Facility/Event Support Worker

Carbondale, City of (IL); Carbondale (IL); On-site; USD 25,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

Life Insurance

Retirement pension

457 deferred compensation plans

Employee Assistance Program

Vacation / Sick leave

Job summary

City of Carbondale is seeking a Facility/Event Support Worker to perform daily custodial, maintenance, and security tasks at City Hall/Civic Center. Responsibilities include cleaning, set-up for events, and assisting staff.

The role requires a high school diploma, custodial experience, a valid Illinois driver’s license, and the ability to pass a background check and drug screening. Regular full-time hours with overtime eligibility.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Two years custodial experience required.
• Event experience preferred.
• Must have and maintain a valid Illinois driver’s license.
• Must pass a police background check and drug screening.

Responsibilities

• Perform janitorial tasks to keep City Hall/Civic Center clean and safe.
• Set up audio-visual equipment and assist with event setups.
• Provide access and security for weekend/evening events as scheduled.

Skills

Valid driver’s license

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Two years custodial experience

Event experience preferred

Police background check

Drug screening

Job description

City of Carbondale, Illinois

Job Description/Opening Announcement

Title: Facility/Event Support Worker (Full-time)

Dept./Div.: City Hall/Civic Center

Nature of Work: This is a regular, full-time position which involves daily custodial, maintenance, and security work for the City Hall/Civic Center, and includes the cleaning and maintenance of City offices, Civic Center meeting rooms, corridors, toilet facilities, off site location cleaning and building grounds. The Facility/Event Support Worker is supervised by the Civic Center Manager.

Essential Duties:

1. On a routine or as needed on a daily basis, performs janitorial tasks necessary to maintain all areas in the City Hall/Civic Center in a clean, sanitary and safe condition, including the vacuuming of carpets using heavy-duty electric vacuum cleaners, walk-behind floor machines, pressure washers and automatic carpet extractors. Other duties include dry and wet mopping tile floors, glass cleaning (both interior and exterior); dusting, blind cleaning, cleaning and sanitation of bathrooms, including toilets, sinks and urinals; filling/refilling of soap containers, toilet tissue, paper towels; cleaning kitchen appliances, including stove, range, ovens, refrigerators, sinks, grease traps, washing trash cans and installing plastic liners. Exterior work also includes mowing with a push type powered mower, string trimming, snow and ice removal using shovels and scrapers, policing the grounds and cleaning up debris and leafs. Also perform slight equipment maintenance and repair according to manufacturer’s literature and replace burned-out light bulbs and fluorescent tubes.

2. On a routine or as-needed basis, empty trash cans into dump carts and empty dump carts into dumpsters, and clean and sanitize empty trash cans. Trash containers can be as large as 32 gallons with lids and contain sanitary napkins, diapers, paper, liquid and solid food. Work includes grasping and lifting trash containers safely and appropriately.

3. Set up audio-visual equipment and adjust if needed; set up tables and chairs according to instructions. Assist tenants and staff with delivery of supplies and materials. Assist staff and tenants with event set-ups.

4. Effectively communicate with supervisors and co-workers both orally and in writing. Interact courteously and tactfully with the general public.

5. As assigned by the Civic Center Manager, provide access to the City Hall/Civic Center for scheduled weekend and evening events on a call-in basis by reporting to the facility per the schedule sheet, unlocking doors to allow access to the facility by the user, disarming the security alarm, reiterating instructions to the user, departing and returning at the time the event is scheduled to end, resetting the locks and security alarm.

Other Duties: Perform other duties as assigned for the overall operation of the Civic Center.

Work Environment: Work is performed primarily indoors but may require some outside work subjecting the employee to extreme heat/cold weather. The employee is exposed to chemicals used to clean the inside of buildings and equipment.

Physical Demands: Work requires frequent physical effort such as standing, walking, bending, reaching, lifting and carrying objects of moderate weight 15-49 pounds for short durations, and operating electrical floor cleaners. Work also requires the employee to perceive and/or discriminate colors, sounds, depth, and texture.

Minimum Acceptable Qualifications: High school diploma or equivalent. Two (2) years of custodial experience. Event experience preferred. Must have and maintain a valid Illinois driver’s license. Must be able to pass a police background check and drug screening.

Benefits Include:

• Medical/Dental/Vision
• Life Insurance
• Retirement pension
• 457 deferred compensation plans
• Employee Assistance Program
• 10 days of vacation /12 days of sick leave per year
• 12 city holidays, plus one floating holiday
• Section 125 pre-tax deductions
• Dependent Care Reimbursement Plan
• Healthcare Flexible Spending Account

Regular, Full-time Position/Overtime Eligible

Shift: Tuesday - Friday 2:00p - 11:00p

Saturday 3:00p - 12:00a

Salary: Grade 3 $18.00 - $19.00/hour

Residency Boundary Requirement

The City of Carbondale is an Equal Opportunity Employer.