Lead Custodian & Floor Care Supervisor

LSU; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

LSU in New Orleans is seeking a Custodian 1 to provide leadership to employees in the Custodian 1 Classification while performing daily housekeeping duties across restrooms, classrooms, lecture halls, offices, and common areas in a professional manner.

The role requires knowledge of disinfecting procedures, safe handling of complex chemical cleaners, and operation of floor cleaning machines; strong communication in English and the ability to work independently or in a team are essential.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of disinfecting procedures.
• Knowledge of complex chemical cleaners and their safe mixing and use.
• Knowledge of complex floor cleaning and maintenance machines.
• Skill in safely performing disinfecting procedures.
• Skill in safely mixing and using complex chemical cleaners.
• Skill in safely operating complex floor cleaning and maintenance machines.
• Ability to safely operate and maneuver high speed buffers, scrubbers and other assigned floor care equipment.
• Ability to understand and apply LSUHSC rules, regulations, policies and procedures.
• Ability to apply safety policy and procedures for personal protection and the safety of the campus community.
• Ability to communicate information effectively, in English, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Ability to perform efficiently within a group as well as independently.
• Ability to perform tasks requiring standing, bending, stooping, kneeling and walking significant distances between and within buildings.
• Ability to push, pull, lift or move loads of at least 35 pounds (bags of trash, cleaning carts, buffers and scrubbers, cleaning supplies and the like).
• Ability to perform duties within extreme temperature ranges between the interiors and exteriors of buildings.

Responsibilities

• Follows established procedures precisely to clean and maintain restrooms daily.
• Follows established procedures precisely to clean and maintain classrooms daily.
• Follows established procedures precisely to clean and maintain offices daily.
• Follows established procedures precisely to clean and maintain lecture, conference and other large assembly rooms daily.
• Follows established procedures precisely to clean and maintain laboratory and research spaces (when allowed access).
• Follows established procedures precisely to clean and maintain hallways, corridors, commons areas, stairways, elevators, and building entrance areas daily.
• Follows established procedures precisely to perform periodic floor cleaning and maintenance duties.
• Follows established procedures precisely to clean and maintain kitchens daily.
• Follows established procedures precisely to clean glass windows, doors and display cases daily.
• Fulfills event set-up requests; b) cleans as needed and removes trash during events; c) cleans after events and resets space if needed.

Skills

Disinfecting procedures

Chemical cleaners handling

Floor cleaning machines operation

Safety procedures

English communication

Tools

Floor care equipment

High speed buffers

Scrubbers

Job description

LSU in New Orleans is seeking a Custodian 1 to provide leadership to employees in the Custodian 1 Classification while performing daily housekeeping duties across restrooms, classrooms, lecture halls, offices, and common areas in a professional manner.

The role requires knowledge of disinfecting procedures, safe handling of complex chemical cleaners, and operation of floor cleaning machines; strong communication in English and the ability to work independently or in a team are essential.