Brandeis University is delighted to announce a career opportunity for a Custodian in the Facilities Administration. If you are looking for an opportunity to work at a beautiful university campus with lots of perks including free parking and access to a top-of-the-line athletic facility, look no further! At Brandeis we offer competitive benefits and a compensation package which includes medical, dental and life insurance.  If you hope to advance your career through educational opportunities, Brandeis offers tuition benefits for employees, dependents and spouses.  Our 403b retirement savings plan includes a generous match.

ESSENTIAL & OTHER JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Clean, strip, polish building surfaces as directed.

• Read, understand and carry out simple instructions in English

• Establish and maintain a positive working relationship with supervisors, fellow workers, department heads and other members of the campus community

• Follow simple oral instructions in English

• Work in an environment subject to frequently changing priorities and from individuals and time deadlines

• Bend, stoop, lift and move furniture, shovel snow and remove trash weighing 30 pounds

• Work either independently or in a project team setting

• Organize responsibilities and tasks

• Receive and ship packages, luggage and supplies.

• Set up rooms for conferences, lectures, and special events.

• Respond to and clean up after emergencies and disasters

• Assist in the security and protection of facilities to include locking and unlocking exterior and interior doors

*This list is representative of those duties and responsibilities that are required of this position. However, the list is not to be considered as all inclusive.

Schedule: Mon-Fri. 5:00am-1:00pm

Job Qualifications and Requirements

• Ability to clean, strip, polish building surfaces as directed

• Ability to read and understand simple instructions in English

• Ability to follow simple oral instructions in English

• Ability to establish and maintain a positive working relationship with supervisors, fellow workers, department heads and other members of the campus community

• Ability to work effectively in an environment subject to frequently changing priorities and periodic stress from individuals and time deadline

• Ability to bend, stoop, lift and move furniture, shovel snow and remove trash weighing 30 pounds

• Ability to work effectively and efficiently either independently or in a project team setting

• Ability to organize responsibilities and tasks weekly in order to perform them efficiently and effectively

• Ability to respond to and clean up after emergencies and disasters

• Ability to perform other related tasks as required

JOB LOCATION (Place(s) where work is performed):
Inside campus buildings and outside perimeter of buildings

Shift/Schedule: Mon-Fri; 7:00am -3:00 pm 

EQUIPMENT (Machines, devices, tools, etc., used in job performance):
Floor buffers, vacuums of all types, wet/vacuums, automatic walk-behind and riding floor scrubbers, pressure washers, 44 gallon trash containers, snow shovels, ice chippers, brooms, mops, pails with ringers, chemicals including but not limited to: ammonia, bleach, germicide/disinfectant, floor stripper, wax, ice melt, and metal polish.

About Brandeis University

As a medium-sized private research university with global reach, we are dedicated to first-rate undergraduate education while making groundbreaking discoveries. Four major academic units with 3,600 undergraduates and 2,050 graduate students comprise the University: the College of Arts and Sciences, the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, the International Business School, and the Rabb School of Continuing Studies. In 1985, Brandeis was elected to membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU), which represents the 62 leading research universities in the United States and Canada. Brandeis has been ranked among the top 35 national universities by U.S. News & World Report every year since the rankings’ inception. Our 235-acre campus is located in the suburbs of Boston, a global hub for higher education and innovation. Our faculty are leaders in their fields, as passionate about teaching and mentorship as they are about pushing the boundaries of knowledge. Our students are motivated, compassionate, curious and open to exploring new and challenging experiences. Brandeis was founded in 1948 as a nonsectarian university under the sponsorship of th...e American Jewish community to embody its highest ethical and cultural values and to express its gratitude to the United States through the traditional Jewish commitment to education. By being a nonsectarian university that welcomes students, teachers and staff of every nationality, religion and orientation, Brandeis renews the American heritage of cultural diversity, equal access to opportunity and freedom of expression.

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