Custodial and Ground Worker

2 weeks ago

Brantford, Canada Wilfrid Laurier University Full time

**Date**:Apr 24, 2024

**Location**: Brantford, CA

**Company**:Wilfrid Laurier University

**Department**: Facilities and Asset Management

**Job Type**: Continuing

**Full-time/Part-time**: Full Time (>=1249 hrs/year)

**Campus**: Brantford

**Reports to**:Associate Director, Custodial & Environmental Services

**Employee Group**: FOG

**Application Deadline**:05/01/2024

**Requisition ID**:7471

Wilfrid Laurier University is a leading multi-campus university that excels at educating with purpose. Through its exceptional employees, students, researchers, leaders, and educators, Laurier has built a reputation as a world-class institution known for its rich student experience, academic excellence, and global impact. With a commitment to Indigenization and commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, Laurier’s thriving community has a place for everyone.

Laurier has more than 19,000 students and 2,100 faculty and staff across campuses in Waterloo and Brantford, as well locations in Kitchener and Milton. The university is committed to providing an inclusive workplace, a flexible work policy and employing a workforce that is reflective of local and national demographics. Our locations are situated on the traditional territories of the Neutral, Anishnawbe, and Haudenosaunee peoples. We recognize the unique heritages of Indigenous peoples and support their intentions to preserve and express their distinctive Indigenous cultures, histories, and knowledge through academic programming and co-curricular activities. Laurier’s Centre for Indigegogy is one example of how Laurier honours Indigenous knowledge.

**Position Summary**

The Custodial/Maintenance person is responsible for a variety of duties related to the cleaning and upkeep of the University's buildings and fixtures. A responsive, community focused approach is required to ensure that facilities are maintained at an optimal level. This position exists to provide a clean, orderly, safe and functional facility that will aid in the stability of maintaining higher educational proficiency.

**Accountabilities**
- Perform custodial duties necessary to keep assigned building and facilities clean and in a desirable

condition:

- Cleans, dusts and mops using either a wet or dry mop
- Polishes floors, walls, windows, furniture, washrooms and fixtures in the building
- Empties waste containers and recycling bins, removes waste from building to outside containers
- Vacuums carpets and removes garbage from floors and fixtures (this may include the use of
- heavy carpet cleaning equipment.)
- Cleaning residence rooms and completing conference turnovers as directed
- Snow removal around entrance ways, lawn maintenance, unloading and transferring of supplies
- and equipment, moving and re-arranging furniture and equipment
- Clean light fixtures; replace lights, bulbs, and fluorescent tubes as necessary;
- Move, arrange, and set up classroom and office equipment, supplies, and furniture; inventory
- equipment and furniture at site locations; set up rooms for meetings, assembly, university events,
- etc
- Requests supplies in a timely manner to ensure adequate levels are maintained at all times
- Compliance and understanding of procedures relating to infection control and effective cleaning
- methods
- The safe handling of chemical to avoid either personal injury, exposure to others or damage to
- equipment
- Performs other duties as required
- Performs Maintenance functions for the facilities:

- Complies with all university policies and procedures and with all applicable provincial and federal laws and regulations (WHMIS and OHSA)
- Maintenance of light bulbs and fluorescent tubes. This may involve working on ladders
- Reports infractions of regulations and policies to the Area Manager: Custodial Services; examples are non-compliance with the fire code, environmental health and safety policies and student behaviour which may lead to accidents or injuries
- Reports required repairs to facilities and equipment to the Area Manager: Custodial Services
- Responsible for opening and closing the building(s) as required
- Maintains grounds including but limited to weeding, parking lot maintenance, landscaping and snow removal as required
- Installation of parking signs
- Performs minor maintenance duties to the campus facilities (example, drywall patching and painting)
- Other duties as required.

**Working Conditions**
- Ability to perform physical tasks involving heavy lifting, reaching, bending, stretching, climbing, shovelling
- Working on ladders
- Reading labels and instructions
- Following required codes
- Operating equipment
- Repetition of duties
- Sporadic discourtesy
- Maintaining schedule during harsh weather

**Qualifications**:

- Demonstrated experience in custodial duties
- General knowledge of the techniques, tools and materials used in performing custodial tasks.
- An understanding of WHIMIS
- Team work - ability to work in a team environment with a minimum o

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