Brandeis University is looking for a Custodian in Facilities Department.

Essential 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: Wednesday - Sunday; 3:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Hourly Rate: $26.11 + $1.70 shift differential, this is a 40-hour work week

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 deadlines.

• 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 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.

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.

Pay Range Disclosure

The University's pay ranges represent a good faith estimate of what Brandeis reasonably expects to pay for a position at the time of posting. The pay offered to a selected candidate during hiring will be based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience and education/training, internal peer equity, and applicable legal requirements.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Brandeis University is an equal opportunity employer which does not discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religious creed, gender identity and expression, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, genetic information, disability, caste, military or veteran status or any other category protected by law (also known as membership in a "protected class").