Facilities Attendant

The Facilities Attendant plays a key role in the Department of Parks & Recreation by creating clean, safe, and welcoming environments across Town buildings and surrounding grounds. This position supports daily operations by maintaining facilities, preparing spaces for programs and events, and assisting staff, contractors, and patrons with professionalism and care.

The majority of this position's time is dedicated to maintaining clean, sanitary, and welcoming Town facilities through routine custodial care. In addition to custodial responsibilities, the Facilities Attendant prepares facilities for programs and events, performs light maintenance, and supports daily facility operations to the highest standard.

Guided by the department’s values, the Facilities Attendant delivers exceptional service, takes pride in maintaining well-kept spaces, and contributes to environments that promote community health and wellbeing. The role is primarily custodial in nature and also includes maintenance, event support, and other operational duties performed with a commitment to sustainability, inclusivity and continuous improvement.

Working under general supervision, the Facilities Attendant follows established procedures while using sound judgment to complete tasks efficiently, safely, and to the highest standard.

Cleans, sanitizes, and maintains Town buildings and adjacent grounds, including offices, classrooms, meeting rooms, kitchens, restrooms, and common areas by sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, dusting, stripping, waxing, buffing, disinfecting, and replenishing supplies.

Cleans, disinfects, and restocks public and staff restrooms in facilities to ensure a safe and sanitary environment.

Opens and closes facilities according to schedule; ensures rooms and equipment are properly set up for daily programs, classes, and special events.

Sets up, breaks down and moves tables, chairs and other equipment for classes and events.

Maintains security of building at all times; secures doors and windows before or after business hours.

Interacts courteously and professionally with staff, contractors, and the public.

Works independently under general supervision to complete assigned custodial, facility setup, and light maintenance tasks while maintaining Town standards for cleanliness, safety, and customer service.

Monitors inventory and restocks janitorial and maintenance supplies.

Installs new equipment and fixtures; assists with repair of equipment and building fixtures.

Assists with inspection of facilities.

Prepares and processes various records and reports.

Operates various equipment including floor cleaners, floor varnisher, leaf blower, drills, vertical lift, vacuum cleaner.

Assists parks crew with trash pick-up and emptying outdoor trash receptacles around the building.

Provides event support, including setup and post-event cleanup, including mandatory events throughout the year.

Meets with vendors or contractors in the absence of supervisory staff.

Maintains the Bowman House Arts and Crafts Center and other assigned facilities asdirected.

Performs housekeeping duties such as dusting, cleaning, disinfecting, sweeping, vacuum cleaning, replacing and replenishing supplies, washing walls and windows, and cleaning restrooms.

Additional Duties:
Picks up litter in and around Town facilities.

Provides backup support to other facility staff as needed.

Performs related work as assigned.

 

Computes or performs arithmetic operations using data or information.

 

 

Serves others such as customers, attends to their requests and exchanges information with them.
 

Requires minimum responsibility for only small quantities of low cost items or supplies where opportunities for achieving economies or preventing loss are negligible.

 

 

Uses addition and subtraction, multiplication and division and/or calculates ratios, rates and percentages.

Reads technical instructions, procedures manuals and charts to solve practical problems, such as assembly instruction for tools, routine office equipment operating instructions, and methods and procedures for investigations and in drawing and layout work; composes routine reports and specialized reports, forms, and business letters, with proper format; speaks compound sentences using normal grammar and word form.

 

Responsible for guiding others, requiring a few decisions, affecting the individual and a few co-workers; works in a stable environment with clear and uncomplicated written/oral instructions, but with some variations from the routine.

 

 

Performs semi-skilled work involving set procedures and rules, but with frequent problems; requires normal attention with short periods of concentration for accurate results or occasional exposure to unusual pressure.

 

The impact of errors is moderately serious – affects work unit and may affect other units or citizens.

 

 

Performs light to medium work that involves walking or standing virtually all of the time and also involves exerting up to 100 pounds of force on a regular and recurring basis and occasionally may exceed 100 pounds. Involves considerable skill, adeptness and speed in the use of the fingers, hands or limbs in tasks involving close tolerances or limits of accuracy.

 

Handles or uses machines, tools, equipment or work aids involving moderate latitude for judgment regarding attainment of a standard or in selecting appropriate items.
 

 

Involves routine and frequent exposure to electrical shock; heights. Occasional exposure to cleaning chemicals and working at heights. 

 

Requires responsibility for the safety and health of others and for occasional enforcement of the laws and standards of public health and safety.

 

The Town of Vienna is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ADA requires the Town of Vienna to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are encouraged to discuss ADA accommodations with management.