Janitor Helper at The University of Chicago in Chicago, IL

Job description

Department OPS Facilities Residential Properties Staff 1 About the Department Facilities Services supports the mission of the University of Chicago through efforts to maintain and enhance the University campus and environment and provide superior client service to our community including faculty, students, staff, neighbors and visitors. Job Information Job Summary: Residential Properties is a professional unit within Facilities Services (FS) tasked with operating the University’s faculty, staff, and graduate student housing in the Hyde Park-Kenwood neighborhood. With the direction of the Assistant Director, a property management team, support clerk and janitors, in collaboration with leasing, maintenance, accounting, and support personnel within FS, are responsible for all aspects of property management and customer relations for a residential portfolio, off-campus parking and some departmental office space. We support the University’s mission of research, learning, teaching, and community service. The work of the unit is seasonal, with time in the spring, summer and early fall favoring apartment turnover, related client activity and grounds, the winter with snow shoveling and heating, and other seasons less busy with opportunities for inspections, preventive repairs, new initiatives, and proactive client service. The Janitor Helper may have frequent contact with residents, Maintenance Shop staff, contractors, Residential Services leasing staff, other Property Management staff including janitors, and other Facilities Services staff. Occasional contacts include non-university residents and guests and the general public. Responsibilities : Common Space Cleaning and Service: Common space cleaning, light bulb inspections and bulb changing, resetting circuit breakers or replacing fuses, and minor repair required in all common spaces including but not limited to lobbies, halls, stairwells, porches, basements, storage, bicycle rooms. Apartment Turnover Activity: Perform apartment and storage locker cleaning and related minor repair. First-Level Customer Service: Assists with providing customer service to residents with a commitment to providing best-practice level of customer service to residents and the community. Includes occasional move-in orientations, showing apartments to prospective residents, answering calls, responding to messages, emergency response. Service Coordination: May assist with posting and delivering of notices, provide apartment or common space access for contractors, shop staff and management in accordance with service delivery protocols and other policy and procedures. Grounds Maintenance: Perform landscaping and snow removal service in accordance with service delivery protocols. Preventive Maintenance: May assist with performing preventive maintenance in common spaces and apartments including visual and use of logs or work orders of major equipment and inspection and service of minor equipment such as small pumps, motors, appliances, air vents, locks, life safety such as emergency lighting, security such as locks, guards, and closers. Special projects: Office-wide programs, initiatives, and relationships that involve individual initiative as well as collaborating with colleagues to accomplish goals as assigned to meet broader goals established for the Department and Unit such as bicycle room clean-outs Emergency Response: Occasionally may be required to respond to emergency situations from property management including snow shoveling service and is therefore on call 24/7. Additional Responsibilities Education, Experience, and Certifications: Education: High school diploma or GED from an accredited institution, required. Experience: Two years as a skilled Janitor Helper or a cleaning/maintenance specialist for a residential property, required. Certifications: Valid Driver’s License and vehicle insurance acceptable to the University, required. Technical Knowledge or Skills: Demonstrated successful and effective