Part time Technical Service Janitorial Worker

The Pennsylvania State University; Ferguson Township (PA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Penn State seeks a facilities cleaning worker to maintain cleanliness across campus facilities, including classrooms, restrooms, and common areas.

The role covers waste collection, surface cleaning, floor care, and reporting repairs. Shifts include early mornings and evenings, with responsibilities extending to housekeeping tasks and adherence to safety protocols.

Qualifications

• Must perform basic arithmetic; addition and subtraction.
• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
• Experience reading fixed gauges and instruments; interpretation not required.
• Up to three months of effective experience.

Responsibilities

• Collect waste from work area.
• Wash chalkboard, erasers, and supply clean erasers.
• Dust, mop, vacuum rugs and rotate runners; clean stairways.
• Wash glass, mirrors, fixtures; restrooms; stock dispensers.
• Wash and polish furniture and hardware.
• Maintain equipment and materials in clean, orderly condition.
• Lock doors; close windows; turn out lights.
• Report needed repairs to Group Leader or Foreman.

Skills

Basic math

Follow instructions

Read gauges

Job description

POSITION SPECIFICS

• Collect waste from work area


• wash chalkboard, gather dirty erasers, and supply clean erasers


• Dust, dust mop floors, wet mop floors, spot clean and vacuum rugs, runners etc., rotate runners, and clean stairways


• Wash glass, mirrors, light fixtures, wainscoting, railings, toilet fixtures, etc., clean restrooms, and stock dispensers


• Wash and polish furniture, brass, etc.


• Maintain equipment and materials used to perform work in a clean and orderly condition


• Lock doors, close and lock windows, and turn out lights


• Report needed repairs to Group Leader or Foreman

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Requires the use of simple writing, adding, and subtracting whole numbers


• the carrying out of instructions


• and the use of fixed gauges and direct reading instruments and devices in which interpretation is not required


• Up to three months of effective experience


• Possible shifts: 1st shift: M-F 5 am - 1:30 pm 2nd shift: M-F 4:30 pm - 1:00 am 3rd shift: SU-F 10 pm - 6:30 am

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