Maintenance Custodian

The City of Renton has a fantastic opportunity for a responsible Maintenance Custodian to join our Public Works team. The position performs a variety of physical tasks that keep our City buildings, facilities, and adjacent grounds looking their best. If you are detail-oriented, dependable, and take pride in keeping buildings, facilities, and surrounding grounds clean, safe, and in good working order, while performing custodial services, minor repairs, preventive maintenance, and facility setup, this position may be a good fit for you. The Custodial Maintenance position follows a Monday-Friday schedule, starting with 4:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. hours and transitioning later in the year to 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Please review the information below for a detailed description of the essential and standard functions of this position.

Working for the City of Renton comes with an excellent benefits package, including:

• Deferred compensation with the City contributing 3% of the employee's salary.
• VEBA Plan with the City contributing 1% of the employee salary.
• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance at affordable rates.
• Paid leave for vacation, sick, eleven holidays and two "personal" holidays a year.
• State of Washington Department of Retirement Systems Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) plan enrollment.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Perform minor repairs to buildings, fixtures, and windows; replace light bulbs and ballasts and clean fountain and spa areas; report major repair and maintenance needs and assist other maintenance and grounds personnel in making a variety of repairs as required.
• Perform minor, routine maintenance in various building trades including HVAC, plumbing, carpentry, electrical and painting; perform general and touch-up painting.
• Inspect and clean refrigeration and air conditioning units periodically; perform a variety of preventive maintenance duties including changing filters and belts and lubricating parts; perform work at heights.
• Perform a variety of custodial duties for assigned facilities according to established schedules; sweep, scrub and mop floors; wash windows, counters and walls; empty and clean waste receptacles; assist in gym floor repairs and refinishing as assigned.
• Maintain custodial equipment and materials; refill various restroom dispensers, including paper towels, soap and related items; clean and sanitize restrooms including toilets, urinals, sinks, walls, stall doors and countertops.
• Assist Facility Technicians in the maintenance and repair of buildings and facilities.
• Blow and clear sidewalks and entryways; remove leaves and debris from park facility roofs, gutters and downspouts.
• Remove dead rodents, spider infestations and human and animal waste from City facilities.
• Adjust and arrange furniture, tables, chairs and equipment; set up facilities for special events and meetings as assigned.
• Assure security of buildings and grounds during assigned shift; turn lights on and off; unlock and lock doors and gates; raise and lower flags.
• Inspect doors, windows and assigned areas for vandalism, report safety, fire hazards and vandalism as appropriate.
• Operate a variety of equipment and hand and power tools used in general maintenance and custodial work including plumbing tools, vacuums, scrubber, buffer, pallet jack, power steamer, boom lift, paint sprayer, nail gun, carpet extractor, blower, electrical testing equipment and a variety of hand and power tools.

Standard Functions:

• Maintain inventory of supplies and materials at assigned facilities; request additional materials according to established procedures.
• Communicate with supervisor, city employees, citizens, and others regarding custodial and general maintenance and setup instructions.
• Maintain a variety of records related to preventive maintenance, supplies, mileage, work orders, vandalism and hazardous waste records.
• Requisition custodial supplies and maintenance items according to established procedures.
• Perform related duties as assigned.
• May be assigned to support critical city priorities during disasters or other emergencies.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, AND LICENSE REQUIREMENTS:

• Sufficient training and experience to demonstrate the knowledge and abilities listed above.
• Two years of general building maintenance and custodial experience.
• Valid Washington State driver's license.
• Successful passing of a required background check and national fingerprint-based records check.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIREMENTS:

Ability to:

Knowledge of:

• Work is performed moving throughout the facility and community.
• Driving and fieldwork required.
• Frequent communication with City employees and customers.
• Perform heavy physical labor.
• Lift or move items weighing up to 50 pounds regularly, occasionally up to 70 pounds.
• Operate small machinery such as waxer, buffer, and vacuum.
• Lift heavy objects in awkward and confined spaces, using proper lifting and rigging techniques.
• Climb and work from ladders, climb stairs, good reflexes and eyesight, and bending, stretching, and standing for extended periods.
• Exposure to hazardous materials and noise from equipment.
• Evening work may be required.

Approved reasonable accommodation requests will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Please consider visiting the City of Renton's Career Center for more information about our hiring process, benefits and other useful information. The City of Renton embraces a diverse and inclusive workforce and prides itself on promoting collaboration and teamwork in a positive environment while providing high quality services to the community. For more information about the City of Renton, please visit the following website: Why Renton

The City has adopted an anonymous application process that prevents hiring managers from seeing personal identifiers, including candidates' names, addresses, and other similar information. This eliminates the possibility of unintentional or implicit bias during the screening of applications. For that reason, you will not have the ability to attach any documents to your application, including a cover letter or resume. Please make sure to submit a complete, detailed, and updated job application.

Communication from the City of Renton: We primarily communicate via e-mail during the application process. E-mails from rentonwa.gov and/or governmentjobs.com should be placed on your safe domain list to ensure you receive notifications in a timely manner. As a precaution, you may also want to check your junk e-mail folders. We also communicate via text and encourage you to sign up for text alerts when completing your job application.

Accommodation

Individuals needing accommodation in the application, testing, or interview process may contact ajamilova@rentonwa.gov at least 2 days prior to the need.

Recruitment Process:
The screening process will include a review of minimum qualifications. Applicants selected for an interview will be invited via email to self-schedule a time through the Government Jobs account.

At a minimum, this position will be subject to a standard criminal background check and professional reference check. This position requires driving and is also subject to a driving record check from the WA State Dept. of Licensing (or other state equivalent). Driving records will be evaluated based on a points system depending on the infraction and severity. In addition, this position requires accessing areas that contain Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS). For that reason, this position is also subject to a national fingerprint-based records check.