General Clerk 1L (Building and Grounds/Custodial/Maintenance)

Sawnee-EMC; Cumming (GA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

Sawnee EMC is seeking a General Clerk 1L for a part-time role focused on Building and Grounds/Custodial/Maintenance. The position requires a high school diploma or equivalency, a valid GA driver's license, and willingness to perform facility maintenance and grounds keeping duties.

Responsibilities include completing landscaping tasks, cleaning and basic repairs, and supporting the Building & Grounds Department.

Qualifications

• Requires a High School Diploma or state-approved High School Equivalency (HSE).
• Six months to one year of job-related experience or training, or equivalent.
• Experience with grounds keeping, outdoor maintenance, and custodial duties.
• Must have a valid Georgia driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Support the Building & Grounds Department.
• Perform duties in a timely and comprehensive manner.
• Maintain knowledge of SEMC policies and services.
• Receive work orders from supervisor.
• Complete landscaping tasks: grass cutting, trimming, weeding, digging, planting.
• Clean interior areas: trash, buffing, dusting, sweeping, mopping.
• Repair and maintain SEMC buildings: painting, plumbing, electrical, structural.
• Repair parking lots and sidewalks with asphalt and concrete.
• Assist other departments with moving furniture and supplies.

Skills

Driver's license

Grounds maintenance

Custodial duties

Interpersonal skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

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Sawnee EMC is seeking a General Clerk 1L (Building and Grounds/Custodial/Maintenance) (part-time position) to perform facility maintenance and grounds keeping duties. Requires some heavy lifting, high school diploma or equivalency and a valid GA driver’s license. Related experience with outdoor maintenance equipment and a valid CDL are preferred. Hours: Availability for alternate shift assignments and irregular work hours.

Purpose

• Performs general custodial and maintenance support tasks. Duties include responsibilities below and other related maintenance, grounds keeping and custodial duties as required.
• Demonstrates an awareness that the job exists to effectively serve each SEMC member, and at every opportunity to achieve increased member and public understanding for support SEMC.

Demands

• Must have a High School Diploma or state-approved High School Equivalency (HSE)
• Six months to one-year job-related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience with grounds keeping duties, outdoor maintenance, and custodial duties.
• Requires valid Driver’s License.
• All contingent offers are based upon successful completion of a pre-employment verification process, which includes a background check, physical health screening, drug test, and MVR.

Requirements

• The basic skills and experience to provide the ability and knowledge to perform miscellaneous tasks and duties specific to the Section assignment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills demonstrating consistently favorable interaction with customers, the public, Cooperative representatives, fellow employees, and agency representatives.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Written, verbal, mathematical, listening, and perceptual communication skills to enable successful understanding and communication within the position and for attending to the expressed or implied needs or requests of customers, supervisory personnel, and others.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• A valid driver’s license.
• Regular and reliable attendance and punctuality record.
• Flexible work hours as necessitated by circumstances, on-call functions, and irregular work shifts.
• Flexibility for irregular work hours, including evenings and weekends as necessitated by circumstances.
• Position requires this individual report in time of natural disaster and weather-related emergencies, and recognizing that the Corporation (SEMC) is an electric utility.
• Ability to work in a constant state of alertness and safe manner is an essential job function.

Responsibilities

• Responsibilities include but are not limited to supporting the Building & Grounds Department.
• Perform duties of position in a timely and comprehensive manner.
• Maintains current knowledge on advances and changes in Sawnee policies, programs, and services, and in the electric utility industry in general.
• Receives written work orders or verbal instructions from supervisor.
• Required to complete various landscaping duties, including, but not limited to grass cutting, trimming, weeding, digging, planting, and constructing borders.
• Cleans internal areas of buildings, including, but not limited to trash, buffing, dusting, sweeping, and mopping.
• Maintains and repairs various aspects of SEMC buildings, including, but not limited to painting, plumbing, electrical and structural.
• Repairs parking lots and sidewalks with asphalt, cold patching materials, and concrete.
• Assist other departments with moving furniture and unloading and storing supplies.
• Safety and Security - Observes safety and security procedures; reports on potentially unsafe conditions; uses equipment and materials properly.
• The duties identified above are the major responsibilities/essential functions of this position. These are not intended to cover each aspect of the position. At times, the scope, duties, functions, and responsibilities of a given position may change or be temporarily altered based on the needs of SEMC.
• The basic requirement of every position is to perform all tasks, projects, and any other duties as requested and assigned by the reporting authority to fulfill the objective of SEMC.

Principal Accountabilities

• Reports directly to the Superintendent of Building & Grounds.
• Requires the reliable and accurate performance of duties and to fulfill responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
• Internal Communication: This position’s internal communications include all SEMC employees and assigned contract workers.
• External Communication: This position’s external communications include all SEMC members, the public, as well as vendors.

Working Conditions

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to work near moving mechanical parts; work in high, precarious places; outdoor weather conditions, various outdoor terrain, and elevation; risk of electrical shock and vibration.
• The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, drive, sit, grasp, hear, speak, write, operation of telephone and other miscellaneous office equipment, as well as other defined tasks.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• The vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• The employee is frequently required to lift and/or move up to fifty (50) pounds. The employee is occasionally required to lift and/or move up to one hundred (100) pounds.
• Requires the mental ability and emotional fortitude of productive performance in position with frequent contact with employees, customers and/or the public, frequent interruptions, and constant time constraints.
• Position requires operation of a motor vehicle.

Sawnee EMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Disabled and Protected Veterans.

Sawnee EMC is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

Reasonable accommodation(s) may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Drug Free Workplace

Special Notes/Instructions

Applicants must complete an application prior to 5 PM, October 16, 2026. Apply online: www.sawnee.coop/careers. If you require a paper application or an alternate format, please contact us at 770-887-2363 extension 7568.