Environmental Services Associate (Part-Time)

Dupage County; Wheaton (IL); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

DuPage County is seeking a part-time Environmental Services Associate within the Facilities Management Department. The role includes cleaning duties across campus, moving carts, stocking supplies, and reporting maintenance issues. A post-offer physical and background check are required, with paid leave and vacation time prorated to hours scheduled.

The job emphasizes safety and indoor, climate-controlled work environments, with duties covering restrooms, break rooms, and meeting spaces as needed.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.

Responsibilities

• Mops, cleans floors (ceramic, vinyl, wood).
• Moves wheeled cleaning cart with supplies and trash bags through buildings.
• Vacuums carpeted floors across the campus.
• Removes refuse and recycling from trashcans and carts to dumpster/compactor.
• Operates a floor stripper/scrubber and shampoos carpets when applicable.
• Reports maintenance issues to a supervisor.

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

We are pleased to offer the opportunity to work as a part-time Environmental Services Associate within the DuPage County Facilities Management Department. This position is eligible for Paid Leave hours and Vacation time at a proportional rate based on the number of hours regularly scheduled to work. For detailed information on paid time off, visit Employee Policy Manual, Section 5.

DuPage County is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Responsibilities include:

• Mops, hard floors (ceramic, vinyl, and wood), fills and empties mop buckets with water and cleaning chemicals
• Maneuvers wheeled cleaning cart with mop and bucket, cleaning supplies (chemical, rags, towels), and trash bags throughout the buildings
• Vacuums carpeted floors throughout the campus
• Removes bags containing refuse and/or recycling from trashcans, recycling bins and cleaning carts, throughout the campus
• Places bags of refuse and/or recycling into wheeled carts for further processing. Unloads bags or refuse and/or recycling into dumpster or compactor for further processing. Operates a compactor
• Cleans and dusts, by hand, various fixtures, and furniture pieces
• Replenish supplies of paper towels, toilet paper and soap in restrooms
• Replenishes supplies of paper towels, and soap near sinks, in areas such as breakrooms or lunchrooms
• Replenish stock of paper towels, toilet paper, hand soap and cleaning supplies on cleaning cart
• Moves carts of chairs, loads/ unloads carts of chairs and arranges chairs to set up and break down meeting rooms
• Assists with moving tables to set up and break down meeting rooms
• Strips and waxes floors utilizing floor chemicals and floor scrubber when applicable
• Shampoos carpet utilizing an automated, self-propelled carpet shampooer when applicable
• Reports maintenance related items to a supervisor

Requirements include the following experience or equivalent combination of training and experience:

• High School Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (GED)

A post-offer physical is required.
A pre-employment background check is required.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Medium Work: Exerting up to 30pounds of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Use of arm and /or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than for light work.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

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. The work environment for this position regularly includes tasks that occur indoors in a temperature-controlled environment, on surfaces such as ceramic tile, vinyl tile, concrete, wood or commercial carpeting. Tasks may require personal protective equipment including latex or vinyl gloves and safety glasses