Facilities Maintenance Support I - Library

Salary Range: $15.9959 - $18.5414/hour. Salary reflects Step1 and Step 4 of a 7-step pay scale. Salary at hiring will be dependent upon the applicant's education, experience, and training.

Shift differential will be paid as stated in Teamster contract and shift differential pay is as follows: 6:00 p.m. - midnight - $.80/hour and midnight to 6:00 a.m. - $1.25/hour.

Job Summary:

The Facilities Maintenance Support I performs routine cleaning and sanitation of assigned facilities and grounds.  Duties include cleaning floors, walls, windows, sidewalks, restrooms, work areas, break areas and public access areas of public buildings.  Duties include removal of waste materials and collection of recyclable materials.  Duties may include being observant of potential safety and security problems.

Scope of Responsibility: 

Incumbents follow prescribed procedures in performing duties and are subject to close supervision.   Work is repetitive and is typically scheduled. Performs simple troubleshooting and selects solutions from among proven alternatives. 

Performs routine cleaning and sanitation duties

• Uses vacuum cleaners, floor scrubbers, carpet cleaners, polishers, as well as hand cleaning supplies to maintain facilities
• Safely uses cleaning chemicals, some of which may be caustic or may produce toxic gases if improperly mixed with one another
• Removes waste material to dumpsters and recycling to proper collection locations
• Removes snow from sidewalk areas and ensures that ice conditions are treated with salt or sand
• Waters plants inside buildings and in the immediate outdoor areas
• Cleans break areas
• Cleans and maintains supplies in restrooms
• Monitors for and removes graffiti

Performs a regular cleaning and janitorial materials inventory and notifies the supervisor when material stocks are low

• May order department supplies in order to maintain a working inventory, preparing purchase orders for replenishment as directed by policy
• Receives janitorial supplies and stores them in designated areas

Observes people or conditions that may present a threat to safety and security and reports them to the proper personnel

• Observes burnt out lights and reports them to the proper personnel for correction
• Observes unattended packages left in the facility and calls for assistance if there is a possibility of a hazard
• Monitors heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems as directed and reports to the proper personnel to address out-of-order conditions
• Moves office partitions and furnishings, or assists others with moves

May provide routine responses to the public on basic questions such as directions

Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications & Skills: 

• Ability to follow basic written instructions and simple diagrams
• Six (6) months experience doing general custodial work, or equivalent
• Must be able to answer basic questions from the public in a courteous manner
• A valid Montana driver’s license or must be obtained within sixty (60) days of employment

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

Work is mainly indoors with some exposure to outside areas.  Frequent moderate physical effort involving lifting of 5 - 25 pounds is required.   Intermittent (less than 15% of the time) lifting of amounts over 60 pounds may be required.  Work requires limited attention to detail or deadlines between 45% and 70% of the time.  Work includes frequent exposure to at least one disagreeable element, such as dirt, waste material or odors.  There may be intermittent exposure (less than 15% of the time) to intensely disagreeable elements.  In some departments it may be necessary to drive intermittently.

Some requirements in this job description may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health and safety of themselves or other employees.  All requirements are subject to modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills, and experience required.  To perform this job successfully, the worker must possess the abilities and aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently.

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise.  The City retains the discretion to add duties or change the duties of this position at any time.

Salary : $16 - $21