Custodian - Relief Positions Available!
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Arc of Onondaga
NY
Summary
The custodian is responsible for maintaining clean, safe, and welcoming facilities by performing routine cleaning, disinfecting, and general upkeep. They also assist with room setups, trash removal, and reporting facility maintenance concerns to the supervisor.
Job Description
Custodian
Relief Positions Available!
Arc of Onondaga is seeking dependable, hardworking individuals to join our team as Custodians. The Custodian is responsible for maintaining clean, safe, and welcoming facilities throughout Arc locations.
This position plays an important role in ensuring our buildings and premises are properly cleaned, maintained, and ready for use by the people we support, staff, and visitors.
Responsibilities
Clean and disinfect offices, bathrooms, dining areas, clinical facilities, general-use areas, and other assigned spaces.
Dust, mop, sweep, and vacuum floors and surfaces.
Empty and remove trash and recycling.
Maintain outdoor walkways, entrances, and surrounding areas.
Move furniture and assist with room setups as needed.
Operate cleaning equipment and use cleaning chemicals safely and appropriately.
Maintain cleanliness and general upkeep of assigned buildings and premises.
Follow established safety procedures and use required personal protective equipment.
Report maintenance, safety, or facility concerns to the Custodial Supervisor.
Perform other cleaning and facility-related duties as assigned.
Work independently while maintaining high standards of cleanliness, safety, and professionalism.
Requirements
Working knowledge of commercial cleaning and maintenance procedures.
Experience or skills in commercial housekeeping and maintenance for offices, bathrooms, dining areas, clinical facilities, general-use areas, outdoor walkways, and entrance areas.
Ability to travel to and from the primary assigned worksite independently.
Ability to maintain all job-required certifications and/or licenses.
Ability to safely lift, move, and handle equipment, supplies, and furniture.
Knowledge of safety requirements and proper procedures for using cleaning equipment and chemicals.
Dependable attendance and the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Physical Demands & Working Conditions
This position requires a high level of physical stamina, endurance, and mobility. Work requires consistent physical exertion, including the ability to lift and handle up to 50 pounds or more for approximately 75% or more of the workday while moving materials, assisting with room setups, and operating equipment.
The Custodian will frequently be exposed to a variety of environmental conditions associated with cleaning and maintaining facilities. The position requires sustained periods of walking, standing, sitting, bending, reaching, lifting, carrying, and other physical manipulation.
The use of safety equipment and adherence to specific safety precautions are required.
Benefits
Excellent work-life balance
Flexible scheduling
Employee Resource Coordination Programs
Ongoing professional development and career advancement opportunities
Supportive, collaborative, and family-friendly workplace culture
Join Our Team
If you're dependable, take pride in your work, and want to contribute to a clean, safe, and welcoming environment, Arc of Onondaga would love to hear from you!
Apply today and become an important part of our team!
Arc of Onondaga is committed to equal employment opportunity.
We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
In 1951, a group of concerned parents got together to ensure that their children received the best educational and social services possible. Since then, Arc of Onondaga has been providing quality programs for people with developmental disabilities of all ages.
Arc of Onondaga is one of 35 local Chapters of The Arc New York, the largest provider of supports and services for people intellectual and developmental disabilities in New York state. In addition to the programs, chapters of The Arc New York collectively support more than 60,000 people with disabilities and their families in every county of the state, and employ more than 30,000 people in our shared mission to provide people with intellectual, developmental and other disabilities the ordinary and extraordinary opportunities of life.
Arc of Onondaga is one of the largest provider of services to people with developmental disabilities in Onondaga County serving thousands of individuals and their families and employing 500 people. With nearly 40 different sites throughout Central New York, Arc provides a wide array of services including residential, day, employment and clinical services and recreation programs. In addition to these supports and services Arc operates two major subsidiaries: Parkside Children’s Center, an early intervention preschool and Monarch, a vocational program and outsourcing company with corporate partners throughout the region.
A true community-based organization, Arc thrives on community involvement and inclusion, as well as relying on community membership to build its base of support. Its program participants volunteer hundreds of hours in the community each year in support of a wide variety of organizations and causes.
Founded
1951
Company size
201-500 employees
Industry
Individual and Family Services
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Syracuse, NY
In 1951, a group of concerned parents got together to ensure that their children received the best educational and social services possible. Since then, Arc of Onondaga has been providing quality programs for people with developmental disabilities of all ages.
Arc of Onondaga is one of 35 local Chapters of The Arc New York, the largest provider of supports and services for people intellectual and developmental disabilities in New York state. In addition to the programs, chapters of The Arc New York collectively support more than 60,000 people with disabilities and their families in every county of the state, and employ more than 30,000 people in our shared mission to provide people with intellectual, developmental and other disabilities the ordinary and extraordinary opportunities of life.
Arc of Onondaga is one of the largest provider of services to people with developmental disabilities in Onondaga County serving thousands of individuals and their families and employing 500 people. With nearly 40 different sites throughout Central New York, Arc provides a wide array of services including residential, day, employment and clinical services and recreation programs. In addition to these supports and services Arc operates two major subsidiaries: Parkside Children’s Center, an early intervention preschool and Monarch, a vocational program and outsourcing company with corporate partners throughout the region.
A true community-based organization, Arc thrives on community involvement and inclusion, as well as relying on community membership to build its base of support. Its program participants volunteer hundreds of hours in the community each year in support of a wide variety of organizations and causes.
Founded
1951
Company size
201-500 employees
Industry
Individual and Family Services
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Syracuse, NY
