Lead Building Attendant

Lead Building Attendant

The Claremont Colleges Services (TCCS) is the central coordinating and support organization for a highly regarded cluster of seven independent colleges known as The Claremont Colleges. TCCS, with about 300 staff members, provides exceptional shared services to 9,000 students, and almost 3,600 faculty and staff. TCCS staff work in both student-facing services as well as administrative and operational services. Our numerous departments are located throughout The Claremont Colleges campus in the beautiful city of Claremont, California.

ABOUT THE POSITION

The Lead Building Attendant is responsible for maintaining clean, sanitary, and safe facilities for students, staff, and the public. This position aims to minimize property damage, loss, and potential liability, ensuring that tasks are completed safely, properly, and on time. The Lead Building Attendant also oversees and supports assigned building attendants in their duties. Assist the supervisor in administration of daily operations, and monitors work in progress by applying advance knowledge in all phases of cleaning, sanitizing, and disinfecting processes and floor care techniques. This role is distinguished by the following key responsibilities: general cleaning and maintenance at all TCCS sites, leading other building attendants, and performing a full range of custodial and maintenance tasks. The Lead Building Attendant is accountable for the cleanliness of all TCCS buildings and facilities, carrying out basic maintenance duties, and responding to the needs of staff and students.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Maintain attractive, sanitary, and safe facilities for students, staff, and guests.
• Serve as lead for other Building Attendants as assigned (e.g., providing direction, work coordination, scheduling, training, etc.) to maximize the efficiency of the workforce and meet shift requirements. Trains newly hired custodial personnel to ensure development requirements are maintained and monitors work in progress.
• Maintain established standards of performance and perform daily inspections of custodial zone areas.
• In conjunction with the Custodial Supervisor analyses workflow, provides work schedule recommendations, creates reports, and oversees day-to-day operations.
• Assumes supervisory responsibilities during Custodial Supervisor's absence.
• Clean assigned spaces, maintaining a sanitary, safe, and attractive environment. Locations may vary based on department needs.
• Inspect TCCS facilities to ensure the site is suitable for safe operations, maintained in an attractive and clean condition, and to identify necessary repairs due to vandalism, equipment breakage, weather conditions, etc.
• Apply special finish to wood floors to provide the appropriate surface and preserve floors.
• Participate in meetings as assigned to assist and convey information to team members as applicable.
• Assists with the distribution of supplies to all TCCS buildings, notifies the Supervisor of stock levels, and requests replenishment as necessary.
• Ensures adequate supplies are available for use and tracks usage to keep Custodial Supervisor informed of changing trends in order to maintain supply levels. Maintains organization and cleanliness of supply storage rooms.
• Prepare facility for daily operations (e.g., opening gates, building access doors, and disarming security systems).
• Respond to immediate safety and/or operational concerns.
• Secure facilities and grounds to avoid or minimize potential for property damage, loss and/or liability and ensure safety at worksite.
• Train assigned personnel in developing professional trade and safety awareness skills. Trains custodial staff in all manners of cleaning, safety, and equipment usage. This includes demonstrating proper cleaning methods, practices, procedures, and adherence to safety policies.
• Assist other personnel in the completion of their work activities.
• Attend in-service training or online training (e.g., bloodborne pathogens, cleaning solvents, floor care, first aid, etc.) and convey information to team members as applicable.
• Responsible for all event setups for TCCS.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education: A high school diploma or the equivalent.

Experience: Four to five years of relevant supervisory experience, including at least one year of experience in custodial or janitorial assignments in an educational environment.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• In-depth knowledge of proper janitorial/custodial techniques.
• Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions in English.
• Ability to work productively and effectively without continuous supervision.
• Be available for overtime work and to be on-call. Be able to work in a safe manner and comply with all applicable safety rules and procedures.
• Professional communication skills with a diverse population of team members, contract personnel, and other internal and external contacts.
• Ability to work productively as a member of a team.
• Demonstrated commitment and ability to provide quality customer service.
• Present a neat and professional appearance and be capable of performing all tasks and presenting oneself in a manner that reflects favorably on CFS and TCCS, and of promoting the interests of these organizations throughout The Claremont Colleges and TCCS.
• Energy and stamina to successfully perform the physical requirements of the position.
• Ability to stand and walk for prolonged periods of time every workday.
• Ability to climb ladders up to 3 feet, lift and carry up to 50 pounds and team lift.
• Reach overhead and outward, bend, stoop, twist, kneel, and work in uncomfortable positions.
• Ability to work indoors and occasionally outdoors in a range of weather conditions.

Other:

A valid driver's license and a driving record acceptable to TCC's automobile liability insurance provider. A post-offer, pre-employment physical exam showing ability to safely perform the physical requirement of this position.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Five years of experience providing oversight/supervision of staff in a similar industry.

Required Work Hours:

Must be able to work the assigned work scheduled hours. The regular hours for this full-time position are evening shift from 1:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday, with a half-hour meal break. Must be available and willing to work any shift assigned (day, night, and weekends). May be required to work on holidays, weekends, and/or evening hours. Regular hours or location may vary due to the needs of the organization or business unit.

COMPENSATION:

Pay: The pay range for this position is $24-$25.50 per hour depending on experience.

Benefits: This position is eligible for our employment benefits package including:

• medical, dental, vision,
• 10% retirement contributions after one year (no matching required),
• group life insurance,
• generous time off,
• professional development funds,
• discounts for mobile plans, software, and entertainment,
• access to fitness facilities,
• and more!