Custodian - Able to obtain Top Secret Clearance.

This position requires that the employee must successfully complete criminal history information background check and drug screening and be able to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.

Job Summary:

The custodian maintains all interior spaces; break areas, restrooms, hallways, conference rooms, common areas, cafeteria spaces, and lactation rooms are maintained in a clean and sanitary condition. The custodian removes trash, recycling, and cardboard from the collection areas. The custodian moves the trash, recycling, and cardboard to the waste enclosure and operates the storage collection equipment to compact and condition the trash and recycling. A custodian ensures that their assignments are completed in a safe, sterile, proper, and timely manner.

Job Responsibilities:

• Performs general janitorial duties.

• Cleaning vinyl, tile and other floors

• Vacuuming rugs and carpets

• Emptying trash and recycle cans

• Dusting surfaces

• Waxing floors

• Restocking of paper products (e. g. toilet tissue, towels, hygiene products)

• Wipe down and sanitization of cafeteria and break room tables

• Ordering new cleaning supplies as needed

• Maintaining a thorough inventory

• Using equipment, commercial vacuums, floor buffers and carpet cleaners

• Processing trash and recycling

• Reports and issues workorders for items found needing repairs during their normal duties

• Reports and issues work orders for burnt out lights and malfunctioning doors

• Cleanup of potential blood born pathogen spills

• Collection of trash and recycling from remote buildings and walk paths on site.

• Responds to emergency situations for the purpose of resolving immediate safety concerns (e.g., wet floors, overflowing toilets, human illness related spills).

• Maintains tools and equipment for the purpose of ensuring the availability of equipment in safe, operating conditions. Transports various items (e.g., tools, equipment, supplies, etc.) for the purpose of ensuring the availability of materials required at the job site.

• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• At least one year of experience in Custodial work including experience in floor polishing equipment.

Working Conditions:

• Mainly work inside. A portion of work will be done outdoors or between buildings.

Physical Qualifications:

• The incumbent must be able to stand 33%, walk 33% and sit 33% of the work time. These requirements are necessary to operate ride on floor cleaning equipment.

• He/she must be able to lift/carry 50 pounds and push/pull 100 pounds, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, and handle, in order to load and unload materials and equipment;

• Must be able to alert oneself to safety hazards and have a method of communication so those around can understand and respond.