Custodian 5 at Tacoma Community College

Who We Are

Tacoma Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a diverse population of approximately 14,000 students.  We embrace our identity as a community college and strongly encourage applications from candidates who recognize and honor the important role that equity, diversity, and inclusion brings to an educational community.  Our stated mission is to create meaningful and relevant learning, inspire greater equity, and celebrate success in our lives and in our communities.  We are recognized nationally as an, Achieving the Dream "leader college" and our faculty are engaged in innovative work to improve student retention and program completion. According to the Community College Survey of Student Engagement, TCC ranks high on measures of active learning and academic challenge, thanks to our creative and scholarly faculty.  We seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:
 

• Reflects the diversity of our community.
• Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching.
• Is attracted by the campus mission promoting equitable access to educational opportunities.
• Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for underrepresented populations.
• Welcomes differences and models respectful interaction with others.
• Engages effectively with the community both within and outside of TCC.

Essential Functions

• Trains other leads in supervisory techniques, new product and equipment use.
• Instruct employees in proper cleaning techniques and safety practices; maintain compliance with applicable policies and procedures. 
• In accordance with College policy, prepares performance evaluations for the staff; sets up meetings to reviews performance evaluations with the crew members. 
• Evaluates the total work of employees against established standards and counsels them on performance.  
• Operates a safety program by training crew members in safety and maintains a follow-up program on accidents and safety prevention techniques.  
• Meets with vendors to learn about new products, makes product tests and recommends purchase of equipment, supplies and machinery.  
• Prepares a variety of reports such as analyses of custodial workloads, service requirements, and employee job performance.
• Maintain key and portable radio security including any other assigned equipment; maintain a record of equipment assignments; Identifies, reports, and takes corrective action to resolve maintenance problems; routinely check and inspect conditions of facilities and equipment and takes necessary corrective action for deficiencies; initiate work orders for repair/maintenance.
• Maintain the security of assigned areas and report hazards and/or security violations immediately.
• Ensures that equipment is properly maintained.  
• Establishes the location of various collection points, collection schedules, records and quality control operations relating to material recycling programs, including necessary contacts with recycling vendors. 
• Determines staffing, equipment, and supply needs for buildings; oversees activities in assigned area of responsibility.  
• Follow written and/or verbal instructions regarding use of chemicals, supplies and equipment; comply with safety policies and procedures; prepare work orders for repair and/or maintenance and maintain written custodial logs.
• Occasionally drives light trucks, vans and other mobile equipment. 
• May be a working supervisor performing custodial tasks, when required.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Duties of the position require knowledge, skills and abilities:

• Ability to proactively build positive relationships, foster team unity at all levels of the college, and strive for positive interactions with individuals across the campus; 
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently;
• An appreciation of diversity and the benefits of a commitment to cultural awareness and sensitivity in the workplace;
• Ability to establish and maintain positive and collaborative working relationships with students, colleagues, and staff;
• Engaging in critical self-reflection and growth; openness to feedback, change, and professional development;
• Skill in building and maintaining internal and external customer satisfaction;
• Excellent customer service skills; including establishing, building and maintaining internal/external customer satisfaction.
• Communicate promptly and responsively to the needs of the department and college community; including communicating with supervisor, end customer and customer’s manager about work order status.
• Adaptability and flexibility to respond to changing business needs, conditions, and work responsibilities.
• Effectively carry out work processes to achieve individual and organizational goals.
• Manage personal time and projects wisely; set priorities, make appropriate decisions to complete assigned tasks and solve problems efficiently and in a timely manner.
• Identify and understand issues, challenges, and learning opportunities; be proactive and strategic with solutions
• Communicate promptly and responsively to the needs of the department and college community.
• Inspect areas and ensure that departmental/facility cleanliness standards are met.
• Ability to understand, speak, write and read the English language, for receiving and reading instructions for cleaning and chemical handling, and radio and emergency communications.
• Knowledge of Safety Data Sheets (SDS). 
• Knowledge of Safety Standards and Cleaning Standards.
• Maintain respect and confidentiality, ethics, integrity, and sound professional judgment.

• High School graduate or equivalent. 
• Requires two years experience supervising or directing others in large-scale housekeeping, janitorial, general or building maintenance or custodial work setting.  
• Experience working in custodial, janitorial, general maintenance, or housekeeping. 

• Successful completion of a criminal history background check.
• Possess a current valid unrestricted driver’s license. 
• This position serves as essential personnel during emergency situations or inclement weather.
• Capable of moving or relocating items up to 50 pounds, ability/willingness to work at heights (including those above 10 feet) and in confined spaces and ability to perform repetitive functions such as reaching, bending, lifting, pulling, and kneeling.
• Possess a CPR/First Aid certification or obtain within 90 days of employment.
• Ability to work effectively for extended periods during inclement weather, perform rooftop maintenance, rooftop cleaning of debris, assist grounds crew clearing pathways, roadways, and stairways of snow, ice, etc.
• Ability to meet the requirements of an In-Training Plan (if applicable)

Application Process

Application Materials
Complete application packages must include the following.

1. Tacoma Community College online application.
2. Cover Letter and Resume

www.tacomacc.edu/about/employment