains to the duties of the position which include cleaning specific community bathrooms that are assigned for use by male identified individuals.

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 conditions, 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

• Casual knowledge of cleaning methods, techniques, and equipment is necessary.
• Ability to relate and communicate with college students is necessary.
• Lifting of up to 25 pounds is required.

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.

Work Hours

Sunday-Tuesday: 6:30am - 3:00pm, Wednesday & Thursday: OFF, Friday & Saturday: 6:30am - 3:00pm

Building Location

ABBOT HALL

Summary of Physical Demands

Lifting of up to 25 pounds is required.

Bidding eligibility ends November 10, 2026 at 11:55 P.M.