Junior Building Custodian

City of Boston; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Boston is seeking a Junior Building Custodian to maintain and clean library facilities. Responsibilities include sweeping, floor maintenance, and ensuring the cleanliness of the building interior and grounds. Ideal candidates will exhibit strong dependability and organization skills, with a focus on detail. It is a full-time entry-level role requiring city residency prior to hire.

Qualifications

• Ability to work well with others; superior work habits.
• Ability to exercise good judgment and focus on detail.
• Must be a resident of the City of Boston upon hire.

Responsibilities

• Perform custodial work in cleaning and maintaining library building.
• Sweeping, washing, and vacuuming floors; maintaining grounds.
• Collecting recyclables and caring for light fixtures and furnishings.

Skills

Organization skills

Dependability

Good judgment

Job description

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Under immediate supervision, performs custodial work in connection with the cleaning and maintenance of a library building and performs related duties as required.

Responsibilities

• Sweeping, washing, polishing, and vacuuming floors (concrete, asphalt tile, linoleum, vinyl tile, cork, terrazzo, marble, wooden tile, carpet), including the use of detergents, sawdust, mops, pails, and brooms, and the use and care of cleaning equipment (vacuum cleaners, waxing and polishing machines, and carpet cleaners).
• Caring for light fixtures, shades, reflectors, lenses, prismatic glass, and other building furnishings and equipment.
• Cleaning, packing, and moving books.
• Moving furniture and equipment.
• Maintaining grounds adjacent to the building, such as cutting grass, planting grass and flower seeds, trimming shrubbery (using and caring for power lawn mowers, hand mowers, and garden tools), shoveling snow, and keeping walks and steps clear of ice during winter, and sweeping walks to keep grounds free of debris.
• Collecting paper, newspapers, and other materials for recycling.
• Washing windows, woodwork, toilets, lavatories, washrooms, and fixtures.
• Dusting and polishing furniture.
• Emptying and cleaning waste, trash, and garbage receptacles.
• Replacing light bulbs.
• Operating and caring for various fire extinguishers and having knowledge of fire accident prevention in library buildings.
• Receiving and storing items used in building maintenance work.
• Having knowledge of the proper display of the United States flag.
• Performing related duties as required.

Minimum Entrance Qualifications

• Ability to accept responsibility and carry out assignments independently. Ability to work well with others; superior work habits, organization skills, dependability, good judgment, tact, and courtesy.
• Ability to exercise good judgment and focus on detail as required by the job.
• Residency - Must be a resident of the City of Boston upon the first day of hire.
• CORI - Must successfully clear a Criminal Offenders Record Information check with the City of Boston.

Shifts To Be Filled

• Sunday through Thursday, 4:00 p.m. to Midnight.

Terms

• Union/Salary Plan/Grade: AFSCME/M-4
• Hours per week: 40

Additional Information

• Seniority level: Entry level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Management and Manufacturing
• Industries: Government Administration