Facilitates Services Technician I (Custodial)

City Of League City; League City (TX); On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

City of League City is seeking a Facilities Services Technician I (Custodial) to keep City offices, meeting rooms, restrooms, and public spaces clean, safe, and functional. Responsibilities include cleaning, disinfection, floor care, event setup, minor maintenance, and reporting hazards.

This role requires physical stamina, ability to lift up to 50 pounds, and a valid Texas driver’s license. Shifts may include early mornings, evenings, or weekends to support public events and emergency response.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of custodial techniques, cleaning agents, disinfectants, equipment, floor-care practices, chemical handling, and applicable safety procedures.
• Knowledge of basic emergency procedures, fire safety, evacuation routes, and hazard reporting.
• Skill in operating floor buffers, extractors, power washers, and basic maintenance tools safely and efficiently.
• Skill in recognizing routine cleaning or maintenance deficiencies and taking appropriate corrective action or escalating concerns.
• Ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, work with minimal supervision, and adjust to changing assignments.
• Ability to communicate clearly, follow oral and written instructions, work cooperatively, and provide professional customer service.

Responsibilities

• Perform custodial and housekeeping duties, including sweeping, dusting, mopping, vacuuming, cleaning surfaces, removing trash, and replenishing supplies.
• Clean and disinfect restrooms, including sinks, toilets, urinals, walls, floors, fixtures, and dispensers.
• Perform floor care, including carpet extraction, spot removal, stripping, waxing, applying floor finish, and operating floor-cleaning equipment.
• Inspect and clean assigned offices, meeting rooms, hallways, common areas, public spaces, and exterior grounds.
• Return furniture and equipment to their proper locations and maintain orderly custodial closets, storage areas, and workspaces.
• Clean and properly store custodial tools and equipment after use.
• Perform light building maintenance, including replacing light bulbs and air filters, assembling shelving, moving furniture, and completing minor repairs.
• Identify and report maintenance or safety concerns and assist with coordinating repairs and contracted services.
• Set up, break down, and clean assigned areas for City and public events, including after-hours activities.
• Secure assigned facilities by turning off lights, locking doors, and maintaining control of assigned keys.
• Monitor housekeeping and maintenance supplies and notify the supervisor when additional supplies or equipment are needed.
• Maintain assigned City vehicle in a clean and organized condition and ensure it is stocked daily with necessary custodial supplies and equipment.
• Follow City procedures for cleaning chemicals, hazardous materials, equipment operation, ladder use, and workplace safety.
• Provide coverage at other City facilities as assigned.
• Provide courteous and professional service to employees, contractors, event participants, and members of the public.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Skills

Custodial techniques

Floor care

Safety procedures

Communication

Physical stamina

Tools

Floor buffers

Power washers

Job description

The Facilities Services Technician I (Custodial) is responsible for performing a variety of custodial, housekeeping, groundskeeping, event setup, floor care, and light building maintenance duties to ensure City facilities remain clean, safe, orderly, and functional. The position maintains clean, sanitary, safe, accessible, orderly, and functional environments for City employees, residents, visitors, contractors, and event participants. Work includes routine cleaning and disinfection, operation and care of floor-maintenance equipment, handling of cleaning products, minor repairs, event setup and breakdown, reporting hazards and facility deficiencies, and securing facilities. The employee follows established procedures, works independently or as part of a team, responds to changing facility needs, and represents the City through courteous public service. Duties and responsibilities may be modified at any time to meet the needs of the organization.

• Perform custodial and housekeeping duties, including sweeping, dusting, mopping, vacuuming, cleaning surfaces, removing trash, and replenishing supplies.
• Clean and disinfect restrooms, including sinks, toilets, urinals, walls, floors, fixtures, and dispensers.
• Perform floor care, including carpet extraction, spot removal, stripping, waxing, applying floor finish, and operating floor-cleaning equipment.
• Inspect and clean assigned offices, meeting rooms, hallways, common areas, public spaces, and exterior grounds.
• Return furniture and equipment to their proper locations and maintain orderly custodial closets, storage areas, and workspaces.
• Clean and properly store custodial tools and equipment after use.
• Perform light building maintenance, including replacing light bulbs and air filters, assembling shelving, moving furniture, and completing minor repairs.
• Identify and report maintenance or safety concerns and assist with coordinating repairs and contracted services.
• Set up, break down, and clean assigned areas for City and public events, including after-hours activities.
• Secure assigned facilities by turning off lights, locking doors, and maintaining control of assigned keys.
• Monitor housekeeping and maintenance supplies and notify the supervisor when additional supplies or equipment are needed.
• Maintain assigned City vehicle in a clean and organized condition and ensure it is stocked daily with necessary custodial supplies and equipment.
• Follow City procedures for cleaning chemicals, hazardous materials, equipment operation, ladder use, and workplace safety.
• Provide coverage at other City facilities as assigned.
• Provide courteous and professional service to employees, contractors, event participants, and members of the public.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

• Valid Texas driver’s license.
• Must pass a state and national criminal history background check and meet Criminal Justice Information Security (CJIS) standards for access to secure City facilities.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of custodial techniques, cleaning agents, disinfectants, equipment, floor-care practices, chemical handling, and applicable safety procedures.
• Knowledge of basic emergency procedures, fire safety, evacuation routes, and hazard reporting.
• Skill in operating floor buffers, extractors, power washers, and basic maintenance tools safely and efficiently.
• Skill in recognizing routine cleaning or maintenance deficiencies and taking appropriate corrective action or escalating concerns.
• Ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, work with minimal supervision, and adjust to changing assignments.
• Ability to communicate clearly, follow oral and written instructions, work cooperatively, and provide professional customer service.
• Ability to carry out repetitive physical work, stand and walk for extended periods, bend, stoop, reach, push, pull, and move equipment and supplies safely.
• Knowledge of infection-prevention practices, including cross-contamination prevention and appropriate cleaning procedures for high-touch surfaces.
• Ability to read and interpret product labels, Safety Data Sheets (SDS), and equipment operating instructions.
• Ability to recognize and communicate supply shortages, equipment malfunctions, and conditions requiring specialized maintenance.
• Ability to maintain discretion and respect confidentiality while working in occupied offices and secured City facilities.
• Skill in coordinating room setups and restoring spaces efficiently while minimizing disruption to City operations and public activities.

Work Environment and Physical Requirements

Work is performed in occupied and unoccupied municipal offices, meeting rooms, restrooms, public facilities, storage spaces, and outdoor grounds. The employee may encounter cleaning chemicals, dust, moisture, odors, bodily-fluid contamination, moving equipment, slippery surfaces, noise, temperature variations, and occasional adverse weather. Work may require personal protective equipment, safe ladder practices, travel between City locations, and interaction with the public. The position requires repetitive movement and sustained physical activity, including prolonged standing and walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, reaching, pushing, pulling, and moving furniture, tools, equipment, and supplies. The employee must be able to continuously lift or move items weighing up to 20 pounds, frequently lift or move items weighing up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift or move items weighing up to 100 pounds. Duties also require attention to safety, following instructions, recognizing hazards, and coordinating work in occupied facilities.

Work Schedule & Emergency Response

Position may require early morning, evening, or weekend shifts, including after-hours event support and coverage at other City facilities. Must be able to provide services for the benefit of the general public during emergency situations that threaten the safety of League City's citizens. Must be able to work immediately before, during, or after an emergency.

Safety-Sensitive Position Designation

Recommended designation: Safety-sensitive, subject to confirmation under the City’s adopted safety-sensitive position criteria and drug-testing policy. The position involves use of powered cleaning equipment, handling potentially hazardous chemicals, ladder work, moving heavy items, and work in public facilities where unsafe performance could create injury risks. If designated safety-sensitive by the City, the position is subject to random drug screening in accordance with applicable City policy and law.