Custodial Maintenance Worker

County of Morgan; Utah; On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan County in Utah is seeking a Custodial Maintenance Worker to perform cleaning and basic facilities upkeep. The role is full-time and includes locking buildings, disposing of waste, and maintaining a safe, clean environment for staff and visitors.

Responsibilities include sweeping, mopping, dusting, restroom cleaning, snow removal, and assisting with equipment operation. Candidates must be able to work outdoors and indoors, climb stairs, and follow directions with minimal supervision.

Qualifications

• Physically demanding duties indoors and outdoors.
• Ability to understand and follow oral instructions.
• Commitment to safety and quality of service.
• Works with minimal supervision.
• Reliable and punctual.

Responsibilities

• Lock and secure county buildings each evening.
• Dispose of waste and maintain cleanliness.
• Sweep, mop, and dust interiors.
• Clean restrooms and replenish supplies.
• Shovel snow and maintain sidewalks.
• Assist with general custodial tasks as needed.

Skills

Physically demanding work

Follow instructions

Safety awareness

Teamwork and customer service

Punctual and reliable

Job description

MORGAN COUNTY JOB DESCRIPTION

Position: Custodial Maintenance Worker Employment: Full-Time

Department: Public Works FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Supervisor: Public Works Director Employer: Morgan County

Under the direction of the Morgan County Public Works Director, the custodian maintains a clean working environment for all staff and visitors, ensuring all areas are safe. Responsible for locking-up county buildings each evening and disposing of waste paper and other discards. Performs related work as required. The assignments for this position will come from the supervising managers.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

• Turns off lights and locks up buildings. Responsible for securing county buildings/facilities each evening.
• Disposes of waste paper and other discards; collects and places trash in an incinerator or trash pickup area.
• Sweeps, dusts and wet mops floors or stairs, using brooms, dust mops, vacuums, wet mops and floor machines.
• Dusts, cleans and polishes furniture, counters, shelving, window/door ledges and casings, using cloths and cleaning/polishing solutions.
• Dusts, wet mops and washes walls, ceilings and partitions, using wall brushes, wet mops, cloths and cleaning solutions.
• Cleans lavatories, toilets and bath facilities, using cleansers and sanitizing solutions, brushes, cloths and squeegees.
• Shovels snow and sweeps sidewalks, steps and driveways; removes trash, cleans restrooms and washes equipment.
• Spot cleans carpets and rugs, using a rug shampooing machine, brush, or cloth and cleaning solutions.
• Performs other duties as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND CERTIFICATIONS:

• Applicants must be at least 16 years of age, preferably 18 years of age or over; AND
• Must possess a valid Drivers' License

NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Ability to perform both indoor and outdoor physically demanding duties.
• Ability to understand and follow oral/verbal work instructions.
• Ability to perform physical tasks involving bending, squatting, standing for extended periods of time, pushing, reaching and some lifting.
• Ability to learn to operate a variety of hand tools and power equipment such as a putty knife, squeegee, floor machine and vacuum.
• Works and communicates with internal and external clients and customers to meet their needs in a polite, courteous, and cooperative manner.
• Committed to quality service.
• Displays a high level of initiative, effort and commitment towards completing assignments efficiently.
• Works with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrates responsible behavior and attention to detail.
• Responds appropriately to supervision.
• Makes an effort to follow policy and cooperate with supervisors.
• Aligns behavior with the needs, priorities and goals of the organization.
• Encourages and facilitates cooperation, pride, trust, and group identity.
• Fosters commitment and team spirit.
• Expresses information to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information.
• Listens to others and responds appropriately.
• Ability to apply personal work attitudes such as honesty, responsibility and trustworthiness required to be a productive employee.
• Displays high standards of ethical conduct and reliability. Exhibits honesty and integrity. Refrains from theft-related, dishonest or unethical behavior.
• Reports to work on-time and as scheduled.
• Works and communicates with internal and external clients and customers to meet their needs in a polite, courteous, and cooperative manner.
• Committed to quality service.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The physical demands of this position and work environment characteristics described are representative of those that must be met or will be encountered by an employee while successfully performing the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, sit, walk, talk or hear; use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Occasionally lifts, carries, pushes, pulls, or otherwise moves objects weighing up to 80 pounds.

Work is performed in environmentally controlled and partially environmentally controlled buildings and work is regularly performed for sustained periods outdoors and occasionally in hot, cold, or inclement weather; work is regularly performed in noisy places; exposes incumbent to possible bodily injury from moving mechanical parts of equipment, tools, or machinery; requires use of protective devices such as masks, goggles, gloves, etc.; and work exposes incumbent to unknown, dangerous, and/or life-threatening conditions.

Work exposes incumbent to conditions such as fumes, noxious odors, dusts, mists, gases, poor ventilation, and noise; exposes the incumbent to hazardous chemicals, and to hazards in the cleanup of body fluids and other biological hazards.

Hand-eye coordination is necessary to operate tools, computers and various pieces of office equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work may require a varying schedule to accommodate department and event schedules.

Possible Job Modifications: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of the specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position. The job description is subject to change by the County as the needs of the County and requirements of the job change. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.