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Custodian II Gunnison
State of Utah
410 Department of Corrections
Location
Utah, 84129
Salary
$16.63 - $16.63
per hour
Type
Full Time
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Job Description
Summary
This job is for a lead custodian at a correctional facility in Utah, where you'll oversee a team cleaning and maintaining building interiors, inspect work for quality, and manage supplies.
It's a hands-on role involving physical tasks like lifting heavy items and using cleaning equipment in a secure environment.
A good fit would be someone detail-oriented with housekeeping experience who can communicate well and handle supervisory duties.
Key Requirements
- Professional experience in housekeeping practices, techniques, and procedures
- Detail-oriented with strong quality control skills
- Excellent communication skills for supervising and coordinating workers
- Experience ensuring compliance with policies, procedures, and contract terms
- Ability to lift 50 pounds and perform strenuous physical tasks
- Familiarity with various cleaning agents, products, and equipment
- Preference for janitorial and supervisory experience
Full Job Description
The Central Utah Correctional Facility is looking for a detail oriented Custodian II to functionally supervise, coordinate, and delegate activities of workers engaged in the cleaning and upkeep of building interiors.Principal Duties
The Custodian II will perform a variety of duties such as:
- Reviews and/or inspects work for quality, accuracy, and completeness.
- Ensures that there is an adequate supply of materials available. Orders, receives, inspects, and stores equipment, merchandise, commodities, materials, and/or supplies.
- Cleans and maintains floors, dusts, waxes and polishes furniture, washes windows, mirrors, and other glass or plastic items, empties trash and garbage, etc.
- Ensures quality control.
The Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate for this position is someone who has the following:
- Professional experience in housekeeping practices, techniques and procedures.
- Detail oriented.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Experience ensuring compliance with contract terms, policies and procedures.
- Ability to lift 50 pounds.
- Experience with many cleaning agents, products and equipment.
* Preference may be given to those with janitorial and/or supervisory experience.
Why You Should Join Our Team
Besides working with a dedicated team of professionals who are dedicated to ensuring the public's safety, you will receive great health and retirement benefits. Click here to view a summary of the benefits we offer. We also provide generous paid time off so you can spend more time with your family and have a positive work-life balance.
The Agency
The Utah Department of Corrections is a dedicated team of professionals who ensures public safety by effectively managing offenders while maintaining close collaboration with partner agencies and the community. Our team is devoted to providing maximum opportunities for offenders to make lasting changes through accountability, treatment, education, and positive reinforcement within a safe environment.
For additional information about the Utah Department of Corrections please go to this link. http://www.corrections.utah.gov/
Additional Information
Risks which require the use of special safety precautions and/or equipment, e.g., working around operating machines, working with contagious diseases or hazardous chemicals, etc.The work requires considerable and strenuous physical exertion such as frequent climbing, lifting heavy objects over 50 pounds, crouching or crawling in restricted areas.All applications must be submitted online.
Resumes emailed/faxed will not be considered.If you are a Department of Corrections employee, salary will be based on the CURRENT promotional process.
(If the increase brings you above the top of the range, your increase will stop at the top of the range.)DHRM rules regarding promotions and transfers apply to current state of Utah employees.
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