Sr. Custodian

Payroll Title: CUSTODIAN SR.

Position Number: 40071332

Job Code: 5116

Job Open Date: 01/21/2025

Application Review Begins: 2/5/2025

Department Code (Name): FDFT-Campus Dining

Percentage of Time: 100%

Union Code (Name): SX-Service Workers

Employee Class (Appointment Type): Staff: Career

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Salary Grade: N/A

Pay rate/range: Hiring/Budgeted Hourly Range: The budgeted salary range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is $22.66 - $ 25.03/hr. Posting Hourly Range: The posting hourly range for this position is $22.66/hr - $26.01/hr. Salary offers are determined based on final candidate qualifications and experience; the budget for the position; and the application of fair, equitable, and consistent pay practices at the University.

Work Location: Portola Dining Commons

Working Days and Hours: Sunday - Thursday 7:00 am - 3:30 pm, Friday/Saturday off

Benefits Eligibility: Full Benefits

Type of Remote or Hybrid Work Arrangement, if applicable: N/A

Special Instructions:

For full consideration, please include a resume and a cover letter as part of your application.

Department Marketing Statement:

Housing, Dining & Auxiliary Enterprises houses 10,000 students, faculty and family residents on campus, provides support services for 9,300 students residing in the communities adjacent to the campus, serves 21,000 customers daily in its retail and board dining programs, manages the UCSB Campus Store and University Center, hosts 150,000 guests annually for conferences and meetings, manages a major events center (Events Center), and oversees the administration of transportation, parking and fleet services. Additional responsibilities in the HDAE portfolio include Administrative & Residential Information Technology (ARIT) and The Club & Guest House. HDAE employs 600 full-time employees and 1,800 student employees. HDAE maintains a physical plant of more than 3 million square feet of buildings and 250 acres of grounds and landscaping.

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Brief Summary of Job Duties:

The Senior Custodian is primarily responsible for maintaining dining room floors, cleaning of restrooms and offices, periodic cleaning of windows, training, supervision and follow up nightly kitchen clean up, working as a liaison with the maintenance department for minor equipment repair and maintenance (carts, wheels, light bulb replacements, etc.), and overseeing shutdown building clean ups. Supervises part-time student employees.

Required Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent combination of education and experience

Work Experience:

• 6 months of janitorial experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Knowledge of safety and sanitation regulations regarding proper storing of chemicals in a food environment, proper cleaning of janitorial closet, safe lifting and transporting procedures, and ability to train others in this area.
• Exhibits organizational skills sufficient to ensure timely completion of tasks.
• Communication skills sufficient to direct the work of others and interact successfully within a large staff, including part time student employees.
• Ability to understand, read and write English for the purpose of reading and creating special projects lists.

Special Conditions of Employment:

• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and work standing for up to 8 hours per day.
• Satisfactory criminal history background check
• UCSB is a Tobacco-Free environment
• Work hours/days may vary

Misconduct Disclosure Requirement:

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegation or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer. "Misconduct" means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer. For reference, below are UC's policies addressing some forms of misconduct:

• UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy
• UC Anti-Discrimination Policy
• Abusive Conduct in the Workplace

Job Functions and Percentages of Time:

General Cleaning Duties - 70%

Daily Duties:

• Cleans and stocks kitchen and dining room restrooms and locker areas.
• Washes windows on a rotating schedule.
• Cleans offices - empties trash, washes and straightens desks, vacuums floors, washes -windows - shampoos carpets periodically.
• Cleans all food transits, dish dollies, glass and plate lowerators.
• Cleans tile wall areas in the kitchen.
• Maintains dining room carpets - empties trash.
• Keeps back dock clear, swept and scrubbed.
• Washes all kitchen hand sinks - keeps single use towels stocked.

Weekly Duties:

• Deodorizes trash and recycle dumpsters - cleans under and around dumpster.
• Cleans and deodorizes all floor drains in the kitchen and serving square.
• Waxes and buffs dining room floors.
• Thoroughly cleans chairs and tables in dining room.
• Washes refrigerators in square, remove transits and cleans.
• Cleans and polishes walk-in doors.
• Cleans exhaust hoods in kitchen, bakery, and square areas.
• Maintains all trash dolly wheels - removes strings and keeps wheels oiled.

Special Projects - 30%

• Trains and oversees student assistants in proper nightly kitchen floor cleaning procedures.
• Assists in and directs student assistants in periodic heavy-duty cleaning of dining facility during shut down time, including buffing kitchen floors and stripping and re waxing dining room floors.
• Cleans BBQ pits.
• Cleans the ice machines - outsides, tops, doors, and drains.
• Maintains adequate inventory of cleaning supplies - reorders when necessary.
• Keeps all cleaning equipment and supplies stored neatly.
• Reports any repairs needed. Writes work orders as needed.
• Changes all light bulbs in kitchen, dining room, and serving square, etc., when necessary.
• Keeps all air vents clean in the kitchen, square and dining rooms.
• Replaces and cleans can opener blades.
• Repairs and replaces cart wheels and table legs.
• Unclogs minor stoppages in toilets and drains, assists maintenance on larger projects.
• Minor plumbing repairs to include changing the washers, screens and handles on faucets and sprayers.
• Minor plastering (spackling) and touch up painting.
• Replaces electrical cover plates that have been broken.
• Any other duties as assigned by the Managers.

UC Vaccination Programs Policy:

As a condition of employment, you will be required to comply with the University of California Policy on Vaccinations Programs.

As a condition of Physical Presence at a Location or in a University Program, all Covered Individuals** must participate in any applicable Vaccination Program by providing proof that they are Up-to-Date with any required Vaccines or submitting a request for Exception in a Mandate Program or properly declining vaccination in an Opt-Out Program no later than the Compliance Date (Capitalized terms in this paragraph are defined in the policy.). Federal, state, or local public health directives may impose additional requirements.

For more information, please visit:

* UC Santa Barbara COVID-19 Information - https://www.ucsb.edu/COVID-19-information

* University of California Policy on Vaccinations - With Interim Revisions - https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/5000695/VaccinationProgramsPolicy

*Note: The Policy on Vaccination Programs - With Interim Revisions was updated effective August 16, 2023. A systemwide review of this policy will take place in Fall 2023 with an expected issuance/effective date in early 2024.

**Covered Individuals: A Covered Individual includes anyone designated as Personnel or Students under this Policy who physically access a University Facility or Program in connection with their employment, appointment, or education/training. A person accessing a Healthcare Location as a patient, or an art, athletics, entertainment, or other publicly accessible venue at a Location as a member of the public, is not a Covered Individual.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Statement:

UC Santa Barbara is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status.

For the University of California's Affirmative Action Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4010393/PPSM-20.

For the University of California's Anti-Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination.

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