Maintenance Custodian - 2nd Shift

About Pierce, an Oshkosh company

At Pierce Manufacturing, we build trucks that protect people and communities around the world. To our team, there is no room for anything less than providing the absolute best. Since 1913, building truck bodies on Model T Ford chassis in an old converted church has evolved to creating highly customized, carefully designed and engineering pumpers, aerials, tankers and rescue units that have no equal. Today, you'll find more than 30,000 Pierce apparatuses on the road that are making a difference in people's lives, every day. To us, every step in the process of building our trucks is personal. From innovation and expertise, to the customization and service. Our trucks are designed to perform under the toughest conditions.

The positions within Maintenance I are responsible for custodial and janitorial duties. The employee performs general labor duties such as transporting paper and metal totes and emptying out materials, garbage, and recycling. The employee operates a forklift and must maintain a clean and safe working environment.

Essential Functions

• Remove trash from shop floor areas
• Empty recyclable paper bins
• Collect and bale cardboard
• Collect wooden skids and restock for recycling
• Perform lawn care and yard maintenance
• Perform company vehicle maintenance and complete daily checklists
• Clean and inspect eye wash units
• Sweep and clean floors
• Assist in furniture equipment moves
• Perform miscellaneous painting projects

• Follow written and verbal instructions to complete tasks such as work orders and schedules
• Operate a crane/hoist for heavy lifting
• Do daily Inspects of vehicles
• Safely Operate forklifts throughout facilities
• Use and operate floor scrubber to clean floors
• Assist co-workers as needed
• Work required hours and have an excellent attendance record
• Work overtime as needed
• Maintain a clean and safe working environment
• Ability to replace light bulbs in a safe manner
• Ability to work at various heights using Aerial Work Platforms or Ladders
   

Marginal Work Functions

*These functions may be considered essential based on location, position, and other factors.

• Work with other co-workers in the area*
• Repair minor maintenance problems
• May assist in training new employees
• Work outside in all weather conditions: snow, rain, heat, and cold to complete tasks*

Basic Qualifications

• 1 or more years of relevant experience OR High School Diploma or equivalent education
• Previous experience in custodial or janitorial duties

Preferred Qualifications to complete Essential Functions

• Previous forklift experience
• Obtain Certification in First Aid, LOTO, Blood Bourne Pathogens or other certifications that maybe required.

Key Abilities Needed to Complete Essential Functions

*All positions require the ability to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations. Detailed physical job analysis available upon request.

• Perform all assigned tasks
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal communication skills
• Recognize and react to abnormal operating conditions
• Use and wear personal protective equipment as indicated by the task or environment
• Hear safety alarms and other co-workers
• Perform basic counting tasks
• Read safety manuals and work orders
• Follow instructions from supervisors and other co-workers
• Understand and identify safety issues
• Maintain balance when walking and standing on potential slippery work floor
• Maintain balance when climbing onto a forklift truck
• Individually lift and manipulate parts/equipment weighing up to 75 pounds
• Tolerate constant standing and sitting while performing tasks
• Have good hand eye coordination
• Use both hands for tool operation, carrying of parts, and assisting co-workers with heavy lifting of parts
• Operate and access heavy equipment safely and effectively
• Operate and drive a vehicle to plow all parking lots, work areas, and pathways
• Remember task sequence and safety constraint
   

Oshkosh is committed to working with and offering reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability for any part of the recruitment process, please contact our talent acquisition team by email [email protected].

Oshkosh Corporation is a merit-based Equal Opportunity Employer. Job opportunities are open for application to all qualified individuals and selection decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected characteristic. To the extent that information is provided or collected regarding categories as provided by law it will in no way affect the decision regarding an employment application.

Oshkosh Corporation will not discharge or in any manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with Oshkosh Corporation's legal duty to furnish information.

Certain positions with Oshkosh Corporation require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations or the Export Administration Regulations. Applicants for these positions may need to be "U.S. Persons," as defined in these regulations. Generally, a "U.S. Person" is a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or an individual who has been admitted as a refugee or granted asylum.