Caretaker - 6:00am to 2:00pm - Monday to Friday

7 days ago


Kingston, Canada Queen's University Full time

About Queen's University

Queen’s University is the Canadian research intensive university with a transformative student learning experience. Here the employment experience is as diverse as it is interesting. We have opportunities in multiple areas of globally recognized research, faculty administration, engineering & construction, athletics & recreation, power generation, corporate shared services, and many more.
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Job Summary
Caretaker Job Opportunity
People from across Canada and around the world come to learn, teach and do research at Queen’s University. The Custodial Support Services Team in Facilities supports their success by providing a clean, safe, and healthy environment. But that is not all The Custodial Support Services Team plays an important role as ambassadors for the university. Their daily contact with students, faculty, staff and visitors helps the university to be a welcoming and friendly place.
Facilities is now hiring one (1) Caretaker - Red Team Specialist to join the Custodial Support Services Team for an 8-month term. Caretaker - Red Team Specialists primarily clean washrooms, changing rooms, shower rooms, and locker rooms.
If you have the qualities of a successful Caretaker and want to make a difference at one of Canada’s leading post-secondary institutions, then then we encourage you to apply.
**Job Description**:
**Successful Caretakers**:

- Follow all appropriate safety practices
- Show good work habits
- Commit to client satisfaction - you care that your work is done well
- Respect diversity and promote inclusion in our workplace
- Learn and practice new skills
- Support the Facilities mission to proudly build, maintain and improve campus facilities to create a safe and welcoming environment in support of teaching, learning and research
- Embrace the values of Facilities: Professional, Respectful and Responsible, Integrity, Dependable, Effective and Efficient

**Minimum Qualifications**:

- Secondary school diploma or equivalent with the ability to read and write in English
- Willingness and ability to understand and follow instructions
- Mechanical skills to clean and set-up equipment like a floor cleaning machine
- Must be willing and able to work in a team environment that respects the point of view of others
- Willingness and ability to work with people at all levels (e.g., front line staff, managers, senior administrators, etc.)
- Satisfactory Criminal Record Check and a satisfactory Vulnerable Sector Check
- Must be physically capable of performing the above-noted duties.*

**Major Responsibilities**:

- Maintain a safe, clean and healthy environment in and near assigned buildings
- Sweep, vacuum, dust-mop, damp-mop, spot clean, wash walls and remove garbage in the assigned areas
- Disinfecting high touch points and surfaces
- Move furniture
- Operate a variety of floor machinery
- The University has policies in place to support its employees with disabilities, including an Accommodation in the Workplace Policy and a policy on the provision of job accommodations that take into account an employee's accessibility needs due to disability.

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