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About the Role
Under supervision, is responsible for maintaining a clean sanitary environment for patients, visitors, and co-workers within assigned areas. Provides assistance during facilities related emergency responses.
Responsibilities
- Monitors and maintains the interiors, exteriors, and grounds of assigned facilities.
- Mops and vacuums as necessary. Removes trash, performs general cleaning and care of sidewalks, steps, and entrances. Ensures areas are clear of obstructions.
- Reports on lighting or other facilities related issues. Performs snow/ice removal.
- Collects, transports, and/or disposes of recyclables, solid trash, bulk trash, universal waste, and regulated medical waste.
- Identifies and reports on potential problems or unsafe conditions and areas requiring special cleaning or increased attention.
- Operates a variety of cleaning industry equipment including burnishing machines, buffers, extraction machines, floor refinishers, pressure washers, leaf blowers, shop vacs, and snow moving equipment.
- Assists with special moves of heavy items as needed.
- Provides emergency response and cleanup services as needed.
- Assists with the preparation and breakdown of furniture and spaces for campus events.
- Provides daily documentation and updates on work performed including work completed, and time and materials spent.
- Performs other related duties, as assigned or directed, to support the obligations and operations of the department.
Requirements
- Ability to comprehend and follow instructions, verbally and in written form.
- Ability to work flexible hours, including weekends, early mornings and/or late nights.
- Work is performed both indoors and outdoors.
- Ability to grasp, lift and/or carry or otherwise move objects weighing a minimum of 50 pounds and push/pull objects up to 100 pounds.
- Ability to walk, stand, climb ladders, bend, reach, lift and carry.
Skills
- Maintenance
- Housekeeping
- Custodial services
- Cleaning industry equipment operation
- Snow/ice removal
- Waste disposal
- Emergency response
- Documentation
Location
- Upper East Side
- Lower East Side
- Midtown
- West Side
Work Type
- Weekdays
- Weekends
Experience Level
- 1-3 years of experience in maintenance, housekeeping or custodial services
Education Level
- High School diploma or GED preferred
- Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of formal education
Salary/Compensations
- $20.11 - $22.75
About the Company
- Cornell welcomes students, faculty, and staff with diverse backgrounds from across the globe to pursue world-class education and career opportunities, to further the founding principle of “any person, any study.”
Equal Opportunity
- No person shall be denied employment on the basis of any legally protected status or subjected to prohibited discrimination involving, but not limited to, such factors as race, ethnic or national origin, citizenship and immigration status, color, sex, pregnancy or pregnancy-related conditions, age, creed, religion, arrest and/or conviction record, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression and/or identity, an individual’s genetic information, domestic violence victim status, familial status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
- Cornell University embraces diversity in its workforce and seeks job candidates who will contribute to a climate that supports students, faculty, and staff of all identities and backgrounds.
- We hire based on merit, and encourage people from historically underrepresented and/or marginalized identities to apply.
- Consistent with federal law, Cornell engages in affirmative action in employment for qualified protected veterans as defined in the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRRA).
- We also recognize a lawful preference in employment practices for Native Americans living on or near Indian reservations in accordance with applicable law.