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Custodian
- City of Durham (Durham, NC)
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Custodian
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Custodian
Salary
$40,727.00 - $63,191.00 Annually
Location
Durham, NC
Job Type
Full time with benefits
Job Number
25-05422
Department
General Services
Opening Date
05/05/2025
Closing Date
6/2/2025 11:59 PM Eastern
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Position Description
Work. Serve. Thrive. With the City of Durham
Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.
The General Services Department's (http://durhamnc.gov/733/General-Services) innovative, highly qualified, service-oriented individuals support the City we love. Building and maintaining city facilities and public spaces is what we do. Promoting our enviable quality of life and serving as a foundation of a healthy economy is why we do it. If you're interested in applying your unique skills to meaningful work while growing in your career, our team is for you!
Workdays/Hours: Monday Friday / 5:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Position is devoted to providing custodial services through the performance of semi-skilled and skilled labor and technical work. Incumbents perform standardized work following prescribed procedures and instructions, requiring minimal prior training or experience. There is an established and specified routine to be followed and limited decision-making, restricted to choosing and safely using the proper work tools. As assigned, work may include an assignment to any City department performing maintenance activities and projects that include cleaning facilities and/or equipment; basic maintenance of equipment; providing customer service; and keeping records and reporting maintenance needs to higher authority that fall outside of the scope of the work assigned.
Duties/Responsibilities
+ Provide janitorial, housekeeping and custodial functions for multiple City buildings and/or recreation centers
+ Cleaning and maintaining floors
+ Emptying trash
+ Dusting
+ Sanitizing bathrooms
+ Cleaning mirrors and windows
+ Replenishing sanitation items
+ Setting up and breaking down facilities for special events
+ Inspecting equipment and reporting issues
+ Generating work orders
+ Opening and closing facilities
+ Pressure washing surfaces and buildings
+ Cleaning outdoor facilities
+ Other related duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications & Experience
+ High School Diploma or equivalent.
+ One year of experience performing custodial or janitorial services .
+ Valid North Carolina Class C Driver's License with a satisfactory driving record.
+ This position is critical to emergency operations and will report to work in spite of or because of an emergency or disaster event.
The City of Durham Encourages Diversity in The Workplace.
Additional Preferred Skills
+ Experience sanitizing and disinfecting surfaces.
+ Experience operating floor care equipment, such as burnishers, auto scrubbers and carpet extractors.
+ Experience providing custodial services in a commercial building.
Benefits – General Full-Time Employees
+ 12-13 paid holidays per year
+ 13 standard work days of vacation per year
+ 13 standard work days of sick leave per year, which accumulates indefinitely; sick leave may be used toward early retirement
+ 2 weeks paid military leave per year
+ Medical, dental, vision, and supplemental life insurance plans
+ State and City retirement plans
+ Short and long term disability plans
+ Paid temporary disability leave for specified conditions
+ City contribution of 13.6% into the N.C. State Retirement System
+ Paid funeral leave
+ Employee Assistance Program - personal and family counseling
+ Paid life insurance equal to annual salary
+ 48 hours for volunteer work each year*
+ 4 hours parental leave each year
+ Workman's Compensation Insurance
+ 457 Deferred Compensation Plans
Benefits - Part-Time (1,000 hours or more per year)
+ 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)
+ State retirement plan
Benefits Part-Time (Average 30 hours per week over 12 month period)
+ 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)
+ State retirement plan effective first day of the month following date of hire
+ Health insurance effective first day of the month following date of hire
+ Dental and life insurance, after one year of service
+ Pro-rated vacation, pro-rated sick, pro-rated floating holiday, parttime holiday pay (based on scheduled hours for that day) after one year of service
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Where did you first hear about this opportunity?
+ City of Durham Website
+ Walk in
+ Job fair
+ Employee referral
+ Professional organization ***Please list the organization in "other" box below***
+ Internet posting ***Please list the specific web site in the "other" box below***
+ Craig's List
+ Facebook
+ LinkedIn
+ GlassDoor
+ governmentjobs.com
+ Monster.com
+ Indeed.com
+ Employment Security Commission
+ Magazine/Newspaper
+ Other
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If you listed "other" above please give specific web site, organization, or publication.
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Do you have a valid North Carolina driver's license "or" if you currently have another state driver's license, are you willing to obtain a valid NC driver's license within 60 days of hire?
+ Yes
+ No
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Please select your highest level of COMPLETED education.
+ Less than a High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED)
+ High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED, HiSET, TASC)
+ Associates Degree
+ Bachelor's Degree
+ Master's Degree
+ PhD or Juris Doctorate
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How many years of experience do you have performing custodial or janitorial services?
+ No related experience
+ Less than 1 year of experience
+ 1 year but less than 3 years
+ 3 years but less than 5 years
+ 5 or more years
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This position is critical to emergency operations and will report to work in spite of or because of an emergency or disaster event. Please indicate below your understanding of this statement.
+ Yes
+ No
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What is your level of experience providing custodial services in a commercial building?
+ No experience
+ Beginner level
+ Intermediate level
+ Advanced level
+ Expert level
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What is your level of experience sanitizing and disinfecting surfaces?
+ No experience
+ Beginner level
+ Intermediate level
+ Advanced level
+ Expert level
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What is your level of experience operating floor care equipment, such as burnishers, auto scrubbers and carpet extractors?
+ None
+ Beginner
+ Intermediate
+ Advanced
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