Custodian

Are you looking for an opportunity for professional growth and development?

Consider joining the City of San Bernardino's Public Works Department as a Custodian.

About The Position

The custodian beautifies city facilities by performing a variety of custodial and light maintenance in and around city buildings and facilities. Upon initial training, the custodian is able to perform duties as assigned independently to maintain a clean and inviting space for city buildings, lobbies, restrooms, and other assigned areas.Â

We are looking for someone with

• Independent judgement:Â Able to make decisions and handle different situations
• Time management skills:Â Able to prioritize work
• Attention to Detail - Ability to follow thorough instructions
• Safety Conscious - Safely operate a motor vehicle and other city equipment
• People Skills - Great interpersonal qualities and a customer service attitude
  
  

What you will usually do

Responsibilities

Essential functions, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include any of the following representative duties, knowledge, and skills. Essential duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Performs a wide range of custodial tasks in the care and keeping of facilities, grounds, and areas of the City; sweeps, mops, scrubs, waxes, and polishes floors, vacuums and shampoos carpets, dusts and polishes furniture, woodwork, and metalwork, and washes doors, windows, walls, ceilings and furniture.
• Cleans and sanitizes restrooms and water fountains; restocks restrooms and ensures sanitary and clean spaces for community use.
• Assists in the preparation of rooms and facilities for special events, meetings, and conferences; moves and arranges tables, chairs, office furniture and equipment; makes minor repairs to furniture, metalwork and woodwork as necessary.
• Opens and unlocks buildings on a daily basis and turns off alarms; closes and locks doors and windows at the end of business; observes work safety rules and regulations.
• Cleans, sweeps, and hoses parking lots and sidewalks; cleans litter from surrounding grounds; reports maintenance and repair needs, and inputs work requests when.
  
  

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Knowledge of

• Proper cleaning methods.
• Operation and maintenance of a variety of hand and power janitorial tools and equipment.
• Safety practices related to the work.
• Proper mixing and diluting of cleansers, disinfectants, and stripping agents.
• Safe work methods and safety regulations pertaining to the work.
• City policies, procedures, and standards.
  
  

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Skills in

• Understanding and following written and oral instructions.
• Completing assignments independently without immediate supervision.
• Reading and writing.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Communicating effectively and concisely, both orally, and in writing.Â
• Properly maintaining and operating power driving construction tools and equipment. Â
• Providing customer service.
  
  

You have

Education and Experience

High School Diploma, or G.E.D. preferred; AND six (6) months of work experience at a commensurate level; or an equivalent combination of training and experience.

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Licenses, Certifications, And Equipment

A State of California driver's license.

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Physical Requirements and Work Environment

The employee occasionally works in outside weather conditions and is exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock. The noise level is usually moderately quiet. While performing the duties of this job, employees are regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to walk, sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Â The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required for this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Benefits And Rewards

The City offers an attractive compensation and benefit package, that includes:Â

• Health Insurance - Monthly contribution for health, dental and vision premiums:Â Â $715.00 Employee Only, $1,377.00 Employee plus one, or $1,841.00 Employee plus Family. Â A "Health Insurance Waiver Stipend" of $4,000.00 every first paycheck of December for eligible employees who waive benefits.Â
• Vacation - 80 hours after one year, 96 hours of sick leave annuallyÂ
• 13 holidays, plus 18 hours of floating holiday time.Â
• Retirement - California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS). Classic members: 2% at 55 |Â New CALPERS members 2% at 62.
• Life & Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
  
  

SELECTION PROCEDURE

Apply - submit a completed job application and responses to the Supplemental Questionnaire, which fully describes the nature of your professional experience and qualifications.  Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of the application or supplemental application materials.Â

Application Review -

• Minimum qualifications
• Completion of the supplemental questionnaire
  
  

The rating of the supplemental questions may determine application status and/or rank on the eligible list. Â Applications submitted without all required materials will not be considered.

Job Related Testing (examination) -

Oral Examination tentatively scheduled for 8/15/2024

Accommodation -Â The City of San Bernardino is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants with disabilities, whether physical or mental. If you require such accommodations during the assessment process, it is your responsibility to contact the Human Resources Department in writing before the recruitment closing date. For further details on how to request accommodation, please reach out to us at 909-384-5104 or via email at abdelmaseeh_ma@sbcity.orgÂ

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Successful candidates will be placed on an eligible list, and highly qualified candidates will be referred to the appointing authority for further consideration. Candidates advancing in the selection process will receive information/instructions via email only. Â

Department Interviews -Â Actual hire depends on success in the departmental selection process. Â Tentatively scheduled for 8/22/2024

Pre-Employment Process may include, but is not limited to:Â

• Pre-employment Medical Exam including drug test.Â
• LiveScan Fingerprinting which reviews criminal history with the California Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Employment/Professional Reference Check
• Confirmation of educational credentials and degrees, licenses including driver's license, registrations, certificates, and other credentialsÂ
  
  

The City of San Bernardino reserves the right to modify the selection process as necessary to conform to administrative or business necessity.Â

For more information about this position, please contact the

City of San Bernardino Human Resources Department at 909-384-5104.

THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYERÂ

City of San Bernardino at 909-384-5104 or visit www.sbcity.org/jobs to apply.