<p>General Description</p> <p>Join our team and help keep our City buildings safe, clean, and welcoming for the community. This is an entry-level position performing essential cleaning and basic maintenance tasks in City facilities. Work is reviewed, to ensure work standards, by a supervisor or lead worker.</p> <p>What We're Looking For</p> <ul> <li>A dependable and motivated individual </li><li>Willingness to learn new skills </li><li>Ability to follow instructions and work as part of a team </li><li>Pride in doing quality work </li></ul> <p>No Experience Required</p> <p>Previous cleaning experience is not required. We provide training and will teach you the skills needed to succeed. If you are reliable, eager to learn, and ready to contribute, we encourage you to apply.</p> <p>Be part of a team that plays a vital role in maintaining safe, clean spaces for our community!</p> <p>Hours are Monday through Friday from 3:30 p.m. to midnight.</p> <p>THIS RECRUITMENT WILL BE USED TO FILL OTHER CUSTODIAL WORKER 1 VACANCIES THAT OCCUR IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT MAY ARISE OVER THE NEXT SIX (6) MONTHS. SUCH VACANCIES MAY BE PERMANENT FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME.</p> <p>Employees may be eligible for loan forgiveness through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.</p> <p>Black, Indigenous, people of color, women, trans, nonbinary, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. We value the unique blend of lived experiences and diverse perspectives that comes from non-traditional education pathways and the variety of transferrable skills each candidate brings to the table. We value diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Even if every item on the job posting doesn't match your experience perfectly, we encourage you to apply and share how your skills and experience can best serve our community.</p> <p>Examples of Duties and Responsibilities</p> <ul> <li>Maintain floors, carpets, and stairways by sweeping, vacuuming, scrubbing, and mopping. Wash and remove blemishes from windows, light fixtures, blinds, mirrors, and walls. Clean and maintain rooms by dusting, scrubbing, and polishing shelves, furniture, fabric partitions, bathroom fixtures, ceilings and other equipment and/or appliances. </li><li>Collect and remove trash and refuse from wastebaskets, trash boxes, and other refuse/recyclable containers and properly dispose of wastes. </li><li>Arrange furniture and set up equipment as specified. Change light bulbs and fluorescent tubes. </li><li>Perform tasks such as raking and watering lawns, snow and ice removal (by hand), trash pickup, sweeping parking lots and sidewalks. </li><li>Safely operate all vehicles and other job-related equipment. </li><li>Use provided personal protective equipment (PPE) as required for work being performed. </li><li>Attend assigned training and staff meetings. </li><li>Perform related work as required. </li></ul> <p>Minimum Qualifications</p> <ul> <li>All applicants will be considered for this position. Depending on the number of applicants, random selection may be used to determine who moves forward in the process. </li></ul> <p>The City of Madison strives to provide exceptional customer service to all its residents and visitors. Therefore, successful candidates will have demonstrated ability to work effectively with multicultural communities.</p> <p>For the complete list of the knowledge, skills, and abilities, please reference the classification specification.</p> <p>Special Requirements</p> <ul> <li>Possession of a valid driver's license. </li><li>Must have the ability to work in all facilities maintained by Engineering. This includes 6 Madison police facilities (5 district police stations, evidence storage and training facilities). All custodians hired by Engineering must receive a successful completion of a background check by Madison Police Department. </li></ul> <p>Physical Requirements:</p> <ul> <li>Ability to lift/carry objects weighing up to 50 pounds and perform work while walking/standing for a large percentage of time. </li><li>Ability to frequently bend, twist, squat, climb (including ladders) and reach. </li><li>Ability to work outdoors in all types of weather. </li></ul>