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HomeMy WebLinkAboutFacilities Custodian March 2025 City of Port Townsend Job Description Facilities Custodian Classification title: Custodial Working title: Facilities Custodian Department: Community Services Union: Teamsters General Government FLSA status: Non-exempt Wage Classification: 7 Hours: Full Time Effective date: 2024; March 2025 Reports to: Facilities and Parks Manager and/or Facilities Crew Chief Civil Service: No JOB SUMMARY Under general supervision to perform custodial maintenance duties and general cleanliness procedures. As a member of the Facilities team, the custodian is responsible for maintaining the sanitation of City facilities, public restrooms, and offices. The City of Port Townsend strives to provide safe, equitable, and inclusive access to parks, recreation and City facilities to foster healthy living and strengthen the bonds of the community. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES • Provides essential services as a front-line worker. • Works well in a team. • Shows the ability to effectively interact with the public. • Demonstrates safe work practices. • Supports cross-team functionality and collaboration. • Performs general, routine custodial duties including but not limited to dusting, mopping, trash removal, sanitizing, cleaning of windows, buffing of floors, vacuuming, shampooing carpets, litter pickup, cleaning restrooms, and restocking paper and soap supplies. • Performs routine maintenance to custodial equipment and supplies. • May be required to work weekends or holiday shifts. • Understands and follows SDS manuals and guidelines. • Empties trash receptacles, disposes trash into compactors and/or dumpsters, and bags trash for proper disposal. • Unlocks doors, ensuring doors are locked after cleaning areas. • Reports needs and concerns to appropriate staff, which may include submitting or recommending work orders and checking supply levels. • Ensures proper care in the use and maintenance of equipment and supplies; promotes continuous improvement of workplace safety and environmental practices. • Assists in on-the-job training of seasonals on routine procedures. • Performs cleaning functions specific to the assigned facilities and/or based on seasonal/project requirements. • May assist or perform snow removal activities as needed. • Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned. • Maintains basic record keeping of purchases and work activities. • Performs interior and exterior window cleaning duties. • Uses ladders and extension poles for cleaning. • Assists with development and implementation of safety programs. • Inspects facilities and grounds for safety and security; identifies and reports hazardous conditions and facility maintenance needs to supervisors. • May assist and coordinate cleanup operations associated with illegal or abandoned camp sites. • Inspects rental facilities before and after events. • Completes proper pre- and post-rental checklists. • If desired employee has the option to be added to the on-call rotation. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES • Knowledge of standard cleaning methods and procedures. • Knowledge of occupational safety rules. • Demonstrates integrity and ability to work independently. • Communicates efficiently and effectively with team members, managers, and other departments, both verbally and in writing, using tact, patience and courtesy to convey instructions, provide feedback, receive feedback, and resolve issues. • Collaborates with team members to resolve problems in a timely manner. • Demonstrates communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact with diverse groups of people. • Demonstrates excellent customer service in a fast-paced environment. • Demonstrates flexibility to adapt to changing circumstances, such as shifting priorities, unexpected challenges, or variations in the workload, while maintaining composure and effectiveness. • Ability to learn and follow schedules, carry out instructions, and work cooperatively with other staff. • Ability to perform repetitive motion for long periods of time. • Ability to use cleaning equipment and safely handle cleaning chemicals. • Ability to perform duties and responsibilities in an efficient and satisfactory manner. • Ability to identify safety, repair, and maintenance issues at each location worked. • Ability to organize and enter work orders as necessary. • Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with co- workers, management, peers, customers, and the public. QUALIFICATIONS Required • High school diploma or GED. • Valid Washington State driver's license and driving record acceptable to the City’s insurance carrier. • First Aid/CPR certification or the ability to obtain within the first 12 months in this position. • Complete Bloodborne Pathogens training within the first 12 months in this position. • Must be able to pass an FBI fingerprint criminal history background check and successfully complete CJIS Security Awareness training before working in the secured portions of the City’s police department. Preferred • Experience working with basic janitorial equipment and hand tools. • Experience using a maintenance management software program. • Current First Aid/CPR/AED Certification. • Current Bloodborne Pathogens Certification. WORKING CONDITIONS This position requires being onsite working indoors and outdoors during all types of weather; repeated walking, bending, stooping, and lifting; standing for long periods of time; the ability to occasionally lift up to 60 lbs.; vision and hearing at level required to perform essential functions (may be corrected); and a full range of motor skills. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The City of Port Townsend is an equal employment opportunity employer. The City employs, retains, promotes, disciplines and otherwise treats all employees and job applicants strictly on the basis of job- related qualifications and competence. These policies and all employment practices shall be applied without regard to any individual's sex, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sexual orientation (including gender identity), pregnancy, age, marital status, military status, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties to be performed. The employee occupying the position will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by their supervisors. This job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the City and the employee and is subject to change as the needs of the City and requirements of the job change.