Cleaner (Part-Time)

Stony Brook University; Stony Brook (NY); On-site; USD 16,000 - 20,000; Part time

Job summary

Stony Brook University is seeking a part-time custodian to perform a wide range of cleaning duties across campus facilities. The shift is 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., 20 hours per week, non-supervisory and paid at the SG5 hiring rate.

There are no education or experience requirements. Applicants must be physically able to perform light to heavy cleaning tasks, and to follow simple verbal and written instructions in English. A background check is required.

Qualifications

• No education or experience requirements.
• Must be able to perform medium to heavy physical labor.
• Must follow and understand simple verbal and written instructions in English.

Responsibilities

• Using hand-operated equipment and detergents, scrubs and cleans all areas of lavatories, such as sinks, urinals, toilets, etc.
• Remove refuse from buildings.
• Moves furniture and equipment in connection with cleaning and care functions.
• Uses mops, brushes, detergents, buffers, floor scrubbers, and other cleaning implements to wash floors, corridors, stairs and stairwells, walls, partitions, windows from the inside of buildings, etc.
• Using appropriate equipment such as ladders and scaffolds, replaces light bulbs, dusts and/or washes light fixtures and high places such as ceilings. Interacts appropriately with customers. If further assistance is required, notifies supervisors.
• Using manual and/or mechanical equipment, strips and vacuums and waxes floors and shampoos carpets.
• Using hand-dusting equipment, dusts assigned areas.
• Using designated equipment, polishes wood and metal fixtures and equipment.
• Using manual and/or mechanical equipment, occasionally removes snow and ice on outdoor walkways and staircases.
• Strips the wax from furniture; cleans and polishes furniture.
• Other duties or projects as assigned as appropriate to rank and departmental mission.

Skills

Physical labor ability

English comprehension

Job description

Required Qualifications

Per Civil Service Standards and Specifications. There are no education or experience requirements. Applicants must be physically able to perform medium to heavy physical labor. Applicants must be able to follow and understand simple verbal and\/or written instructions in English.

Brief Description of Duties

Cleaners work independently or as part of a work team that performs a wide range of specialized and routine cleaning activities such as stripping and polishing floors, window washing, vacuuming, trash and recycling removal, dusting and cleaning walls, office space, kitchens and common areas, hospital and clean rooms, laboratories, residential facilities, and restrooms. The nature of the cleaning assignments ranges from light, medium, to heavy physical effort. The class is non-supervisory.

• Using hand-operated equipment and detergents, scrubs and cleans all areas of lavatories, such as sinks, urinals, toilets, etc.


• Remove refuse from buildings.


• Picks up and removes hazardous articles which may be on floors, furniture and equipment and places them in designated receptacles or in appropriate places. Moves furniture and equipment in connection with cleaning and care functions.


• Uses mops, brushes, detergents, buffers, floor scrubbers, and other cleaning implements to wash floors, corridors, stairs and stairwells, walls, partitions, windows from the inside of buildings, etc.


• Using appropriate equipment such as ladders and scaffolds, replaces light bulbs, dusts and\/or washes light fixtures and high places such as ceilings. Interacts appropriately with customers. If further assistance is required, notifies supervisors.


• Using manual and\/or mechanical equipment, strips and vacuums and waxes floors and shampoos carpets.


• Using hand-dusting equipment, dusts assigned areas.


• Using designated equipment, polishes wood and metal fixtures and equipment.


• Using manual and\/or mechanical equipment, occasionally removes snow and ice on outdoor walkways and staircases.


• Strips the wax from furniture; cleans and polishes furniture.


• Other duties or projects as assigned as appropriate to rank and departmental mission.

The selected candidate must successfully clear a background investigation.

For this position, we are unable to sponsor candidates for work visas.

Special Notes

This is a part-time position, 20 hours per week, Monday through Friday, 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. FLSA Non Exempt position, eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA. Internal and external search to occur simultaneously. Mandatory rehire roster candidates have preference. SG 5 Hiring Rate $17,748 at .50 fte.

Essential Position

This has been designated as an essential position based on the duties of the job and the functions performed. Positions that are designated as such are required to report to work\/remain at work even if classes are canceled, and the campus is working on limited operations in an emergency.

Stony Brook University is committed to excellence in diversity and the creation of an inclusive learning and working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.

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Primary Location

US-NY-Stony Brook

Department\/Hiring Area

WC Custodial Services

Schedule

Part-time

Posting Start Date

Aug 20, 2026

Posting End Date

Sep 3, 2026, 11:59:00 PM

Salary

Hiring Rate $17,748 per year

Appointment Type

Permanent

Salary Grade

SG5