Career Center

Position Type: Staff

Department: Facilities Operations (ESW and Receiving)

FLSA: Non-Exempt

Union/Non Union: Union

Full Time or Part Time: Part Time

Job Description Summary:

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School diploma.
• Six months to one year of work experience directly in housekeeping, custodial or environmental maintenance field.

• Knowledge, ability, skills, and proven experience at successfully using base custodial equipment, (duster, cloth, straight broom, push broom, dry mop, wet mop, bucket, dustpan, putty knife, custodial cart, vacuum cleaner, buffer, burnisher, wet vac)
• Knowledge, ability, skills, and proven experience to successfully disinfect and sanitize contact surfaces including but not limited to restrooms and all therein, hard floor surfaces, carpeted floor surfaces, walls, furniture, fixtures, railings, switches, and hand touch surfaces, etc.
• Knowledge, ability, skills and proven experience at successfully and safely using cleaning chemicals and products to perform all of the duties of the respective position
• Knowledge, ability, skills and proven experience at successfully performing both hard surface floor (buffing, burnishing) and soft surface floor (shampooing, extracting, scotch guarding) care.

Job Requirements:

• Ability to stand on feet for long periods of time.
• Ability to safely be able to work around and directly with cleaning chemicals and products without allergic reaction or hinderance to ability to perform the job.
• Ability to be able to lift constantly and often repeatedly a minimum of 50 lbs., both male and female personnel as a condition of employment.
• Ability to be able to perform all of the required functions of the position in full as there is no light duty" in Environmental Services.
• Proven ability to be able to successfully operate all of the following equipment: (upright vacuum cleaners, back-pac vacuum cleaners, walk-behind wide vacuum cleaners, side-to-side 375-600 rpm buffers, straight-ahead 1000-2000rpm high speed burnishers, and 1000-2000rpm walk-behind burnishers).
• Ability to be able to work in extreme cold temperatures (for some 50 degrees to S degrees Fahrenheit), and extreme hot temperatures, (for some 80 degrees to 105 degrees Fahrenheit), this for short but extended periods of time as required, (anywhere 1 to 2 hour blocks), both indoors and outdoors, this as mandated to perform exterior cleaning functions such as stoop and around building cleaning as needed in winter and summer periods. Ability to be able to climb and use ladders as needed, (usually 3' to 8' in height), to accommodate high level cleaning, and to go down into lower level and subbasement building areas such as sump pump rooms, custodial closets, and mechanical rooms if and when necessary.
• Ability to communicate effectively in spoken and written standard English.
• As required by the 1986 Immigration Act, be prepared to present acceptable documentation showing your identity and that you are a U.S. citizen or an alien who is authorized to work.
• A background investigation will be conducted prior to the offer of employment. A signed authorization for the release of personal information will be required if selected for an interview

Special Instructions to Applicants:

About Prince George's Community College

Prince George's Community College transforms students' lives. The college exists to educate, train, and serve our diverse populations through accessible, affordable, and rigorous learning experiences.We are proud to boast of a multi-talented and diverse workforce as well as offering a competitive benefits package and services that will add to your potential and work/life balance. We are looking to attract and retain individuals who are committed to helping our students succeed. In return, you will find PGCC an exciting place to work and grow.Prince George’s Community College supports and embraces cultural diversity, understood as the creation and promotion of an inclusive, non-discriminatory environment for everyone. We accept and value differences, including differences in age, race, national origin, ethnicity, religious affiliation, political beliefs, sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeconomic background, and ability/disability. We strive for growth and success for all of our students, employees, business partners, and the community.Prince George's Community College is an Equal Employment Opportunity Affirmative Action/Title IX/Section 504/ADA Institution. The Chief of ...Staff, Room 130, Kent Hall coordinates the college’s program of nondiscrimination.Prince George’s Community College is a smoke and tobacco-free college.

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