Custodian

Job ID: 318775

Department

PHYSICAL PLANT (SB-PHYP-IUSBA)

Department
Information

The Physical Plant Department at Indiana University (IU) South Bend is responsible for maintaining a safe, clean, and
welcoming campus environment for students, faculty, staff, and visitors. The department supports the university’s academic mission by
ensuring campus facilities, classrooms, offices, laboratories, and common areas are maintained to a high standard of cleanliness, safety,
and operational readiness.

Custodial staff play a vital role in daily campus operations by supporting building sanitation, facility
upkeep, and campus safety. This position collaborates with facilities staff and campus partners to ensure that IU SouthBend provides a
professional, well-maintained environment that supports learning, teaching, and community engagement.

Job
Summary

• Cleans floors, ramps, and stairs by sweeping, wet mopping/dust mopping, scrubbing, or vacuuming them. Services,
  cleans, and supplies restrooms. Gathers and empties recycling and trash. Cleans and polishes fixtures. Replaces light bulbs. Cleans windows,
  glass partitions, and mirrors using soapy water or other cleaners, sponges, and squeegees. Mixes water and detergents or acids in containers
  to prepare cleaning solutions, according to specifications.
• Dusts furniture, walls, machines, and equipment. Steam cleans or
  shampoos carpets. Strips, seals, finishes, and polishes floors. Cleans, replaces, and hangs blinds, drapes, and entrance mats. Collects and
  delivers soiled items.
• Clears sidewalks, drives, and adjacent areas. Shovels snow.
• Locks, unlocks, and secures buildings.
  Maintains awareness of building sand facilities, reports abnormalities or security concerns. Identifies and reports needed building
  repairs.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned. Assists with snow removal activities as necessary.

Qualifications

EDUCATION

Required

• General knowledge at the high school
  level.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Preferred

• Previous Custodial experience
• 1 year of
  custodial experience

SKILLS

Required

• Ability to work in a safe and efficient
  manner.
• Proficient communication skills.
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism.
• Demonstrates time management
  and priority setting skills.
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality.
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast-paced,
  dynamic environment.
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in the area of specialty.
• Highly thorough and
  dependable.
• Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Ability to
  represent the company with external constituents.
• Ability to drive multiple projects to successful completion.
• Strong verbal
  communication and listening skills.
• Ability to build strong customer relationships.
• Knowledge of cleaning procedures and
  equipment, and the ability to operate and use standard cleaning equipment and materials. Some knowledge of standard kitchen practices and
  sanitation methods (for positions in a food service facility).
• Ability to follow safe work practices in biohazard and/or hazardous
  waste clean-up (i.e., blood-borne pathogens; toxic, reactive, explosive, and ignitable laboratory wastes, corrosive wastes from cleaning
  operations; other miscellaneous wastes from across campus). May involve training and tests in hazardous waste management.
• Ability to
  interact and communicate with a wide variety of people.
• Ability to perform work that requires medium to heavy physical
  effort.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to work in a team environment.

Working Conditions / Demands

This role requires the ability to remain in a stationary position as well as the ability to
move about the workplace for long durations. It requires effective communication, the ability to operate machinery, tools, and controls. The
role requires the ability to ascend/descend ladders/stairs, and to position oneself in low level positions, detect a variety of chemicals
and/or gases. The role requires the ability to ascend to rooftops and move in tight spaces to perform and complete inspections. The person
in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.

Available to work during inclement
weather (i.e. snow and ice) when weather emergencies dictate that the department is needed to take care of the campus.

Work
Location

IU South Bend campus

South Bend, Indiana

Advertised Salary

$31,200.00 per year

$15.00 per hour

Work Hours

1st Shift: 5:00 AM – 1:30 PM

Benefits Overview

For full-time
staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:

• Comprehensive medical and dental
  insurance
• Health savings account with generous IU contributions
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending
  accounts
• Basic group life insurance paid by IU
• Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and
  supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to
  vesting
• Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU
  courses
• 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
• Generous paid time off plans
• Paid leave for new parents
  and IU-sponsored volunteer events
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure.

Job
Classification

Career Level: Foundational

FLSA: Nonexempt

Job Function: Engineering, Trades & Facility

Job
Family: Custodial

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Equal Employment Opportunity

Indiana University is
an equal opportunity employer and provider of ADA services and prohibits discrimination in hiring. See Indiana University Notice of
Non-Discrimination here which includes contact information.

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