Custodian
Location:
Amherst, MA
Open Date:
Oct 29, 2018
Description:
Amherst College invites applications for the Custodian position. The Custodian is a full-time, year round position, job group and level AO-1. The Custodian supports the efforts of Custodial Services to maintain safe, clean, orderly, and sanitary conditions throughout the campus community.
The Custodian takes appropriate actions to support a diverse workforce and participates in the College’s efforts to create a respectful, inclusive, and welcoming work environment.
Work schedule: The position is designated as providing essential services and may be required to report to work, or remain on duty even when the College is closed. Our work is central to student life and their needs occur at a variety of times throughout the day, week, and year and in such, a flexible schedule with extended shift times may be required. The work schedule may vary and corresponds to the College’s operational needs.
Key Responsibilities
Custodial
- Perform general custodial work required to maintain safe, clean, orderly, and sanitary conditions in buildings and their adjacent grounds in accordance with established work routines, cleaning methods and procedures
- Conduct room inventories using a tablet
Projects
- Strip, screen, and refinish floors
- Extract carpets
- Wash walls, ceilings and glass
- Snow removal
- Support the campus-wide recycling program
- Complete monthly work request forms, building inspections, and student damage reports
Special Requests/General Maintenance
- Perform general maintenance duties, move furniture or custodial equipment, and assist Special Services as needed
Physical/Environmental Demands
- Frequent lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling 30 lbs.; occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling over 30 lbs. and up to 50 lbs. with assistance and occasionally on own
- Moving large furniture with assistance
- Repetitive motions including; arms, wrists, hands, fingers and knees
- Visual – close concentration/manual dexterity
- Frequent movement including reaching, bending, standing, walking, ascending/descending stairs and ladders
- Outdoor elements including exposure to fluctuations in temperature and weather conditions
- Hazardous materials including chemicals and biological
- Other exposures include dust, odors, wet/slippery conditions, and blood borne pathogens
Qualifications:
Required
- A valid driver’s license and successful credentialing is required in order to operate college vehicles
- Basic math skills including adding and subtracting
- Basic computer skills
- Strong customer service, organizational, and time-management skills
- Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills including ability to follow written and verbal instructions
- Successful completion of pre-employment physical and CORI check
- Attention to detail
Preferred
- High School or Vocational Diploma, or equivalent
- 6 months of cleaning experience
Application Instructions:
Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, resume, and the names and contact information (email and/or telephone numbers) for three professional references. Applications will be reviewed until position is filled.
ABOUT AMHERST COLLEGE
Amherst College, one of the premier liberal arts colleges in the nation, is located in Amherst, Massachusetts, a town of approximately 35,000 residents in the western part of the state. The college’s community is composed of about 1,800 students from 48 states, plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and 54 countries around the world, and about 1,000 staff and faculty. The college’s scenic 1,000-acre campus includes a 500-acre wildlife sanctuary and the Book & Plow Farm; three museums: Emily Dickinson Museum, Beneski Museum of Natural History and Mead Art Museum; and multiple educational and cultural venues and resources through the Five College Consortium. The town of Amherst offers an amazing variety of coffee shops, restaurants and entertainment, and a very active outdoor life. Our vibrant campus, diverse community and beautiful surrounding, makes Amherst College and the Town of Amherst the perfect place to work, learn and live!