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Building Services Worker

Michigan State University

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Compensation
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Location
East Lansing, MI
Work Authorization
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Job overview

The Building Services Worker performs scheduled cleaning in residence and university spaces, including bathrooms, halls, dining rooms, student rooms, offices, and entrances. Duties include floor and surface cleaning, linen handling, restocking restroom supplies, and reporting building or equipment issues. The position also includes occasional support tasks such as watering plants and assisting with training. Applicants must meet a male BFOQ for cleaning designated community bathrooms.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Cleaning MethodsCleaning EquipmentCommunicationLifting Up to 25 Pounds

Qualifications

Casual Cleaning KnowledgeAbility to Relate to College StudentsMale BFOQ

Full job description

Position Summary

Male Team Member-Performs regularly scheduled cleaning duties in areas such as the following: bathrooms, halls, stairways, lobbies, dining rooms, apartments, student rooms, study lounges, pressing rooms, offices, and inside entrance ways.

Dust mops, operates vacuums, or sweeps floor areas.

Wet mops lavatories, bathrooms, and shower areas with lightweight mop.

Washes window glass, casings, tracks, ledges, and venetian blinds.

Makes beds and tidies bedrooms.

Handles, counts, and mends linens.

Spot washes walls to remove such items as splash marks around sinks and fingerprints from light switches.

Shampoos and cleans upholstery on chairs and sofas.

Re-supplies toilet tissue, towels, and similar items in restrooms, showers, and locker rooms.

Empties and cleans wastepaper baskets and cigarette ash receptacles.

Dusts furniture, office equipment, and surfaces subject to dust accumulation.

Cleans chalkboards and erasers.

Turns in lost and found articles to Supervisor.

Cleans and clears trash from building entrances, sweeps or shovels snow from building entrances, and empties ash urns at building entrances.

Reports damage, malfunction, or irregularities of the building or equipment to Supervisor.

Cleans and replaces cleaning equipment and supplies at end of work period.

Perform related duties as assigned including, but not necessarily limited to, the following:

May assist in the training of new Building Service Workers and other support employees, as directed.

Waters plants in public areas.

Changes light bulbs in table, desk, and floor lamps in lounge.

This posting has a Male Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ) due to the nature of the duties associated with this position. In order to achieve these business-related needs, specific information about the individual is required. With this understanding, applicants will be asked to disclose their gender as it pertains to the duties of the position which include cleaning specific community bathrooms that are assigned for use by male identified individuals.

All positions in RHS are designated as critical status. In the event of a university closure, modification, or suspension of operations due to snow or other emergency condition, persons in this position are expected to make all reasonable attempts to report to work as scheduled for the duration of the closure/suspension. If a person has an approved remote work agreement to work a portion of their normally scheduled work hours remotely, they may be called upon to work on-site to serve the MSU community.

Minimum Requirements

  • Casual knowledge of cleaning methods, techniques, and equipment is necessary.

  • Ability to relate and communicate with college students is necessary.

  • Lifting of up to 25 pounds is required.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.

Required Application Materials

Resume

Work Hours

Monday-Friday 6:30a-3p, Saturday-Sunday-Off

Building Location

BRODY HALL

Summary of Physical Demands

  • Lifting of up to 25 pounds is required.

Bidding eligibility ends October 27, 2026 at 11:55 P.M.

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