Senior Custodial Worker 5:00am
Job ID - 63509
Closing Date : 10/20/2026
Responsible for performing comprehensive custodial duties to maintain the cleanliness, sanitation, and appearance of university facilities. Cleans and maintains carpeted, tile, wood, and concrete floors using appropriate cleaning equipment and floor care techniques. Dusts and sanitizes furniture, fixtures, windows, restrooms, water coolers, and other surfaces while ensuring supplies are replenished and waste is properly removed. Maintains custodial equipment, reports maintenance and supply needs, and follows established safety procedures. May serve as a lead worker in the supervisor’s absence, coordinate work assignments and special projects, and assist with inventory management and supply distribution to ensure custodial standards are consistently met.
Responsibilities
- Cleans and maintains carpeted flooring by vacuuming, spot cleaning, or extracting, and using a wet-dry cleaning machine. Vacuums walk-off mats, upholstered furnishings, and fabric patrician furniture. In the absence of the supervisor, this position may oversee work assignments to ensure that all essential duties are completed and performed in accordance with established standards. This position may act as a lead worker and oversee special projects as assigned and assist the Custodial Supervisor with administrative tasks including maintaining inventory and issuing supplies.
- Cleans and maintains tile, wood, and concrete flooring by sweeping, dust mopping, and wet mopping. Applies floor stripper, sealer, finish, and restoration products. Uses automatic floor scrubber, wet vacuum, and buffers and burnishers to strip and maintain floors.
- Dusts and wet cleans horizontal and vertical surfaces including: tables, chairs, counters, desks, bookshelves, sills and ledges, diffusers, vents, walls, elevator tracks, doors, marker and chalk boards, trays, interior glass and windows, venetian blinds, etc.
- Cleans and sanitizes water coolers and public restrooms. Restocks supplies of tissue, towels, and hand soap.
- Empties waste receptacles and removes trash and other debris, excluding hazardous and toxic materials and materials deposited in "SHARP" boxes.
- Cleans and maintains custodial equipment. Reports equipment and supply needs to supervisor. Reports needed repairs, secures property to prevent damage, places caution signs, cleans entrances and other walkways and breezeways, etc. Performs other duties as assigned.