Find & Apply For Janitor / Cleaner Jobs in Palatine, Illinois

Characteristic Duties:

Provide custodial services for Harper College facilities. Cleans and maintains the College facilities, buildings, offices, classrooms, restrooms and common areas. Performs custodial duties to include vacuuming, sweeping, scrubbing, dust mopping and wet mopping floors, furniture dusting, cleaning and replenishing restrooms supplies, emptying and cleaning waste receptacles, cleaning whiteboards, cleaning windows and walls, cleaning restrooms and other facilities as assigned, cleaning elevators and stairwells, and maintaining custodial supplies and equipment

Equipment/Tools:

Employee must operate the following tools: All floor machines Common hand tools Extension ladders

Working Conditions:

Employee is subject to both indoor and outdoor environmental conditions. Employee may be required to wear respiratory protection, eye protection and/or hearing protection and other personal protective equipment on a daily basis. Employee is exposed to dust and cleaning solvents.

Physical Demands:

Ability to perform manual tasks requiring moderate strength using equipment/machinery, pull, grasp, and climb. Ability to lift up to 75 lbs. occasionally.

Supervision:

Under direct supervision of the Custodial Foreman. Receives daily oral and written instructions on work to be performed.

Minimum Acceptable Qualifications:

Education:

High school education or equivalent.

Experience:

Six months of janitorial/housekeeping/ custodial experience is required. Knowledge of cleaning methods, material, and equipment. Must have the necessary skills to do the following: vacuum, wet/dry vacuum, carpet extraction, shampooing, stripping and waxing of floors.

Licensing:

Valid Illinois Drivers License