Custodial

Schoolcraft College; Livonia (MI); Hybrid; USD 17,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Schoolcraft College in Michigan is seeking a Custodial position to maintain the cleanliness and safety of campus buildings and grounds, performing unskilled and semi-skilled cleaning and upkeep to ensure facilities are ready for daily use. This role includes event setups and routine cleaning across campus.

The work involves lifting up to 50 lbs repeatedly and up to 100 lbs occasionally; requires a valid Michigan driver’s license; 40 hours per week, with a pay rate of $19.76 per hour.

Qualifications

• High school diploma/ GED with a stable work or education history.
• Maintain high standards of cleanliness and order, keep materials and tools organized, and make judicious use of all resources including work time, equipment and materials.
• Valid Michigan Driver’s license and College approved driving record.
• Ability to prioritize and satisfy workload demands to fulfill supervisor’s instructions and customer needs.
• Effectively complete multiple, prioritized tasks and meet deadlines.
• Able to work alone or with others.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. repetitively and up to 100 lbs. occasionally and pass the Schoolcraft College pre-employment physical examination.

Responsibilities

• Cleans assigned area, including lobbies, floors, rugs and mats, corridors, stairways, railings, sills, windows, mirrors and door glass, restrooms and restrooms fixtures, walls, seating, furniture and fixtures.
• Operates power and non-power cleaning equipment and tools such as burnisher’s, scrubbers, rotary floor machines, carpet and furniture cleaning equipment, power washers; replenishes materials and supplies.
• Performs routine cleaning duties for assigned workstations or in multiple buildings as needed.
• Writes and submits work orders for needed repairs or project work.
• Performs stripping, waxing, and sealing of floor surfaces.
• Collects waste and recyclable materials daily; cleans and lines containers.
• Changes incandescent and fluorescent lights as necessary.
• Sweeps and shovels debris and/or snow from facility walkways, steps and sidewalks.
• Sets up furniture and equipment required for College functions as directed.
• Cares for tools and equipment.
• Will work interchangeably with Utility I, Culinary Sanitarian, and PE Attendant to complete cleaning and setups in campus buildings as assigned.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Skills

Attention to detail

Time management

Heavy lifting

Independent work

Teamwork

Valid driver's license

Education

High school diploma/ GED

Job description

The Custodial position maintains the cleanliness and safety of the campus building and grounds; performing unskilled and semi-skilled work required for the routine cleaning and upkeep of buildings to insure that the facilities are ready for daily use. Also responsible for routine cleaning, project cleaning, event set-ups and upkeep of equipment used in the performance of these duties.

Schoolcraft is a comprehensive, open-door, community-based college. The mission of the College is to provide a transformational learning experience designed to increase the capacity of individuals and groups to achieve intellectual, social, and economic goals.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma/ GED with a stable work or education history.
• Maintain high standards of cleanliness and order, keep materials and tools organized, and make judicious use of all resources including work time, equipment and materials.
• Valid Michigan Driver’s license and College approved driving record.
• Ability to prioritize and satisfy workload demands to fulfill supervisor’s instructions and customer needs.
• Effectively complete multiple, prioritized tasks and meet deadlines.
• Able to work alone or with others.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. repetitively and up to 100 lbs. occasionally and pass the Schoolcraft College pre-employment physical examination.

Preferred Qualifications

Physical Demands

Schoolcraft College is an AA/ EEO Employer.

• In-Person: This position may require the employee to be onsite at Schoolcraft College.
• Writing Skills: Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations.
• Communication Skills: Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from prospective and current employees, and groups of managers.
• Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide with all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percentage and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Office Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk, stand, use hands to finger, handle or feel; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee may frequently lift 50 lbs., occasionally up to 100 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, depth perception, color, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee is frequently required to work near moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally required to work in high, precarious places (frequent ladder/aerial lift use), around toxic or caustic chemicals, in outdoor weather conditions and with the risk of electrical shock.
• Noise Level: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Hours

40 hours / week

Salary $19.76 per hour

Job Duties

Job Duty Name

Job Duty Name 1

Description of Job Duty

Cleans assigned area, including lobbies, floors, rugs and mats, corridors, stairways, railings, sills, windows, mirrors and door glass, restrooms and restrooms fixtures, walls, seating, furniture and fixtures.

Essential Duty? Yes

Percentage Of Time

Job Duty Name

Job Duty Name 2

Description of Job Duty

Operates power and non-power cleaning equipment and tools such as burnisher’s, scrubbers, rotary floor machines, carpet and furniture cleaning equipment, power washers; replenishes materials and supplies.

Essential Duty? Yes

Percentage Of Time

Job Duty Name

Job Duty Name 3

Description of Job Duty

Performs routine cleaning duties for assigned workstations or in multiple buildings as needed.

Essential Duty? Yes

Percentage Of Time

Job Duty Name

Job Duty Name 4

Description of Job Duty

Writes and submits work orders for needed repairs or project work.

Essential Duty? Yes

Percentage Of Time

Job Duty Name

Job Duty Name 5

Description of Job Duty

Performs stripping, waxing, and sealing of floor surfaces.

Essential Duty? Yes

Percentage Of Time

Job Duty Name

Job Duty Name 6

Description of Job Duty

Collects waste and recyclable materials daily; cleans and lines containers.

Essential Duty? Yes

Percentage Of Time

Job Duty Name

Job Duty Name 7

Description of Job Duty

Changes incandescent and fluorescent lights as necessary.

Essential Duty? Yes

Percentage Of Time

Job Duty Name

Job Duty Name 8

Description of Job Duty

Sweeps and shovels debris and/or snow from facility walkways, steps and sidewalks.

Essential Duty? Yes

Percentage Of Time

Job Duty Name

Job Duty Name 9

Description of Job Duty

Sets up furniture and equipment required for College functions as directed.

Essential Duty? Yes

Percentage Of Time

Job Duty Name

Job Duty Name 10

Description of Job Duty

Cares for tools and equipment.

Essential Duty? Yes

Percentage Of Time

Job Duty Name

Job Duty Name 11

Description of Job Duty

Will work interchangeably with Utility I, Culinary Sanitarian, and PE Attendant to complete cleaning and setups in campus buildings as assigned.

Essential Duty? Yes

Percentage Of Time

Job Duty Name

Job Duty Name 12

Description of Job Duty

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Essential Duty? Yes

Percentage Of Time

Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

• * Do you have a high school diploma or GED?
  • Yes
  • No
• * Do you have a valid driver’s license with a clean driving record?
  • Yes
  • No