• $0 Cost Medical.
• RSA Retirement Benefits.

Position ensures all custodial duties for cleaning and maintaining city offices and buildings are completed. Performs custodial duties, and develops and maintains schedule of work to be completed. Serves as lead to other custodial workers in training, monitoring work, maintaining the schedule, and coordinating special projects and requests.
 

• Performs custodial work. 
• Works to a schedule and completes special projects. 
• Ensures facility is adequately cleaned each week to standards expected of public buildings.
• Included (but not limited to) occasional washing of windows and blinds, cleaning and sanitizing rest rooms and locker rooms, disposing of trash and recyclables, replacing light tubes/bulbs, cleaning all surfaces (furniture, fixtures, etc.), vacuuming and shampooing carpeted floors and cleaning, sweeping, mopping and waxing of floors.
• Set-up facilities for various meetings, including covering tables, moving furniture, cleaning and performing final inspection for presentation.
• Ensures rest rooms have adequate tissue, towels and soap as needed. Transports supplies and materials. 
• Double-checks facilities for cleanliness and any maintenance needs. 
• Maintains outside perimeter of buildings, including sweeping sidewalks, picking up debris, weed control and checking perimeter for potential drainage issues.
• Other duties as assigned.

 
Job Conditions:

• Must be available to work non-standard hours, nights and weekends and/or overtime, when required.
• Work schedule may be changed at any time to accommodate business needs.
• Work around dirt, dust, germs, chemicals, cleaning supplies, and unsanitary conditions at times.
• Must maintain a strong driving record for city-insurance purpose and record may be periodically checked by the City.
• Job requires slip resistance footwear to be worn during work hours.

• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Alabama Driver’s License and good driving record required for delivery of cleaning equipment and supplies.
• Strong experience working in janitorial/custodian field performing similar tasks to job responsibilities and utilizing job skills required.
• Strong work history of dependability and performance.
• Strong background record and performance required, due to accessibility to employees, city property and citizens, including children.

• Knowledge of material and methods used in cleaning processes.
• Verbal skills to communicate information and needs to other workers, employees and supervisor.
• Skills to operate equipment such as shampooer, buffer, vacuum, blower, small hand tools, etc.
• Ability to work independently without close supervision.
• Strong team and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of common safety practices.
• Ability to work at a fast pace to complete a high volume of work.
• Ability to stay on task and demonstrated initiative in making all facilities as clean and professional as possible while on the job.
• Ability to follow instructions.
• Reading skills to understand and comprehend written and cleaning instructions, product labels and safety warnings and notices.

Physical Capabilities:

• Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to see well enough to drive vehicle, clean offices and read product and equipment information (corrective lens acceptable).
• Ability to hear well enough to communicate in person and by telephone.
• Ability to move various equipment, files, furniture and supplies.
• Ability to bend, climb, stand and stoop for long periods of time in order to clean all surfaces.
• Ability to work around specific chemicals required for cleaning.
• Must have full range of physical motion to operate various tools and equipment, and reach above head for cleaning blinds, etc.
• Ability to perform some repetitive motion for vacuum cleaners and other equipment.
• Frequent standing or on feet 5 to 8 hours per day.