The successful candidate will perform custodial and other miscellaneous duties to ensure that buildings are attractive, sanitary, and safe environments for students, staff, and public. They will follow daily, weekly, and monthly cleaning schedules for classrooms, kitchens, office areas, bathrooms, storage areas, and entrances. They will also direct other employees and oversee work activities for the purpose of ensuring assignments are completed in a safe, proper, and timely manner.

• Cleans buildings in assigned area, providing a healthy living environment for residents to live in.
• Cleans carpets in assigned areas.
• Supervises and manages employee workloads and productivity. Responsible for assigning tasks, training, giving instruction, and inspecting the quality of work, as well as meeting deadlines.
• Ensures policy adherence.
• Maintains a safe work environment by providing safety equipment and resources for self and hourly workers. Reports any areas of concern to supervisor or dispatch.
• Trains new employees by providing hands-on experience with equipment and procedures.
• Ensures proper care in the use and maintenance of equipment and supplies; promotes continuous improvement of workplace safety and environmental practices.
• Creates and maintains a positive teamwork environment to achieve desired results.
• Participates in staff meetings and trainings as assigned.
• Performs other miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• One year of commercial cleaning experience is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Basic computer skills.
• Customer service skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate with co-workers and customers.
• Skilled in the use of various hand and power tools common to trade.
• Ability to work without supervision.
• Flexibility to clean multiple sites on a given day.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of cleaning supplies and equipment.
• Knowledge of proper cleaning techniques and standards.
• Knowledge of basic hand tools and equipment used in routine building maintenance.
• Knowledge of safe work practices.
• Ability to learn and care for an assigned area and equipment.
• Ability to operate cleaning equipment, such as vacuums, carpet extractors, burnishers, etc.
• Ability to understand chemical cleaning application and methods.
• Ability to identify maintenance problems that need the attention of repair personnel.
• Ability to understand and follow safety procedures.
• Ability to learn through observation and hands on experience.
• Ability to perform tasks without close supervision.
• Ability to work well under pressure; meeting multiple and sometimes conflicting deadlines

Along with the online application, please attach:

1. Resume C/V to be uploaded at the beginning of your application in the Candidate Profile under “Resume/CV”

**Document size may not exceed 10 MB.**

Employees work indoors and are protected from weather and/or contaminants, but not, necessarily, occasional temperature changes. This position requires moderate physical activity, including the handling of objects up to 25 pounds and/or standing or walking more than one hour per day.

Utah State University (USU) was founded in 1888 and is Utah’s land-grant and space-grant university. USU is one of only 146 research institutions in the U.S. classified as R1 “very high research activity” by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. As one of the two premier research institutions in Utah, USU provides a high-quality education at an affordable price. With its main campus in Logan, the university serves approximately 27,500 students, including 24,255 undergraduates and 3,171 graduate students. USU Online has served students from all 50 states and 55 countries for 25 years.

USU’s statewide system features three residential campuses, 30 total campus locations, and 23 Extension education centers. The university employs 903 full-time faculty members, 124 executive administrators, and 1,649 full-time support staff. USU offers 115 undergraduate majors, as well as 91 master’s and 42 doctoral degrees. Learn more about USU.

A core characteristic of USU is engagement with communities and people in economic development, improvements to quality of life, and human capital. Through the practical application of knowledge, the University and its faculty engage and share expertise with the state, nation, and world, preserving the historical land-grant tradition of partnering with communities to address critical societal issues in the interest of the public good.

The USU main campus is located in beautiful Logan, Utah, a city of about 50,000 situated in a picturesque mountain valley about 80 miles north of Salt Lake City. Outstanding recreational opportunities abound in the nearby mountains and proximate region.

USU is sensitive to the needs of dual career couples and provides a Dual Career Assistance program to support careers for partners who are also seeking employment.

USU endeavors to provide reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access in all aspects of employment to qualified persons with disabilities. To request a reasonable accommodation for a disability, please contact the university’s ADA Coordinator in the Human Resource office at 435-797-0122 or submit a request at hr@usu.edu.

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Notice of Non-discrimination

In its programs and activities, including in admissions and employment, Utah State University does not discriminate or tolerate discrimination, including harassment, based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by University policy, Title IX, or any other federal, state, or local law.

The following individuals have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the application of Title IX and its implementing regulations and/or USU’s non-discrimination policies:

Executive Director of the Office of Equity Matthew Pinner, discrimination@usu.edu, Distance Education Rm. 401, 435-797-1266

Title IX Coordinator Matthew Pinner, titleix@usu.edu, Distance Education Rm. 404, 435-797-1266

Mailing address: 5100 Old Main Hill, Logan, Ut 84322

For further information regarding non-discrimination, please visit https://equity.usu.edu/, or contact:

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 800-421-3481, OCR@ed.gov

U.S. Department of Education, Denver Regional Office, 303-844-5695, OCR.Denver@ed.gov

*updated 11/2022