Communication Skills, Custodial Services, Furniture, Groundskeeping, Housekeeping/Cleaning, Performing Arts, Theater, Waste/Garbage/Recycle Collection, Writing Skills
RATE OF PAY: $15.00 per hour MINIMUM AGE: 18 years of age
HOURS OF WORK:
This is a year-round part-time position at 28 hours per week. The Ford Community and Performing Arts Center is a 7-day operation. Currently the available shifts are midnights.
DESCRIPTION OF WORK:
An employee in this position performs a variety of custodial, janitorial, set-up and light maintenance duties. Duties will include the facilitation of conference/banquet and theater events through the set up and tear down of furniture and various pieces of production equipment. The employee may receive specific assignments from a supervisor, but must assume some responsibility for achieving desired results.
The Custodian-Lead will be assigned additional crew leader duties.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Set up and breakdown 8 foot rectangle tables and 6 foot round tables.
- Set up and breakdown portable staging units.
- Set up and breakdown pipe and drape.
- Set up and breakdown stacking chairs.
- Able to climb at least a 6 foot ladder.
- Sweeps, scrubs, buffs, and waxes floors; operates cleaning machinery such as a rider/scrubber, walk-behind carpet extractor, high speed buffer, and high pressure washer.
- Cleans restroom facilities and drinking fountains.
- Dusts surfaces, washes walls, washes windows, collects and carries out trash.
- Performs other custodial and cleaning tasks as necessary to maintain a clean, sanitary complex and grounds.
- Maintains outdoor grounds as needed; shovel snow, salt walkways, and trash pick-up.
- Reports all obvious safety hazards to supervisor.
- Performs related work as required.
- Must be able to perform essential functions either with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Mandatory participation with maintenance week - traditionally occurs last week in August.
- Crew leader position will assign duties and monitor the staff in the absence of a full-time Custodian.
- Demonstrates predictable and regular attendance; Reliable transportation required.
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:
- Knowledge of janitorial equipment and supplies, and of their efficient and effective use in cleaning a large office complex.
- Ability to perform physical labor required for cleaning duties.
- Ability to read written diagrams and instructions.
- Ability to interpret and follow oral and written instructions.
- Ability to communicate effectively and courteously with other employees and the public regarding janitorial and minor maintenance needs.
POST-EMPLOYMENT OFFER REQUIREMENTS:
- Satisfactory completion of background check (sex offender registry if applicable) and a pre-employment physical and drug screen that tests for illegal drugs as defined by the Federal Drug Free Workplace Act but not those legalized under Michigan law.