Facilities Attendant//Custodian

Town-of-Vienna; Vienna (VA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Town of Vienna is looking for a Facilities Attendant to keep the community center and Town buildings clean, safe, and welcoming for residents and visitors. The role supports daily operations and event preparation, ensuring spaces are ready for programs and gatherings.

You will perform custodial tasks, light maintenance, and assist staff and contractors with professionalism. The position emphasizes sustainability, inclusivity, and high standards of service.

Qualifications

• Two years of full-time custodial, facilities maintenance, or light repair experience.

Responsibilities

• Cleans and sanitizes Town buildings and adjacent grounds.
• Opens/closes facilities and sets up rooms for programs and events.
• Sets up, breaks down, and moves tables and chairs for classes and events.
• Maintains security of buildings and ensures doors/windows are secured.

Skills

Custodial

Facilities maintenance

Light repair

Tools

Floor cleaners

Floor varnisher

Leaf blower

Drills

Vertical lift

Vacuum cleaner

Job description

TOWN OF VIENNA

FACILITIES ATTENDANT/CUSTODIAN (PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT)- FULL TIME

We are seeking a dedicated, detail-oriented Facilities Attendant to support the daily operation of our community center and other Town facilities. In this role, you’ll ensure that our buildings are clean, safe, well-maintained, and ready to welcome residents of all ages for programs, classes, meetings, and special events. This position plays a key part in creating a positive experience for everyone who visits our facilities. The Facilities Attendant plays a key role in the Department of Parks & Recreation by creating clean, safe, and welcoming environments across Town buildings and surrounding grounds. This position supports daily operations by maintaining facilities, preparing spaces for programs and events, and assisting staff, contractors, and patrons with professionalism and care. The majority of this position's time is dedicated to maintaining clean, sanitary, and welcoming Town facilities through routine custodial care. In addition to custodial responsibilities, the Facilities Attendant prepares facilities for programs and events, performs light maintenance, and supports daily facility operations to the highest standard. Guided by the department’s values, the Facilities Attendant delivers exceptional service, takes pride in maintaining well-kept spaces, and contributes to environments that promote community health and wellbeing. The role is primarily custodial in nature and also includes maintenance, event support, and other operational duties performed with a commitment to sustainability, inclusivity and continuous improvement. Working under general supervision, the Facilities Attendant follows established procedures while using sound judgment to complete tasks efficiently, safely, and to the highest standard.

Work Schedule

Monday through Friday, 5:30 a.m. to 2:00 with occasional nights or weekends to support special events.

All new employees must satisfactorily complete a background check. A conditional offer of employment may then be made contingent upon the successful completion of a physical and drug test.

This is a Non-Exempt Position.

The functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this class. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the class as necessary.

Essential Functions

• Cleans, sanitizes, and maintains Town buildings and adjacent grounds, including offices, classrooms, meeting rooms, kitchens, restrooms, and common areas by sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, dusting, stripping, waxing, buffing, disinfecting, and replenishing supplies.
• Cleans, disinfects, and restocks public and staff restrooms in facilities to ensure a safe and sanitary environment.
• Opens and closes facilities according to schedule; ensures rooms and equipment are properly set up for daily programs, classes, and special events.
• Sets up, breaks down and moves tables, chairs and other equipment for classes and events.
• Maintains security of building at all times; secures doors and windows before or after business hours.
• Interacts courteously and professionally with staff, contractors, and the public.
• Works independently under general supervision to complete assigned custodial, facility setup, and light maintenance tasks while maintaining Town standards for cleanliness, safety, and customer service.
• Monitors inventory and restocks janitorial and maintenance supplies.
• Installs new equipment and fixtures; assists with repair of equipment and building fixtures.
• Assists with inspection of facilities.
• Prepares and processes various records and reports.
• Operates various equipment including floor cleaners, floor varnisher, leaf blower, drills, vertical lift, vacuum cleaner.
• Assists parks crew with trash pick-up and emptying outdoor trash receptacles around the building.
• Provides event support, including setup and post-event cleanup, including mandatory events throughout the year.
• Meets with vendors or contractors in the absence of supervisory staff.
• Maintains the Bowman House Arts and Crafts Center and other assigned facilities as directed.
• Performs housekeeping duties such as dusting, cleaning, disinfecting, sweeping, vacuum cleaning, replacing and replenishing supplies, washing walls and windows, and cleaning restrooms.

Additional Duties

• Picks up litter in and around Town facilities.
• Provides backup support to other facility staff as needed.
• Performs related work as assigned.

Responsibilities, Requirements and Impacts

Data Responsibility

Data Responsibility refers to information, knowledge, and conceptions obtained by observation, investigation, interpretation, visualization, and mental creation. Data are intangible and include numbers, words, symbols, ideas, concepts, and oral verbalizations.

Computes or performs arithmetic operations using data or information.

People Responsibility

People include co-workers, workers in other areas or agencies and the general public.

Serves others such as customers, attends to their requests and exchanges information with them.

Asset Responsibility

Assets responsibility refers to the responsibility for achieving economies or preventing loss within the organization.

Requires minimum responsibility for only small quantities of low cost items or supplies where opportunities for achieving economies or preventing loss are negligible.

Mathematical Requirements

Mathematics requires the use of symbols, numbers and formulas to solve mathematical problems.

Uses addition and subtraction, multiplication and division and/or calculates ratios, rates and percentages.

Communications Requirements

Communications involves the ability to read, write, and speak.

Reads technical instructions, procedures manuals and charts to solve practical problems, such as assembly instruction for tools, routine office equipment operating instructions, and methods and procedures for investigations and in drawing and layout work; composes routine reports and specialized reports, forms, and business letters, with proper format; speaks compound sentences using normal grammar and word form.

Judgment Requirements

Judgment requirements refer to the frequency and complexity of judgments and decisions given the stability of the work environments, the nature and type of guidance, and the breadth of impact of the judgments and decisions.

Responsible for guiding others, requiring a few decisions, affecting the individual and a few co-workers; works in a stable environment with clear and uncomplicated written/oral instructions, but with some variations from the routine.

Complexity of Work

Complexity addresses the analysis, initiative, ingenuity, concentration and creativity, required by the job and the presence of any unusual pressures present in the job.

Performs semi-skilled work involving set procedures and rules, but with frequent problems; requires normal attention with short periods of concentration for accurate results or occasional exposure to unusual pressure.

Impact of Errors

Impact of errors refers to consequences such as damage to equipment and property, loss of data, exposure of the organization to legal liability, and injury or death for individuals.

The impact of errors is moderately serious – affects work unit and may affect other units or citizens.

Physical Demands

Physical demands refer to the requirements for physical exertion and coordination of limb and body movement.

Performs light to medium work that involves walking or standing virtually all of the time and also involves exerting up to 100 pounds of force on a regular and recurring basis and occasionally may exceed 100 pounds. Involves considerable skill, adeptness and speed in the use of the fingers, hands or limbs in tasks involving close tolerances or limits of accuracy.

Equipment Usage

Equipment usage involves responsibility for materials, machines, tools, equipment, work aids, and products.

Handles or uses machines, tools, equipment or work aids involving moderate latitude for judgment regarding attainment of a standard or in selecting appropriate items.

Unavoidable Hazards

Unavoidable hazards refer to the job conditions that may lead to injury or health hazards even though precautions have been taken.

Involves routine and frequent exposure to electrical shock; heights. Occasional exposure to cleaning chemicals and working at heights.

Safety of Others

Safety of others refers to the level of responsibility for the safety of others, either inherent in the job or to ensure the safety of the general public. (Does not include safety of subordinates).

Requires responsibility for the safety and health of others and for occasional enforcement of the laws and standards of public health and safety.

Two (2) years of full-time experience in custodial, facilities maintenance, or light repair work.

Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance

The Town of Vienna is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ADA requires the Town of Vienna to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are encouraged to discuss ADA accommodations with management.