JANITOR

Navy Exchange Service Command; Gulfport (MS); On-site; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Navy Exchange Service Command in Gulfport, MS is seeking a dedicated janitor/custodian to uphold cleanliness and order in assigned areas. You will follow supervisor instructions and establish your task sequence.

Key duties include floor care, window cleaning, dusting, trash removal, and minor equipment maintenance. Physically capable of lifting heavy items and working from ladders; indoor settings with variable conditions.

Qualifications

• Six months of cleaning task experience with standard janitorial tools or industrial equipment.
• Moderate to heavy physical effort with moving heavy objects and ladders/scaffolds.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a specific area orderly and clean; set up own schedule and task frequency.
• Scrub, wax, and polish floors; operate vacuum cleaner and change attachments.
• Sweep, dust, wash windows, clean vents, toilets, and disinfect surfaces.
• Replace blinds, change bulbs, and perform minor equipment maintenance.
• Move heavy furniture and supplies; report malfunctions; operate light vehicle if needed.

Job description

Duties and Responsibilities: Receives specific oral or written instructions and assignments from supervisor or crew leader. Work is reviewed frequently for cleanliness and performance.

• Maintains a specific area orderly and clean. Sets up own schedule and sequence which states the required frequency of each task.
• Scrubs strips waxes and polishes floors using heavy industrial type vacuum cleaner. Adjusts cleans and oils these machines and changes brushes rollers buffers and other attachments.
• Sweeps floor hallways empties garbage dusts office furniture and empties ash trays shampoos rugs cleans air vents disinfects and deodorizes toilet bowls lavatories etc.
• Washes and replaces venetian blinds and washes ceiling fixtures changes light bulbs and room partitions using ladders and scaffolds.
• Cleans and maintains machines equipment and makes adjustments accordingly. Reports all equipment malfunctions to supervisor and performs minor repairs to equipment.
• Removes stains from a variety of surfaces such as rugs drapes walls floors and fixtures by use of chemicals and cleaning solutions.
• Moves heavy furniture supplies and equipment.
• Cleans windows and doors inside and out at ground levels.
• May operate a motor vehicle in the performance of the above duties on a limited basis.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS Moderately heavy physical effort is used occasionally in moving setting up and working from ladders and scaffolds. Frequently lifts and moves objects weighing about 40 pounds and occasionally objects weighing over 50 pounds. WORKING CONDITIONS Indoors in areas which normally have adequate heat light and ventilation. Occasionally exposed to skin irritations from strong cleaning solutions. Possibility exists of serious disabling injury as a result of electrical shocks from power cleaning equipment or from falling scaffolds or ladders

Six months of experience performing cleaning tasks using standard or janitorial cleaning tools or industrial-type cleaning equipment. Physical requirements Moderately heavy physical effort is used occasionally in moving setting up and working from ladders and scaffolds. Frequently lifts and moves objects weighing about 40 pounds and occasionally objects weighing over 50 pounds are lifted and moved.