Custodian II

Job Summary:

The City of Roanoke is seeking a skilled Custodian II to perform essential duties in the care and cleaning of buildings, following ISSA 540 cleaning standards and established production goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Operate and transport cleaning and polishing equipment and materials.
• Train and guide other employees, ensuring high-quality results.
• Inspect completed work to ensure it meets standards.
• Distribute assignments to team members and step into a leadership role when the Supervisor is absent.

Additional Duties:

• Collects and disposes of refuse from interior and exterior of assigned buildings/areas; gathers items for recycling.
• Cleans and disinfects toilets, urinals, and lavatories; refills soap, towel, and tissue dispensers.
• Washes windows, walls, woodwork, bathroom fixtures, and venetian blinds.
• Prepares quantities of cleaning and polishing materials appropriate for assigned tasks.
• Dusts chairs, tables, shelves, and other furniture or equipment.
• Sweeps, mops, waxes, and uses buffers on floors.
• Shampoos carpets as needed.
• Reports repairs beyond capabilities of custodial workers to supervisor.
• Closes and locks buildings after late meetings.
• Loads and unloads cleaning and polishing equipment and materials to be transported by truck.
• Responds to special requests from departments.
• Maintains inventory of cleaning supplies, materials, and equipment.
• Orders and picks up supplies.
• Signed-out equipment for use by others.
• Receives and relates assignments to others.
• Trains other employees and inspects work on completion.
• May be required to take classes or training to enhance job performance.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This job has no supervisory responsibilities. However, may be asked to temporarily assume leadership role in the absence of Custodian Supervisor.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, essential, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); related experience and/or training in custodial or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Skills:

Ability to read and comprehend instructions, correspondence, and memos. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

Possession of a valid appropriate drivers permit issued by the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Physical Demands:

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.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.