Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation is hiring: Custodian in New York

Overview

Custodial laborers provide routine office and grounds cleaning necessary in maintaining the premises, various systems, buildings, physical structures and appurtenances.

Responsibilities

• Service, clean, and supply restrooms
• Clean building floors & walls by sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, or vacuuming
• Dispose of trash or waste materials
• Follow procedures for the use of chemical cleaners and power cleaning equipment
• Notify managers concerning the need for major repairs or additions to building operating systems
• Maintain lawns and shrubbery using mowers and trimmers
• Remove snow from sidewalks, driveways, or parking areas, using snowplows, snow blowers, or snow shovels, or spread snow melting chemicals
• Set up and breakdown decorations, tables, chairs, scaffolding, etc. for meetings and events
• Move heavy furniture and equipment either manually or by using hand trucks
• Spray insecticides or fumigants to prevent insect or rodent infestation
• Drive vans, industrial trucks, or other vehicles as needed
• Prepares work sites as instructed
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned

Required Skills And Abilities

• Strong floor care experience, including stripping & waxing, with use of equipment such as a scrubber, side-by-side, carpet extractor, etc.
• Experience operating a Kaivac machine
• Snow removal experience using equipment such as a blower, plow, salt, etc.
• Detail cleaning experience, including low and high dusting
• Experience setting up for events, such as assembling or moving furniture, preferred

Qualifications

• 1+ years of relevant work experience as a custodian, janitor, porter, etc.
• Valid driver’s license required
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
• Must be able to work weekends and evenings (until 11pm) as needed

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Other

Industries

• Non-profit Organizations