Custodian 1 UR

Western Washington University with over 15000 students in seven colleges and the graduate school is nationally recognized for its educational programs students and faculty. The campus is located in Bellingham Washington a coastal community of 90000 overlooking Bellingham Bay the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades Mountain range. The city lies 90 miles north of Seattle and 60 miles south of Vancouver British Columbia. Western has additional sites in Anacortes Bremerton Everett Port Angeles and Poulsbo. Western is recognized nationally for its successes such as being named one of the top public masters-granting institutions in the Pacific Northwest for 25 years in a row by U.S. News & World Report.

Western Washington University is committed to achieving excellence through advancing inclusive success increasing our Washington impact and focusing on transformational education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and based on innovative scholarship research and creative activity. Westerns greatest strength is the outstanding students faculty staff and alumni/ae who make up its community. Western supports an inclusive governance structure for all and provides a learning and working environment in which everyone can pursuit of this excellence individual employees are expected to establish and maintain productive and effective inclusive working relationships amongst diverse populations including staff faculty administration student and external constituents. Further individual employees are expected to have the ability to operationalize sustainability concepts (economic societal environmental) into all aspects of performing their job duties.

• About the Position

Perform custodial assignments necessary to maintain the cleanliness and care of the institutions state funded academic facilities. These duties are performed in a team cleaning model with each Custodian 1 position rotating through all of the essential job functions.

Duty: Restroom Maintenance

Tasks include:

• Restock toilet paper and refill all dispensers as needed.
• Empty trash clean and sanitize all fixtures; clean mirrors.
• Spot clean and sanitize partitions and doors.
• Sweep and mop tile floors.
• Check all fixtures and make a note of any damage or burned out light bulbs.

Duty: Light Duty

Tasks include:

• Empty trash and reinstall liners.
• Wipe doorknobs and light switches.
• Dust all horizontal and vertical surfaces.
• Pick up paper clips paper and pencils from floor; spot clean door glass.
• Position trash can in a strategic location for the utility specialist to pick up and take to the dumpster.
• In classrooms wipe down tables and tablet armchairs clean white or chalk boards clean erasers and restock with chalk.

Duty: Utility Maintenance

Tasks include:

• Interim floor and carpet care (between scheduled major cleaning).
• Spot cleaning of carpets and haul trash to the dumpster.
• Polish stairs.
• Vacuum or sweep stairwells.
• Clean door glass.
• Restore and maintain floors.
• Auto-scrub and burnish floors.

Duty: Project Cleaning

Tasks include:

• Project clean multiple seating.
• Project clean walk-off mats.
• Clean lockers and benches.
• May collect recyclable materials.
• May set up and remove furniture before special events.
• May check students in and out issue linen and bedding keep student rooms inventory records and change and make beds.

Duty: Vacuum Buildings

Tasks include:

• Check each trash can before vacuuming under it.
• Vacuum all traffic areas and spot vacuum all other areas according to the vacuuming schedule.
• Remove crumbs ashes or other spills on furniture.
• Reposition all furniture correctly turn out lights upon completion of the room and secure area as required.

Duty: Perform Periodic Maintenance

Tasks include:

• Under direct supervision and using appropriate methodology and equipment perform interim cleaning maintenance or restoration of all floor types on campus and any assigned deep cleaning.
• Clean and restock custodial closet.
• Daily operator-level maintenance and use of custodial equipment as required.
• Move furniture supplies and tools on an incidental basis.
• Report need for repair and/or maintenance.
• Wash interior or easily accessible exterior windows.

• Demonstrated ability to interact in a positive manner in a diverse and inclusive campus community that includes students staff academic personnel facilities management personnel and custodial co-workers.
• Possess strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in a friendly and cooperative manner with students staff and faculty at all levels of the organization and in contacts with the public.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively read write and follow oral and/or written instructions as provided by supervisory personnel.
• Demonstrated ability to use effective communication in the performance of custodial or service-related duties.
• Demonstrated basic computer skills to receive read and send emails as required.
• Demonstrated ability to work with computer hardware and software as required to track work orders and record time worked.
• Six months or more of continuous professional work experience.
• Ability to perform essential job function with or without reasonable accommodation.

• Six months or more of professional team cleaning experience.
• Six months or more of experience in performing hot water carpet extraction and/or portable carpet cleaning systems.
• Six months or more of experience in performing hard floor maintenance and restoration including stripping refinishing and burnishing various hard floor surfaces.
• One year or more of experience in professional cleaning in housekeeping janitorial building maintenance or custodial operations.
• One year or more of experience in an educational environment as a custodian.
• One year or more of experience in a service industry position.
• Certified as a CMI Basic and/or Advanced Custodial Technician.

Application materials should address your experience related to the position responsibilities and the required and preferred qualifications.

Western Washington University (WWU) is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to assembling a diverse broadly trained faculty and staff. Women minorities people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to compliance with applicable laws and in furtherance of its commitment to fostering an environment that welcomes and embraces diversity WWU does not discriminate on the basis of race color creed religion national origin sex (including pregnancy and parenting status) disability age veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression marital status or genetic information in its programs or activities including employment admissions and educational programs. See WWUs Policy onEnsuring Equal Opportunity and Prohibiting Discrimination and Retaliation. Inquiries may be directed to the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX Compliance Title IX and ADA Coordinator Western Washington University Old Main 126 (MS 9021) 516 High Street Bellingham WA 98225; 360.650.3307 (voice) or 711 (Washington Relay);

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