Building & Grounds Assistant

Job Description:

Building & Grounds Assistant

Description

Minimum Qualifications
Education and/or Equivalent Experience:

• One (1) year experience related to janitorial or grounds keeping services.

Licenses or Certifications:

• If assigned to operate vehicles, must possess the appropriate Texas Driver’s License for those vehicles.

Notes to Applicants
Buildings & Grounds Assistant with the Austin Public Library Department will perform custodial/janitoral tasks in and around library-operated buildings and property across the Library System. Duties will include dusting, mopping, vacuuming, cleaning, and sanitizing public and work areas. Removing trash, responding to safety hazards, and working special event programs by assisting with event set-up, breakdown, and haul away. Additional duties will also include floor stripping and waxing, power washing, and other special projects.

Application Instructions:

• A detailed and complete job application is REQUIRED and helps us evaluate your qualifications. In completing your job application, please be sure to provide a COMPLETE employment history regarding any relevant experience that you would like for us to consider. This information will also be used to determine base pay in the event that you are selected for this position. NOTE : A cover letter and/or resume will NOT be used to substitute for an incomplete job application.
• Please understand that your job application, cover letter, and resume will be used to measure or assess your written communication skills, including grammar, punctuation, and spelling, in helping us screen applications and determine candidates to be interviewed.

Additional information:

• TRAVEL : If you are selected for this position and meet the Driver Safety Standards in the City of Austin Driver Safety Program, you may drive when necessary to multiple locations as part of your regular job duties. Otherwise, you are responsible for getting to and from these locations.
• All new employees are required to attend City of Austin and Austin Public Library training as scheduled and should arrange their outside schedules to accommodate such training.
• Working with the City of Austin provides a number of health and welfare benefits such as low-cost medical, dental, vision, paid leave time, a highly competitive retirement plan, training opportunities, and more. Please click HERE for more information.
• This posting may be used to fill additional vacancies of the same job title that may become vacant. The additional vacancies may include a difference in work location, workweek hours, and schedule. Filling additional vacancies from this posting is based on the business needs of the department.

If you are selected as a top candidate:

• Verification of the minimum qualifications (One (1) year of experience related to janitorial or groundskeeping services) will be required.

Veteran applicants:

• Veteran candidates will be required to provide a copy of their DD-214.

Essential Personnel:

• This has been designated as an Essential Employee position. In the event of a city-designated extraordinary situation or emergency condition, essential employees provide services that impact the public health, safety, utility services, and welfare of members of the Austin community and other employees, as well as ensure the continuity of essential operations. Essential Employees may be called back in during such events, required to modify their schedule, assigned to a City-designated work site, or retained on-site to assist with operations and recovery.

Driving Requirement:

• This position requires a valid Texas Driver’s License or the ability to acquire one by your hire date. External New Hires must meet the City of Austin’s Driver Record Evaluation ( DRE ) requisite . To be considered for a driving position, applicants cannot have more than three moving violations or a total of six Driver Record Evaluation points within a period of thirty-six (36) months.

WORK HOURS :

• Work shifts (morning and evening hours) may change according to departmental needs.

LANGUAGE :

• Must have the ability to read, write, and fluently speak in English.

The Austin Public Library reserves the right to close posted positions prior to the advertised close date, based on recruitment strategies and business needs.
Pay Range
$21.63 - $23.79

Hours
Full-time: (40 hours a week)

Evening shift hours:

• Saturday & Sunday 8:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday 11:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
• Staff may be asked to work a rotational shift that includes switching morning and evening.
• Work hours may include after-hours, holidays, and weekend work.

Note: Hours may vary based on operational or business needs; evenings and weekends may be required on occasion
Job Close Date 12/30/2024 Type of Posting External Department Austin Public Library Regular/Temporary Regular Grant Funded or Pooled Position Not Applicable Category Technical Location All Austin Public Libraries. Preferred Qualifications
Preferred Experience:

• Experience providing custodial services in a large building.
• Ability to use power tools and equipment to clean the facility.
• Ability to complete heavy tasks that include lifting and carrying a force equal to fifty (50) pounds.
• Ability to manage supply stock.
• Ability to use a computer.
• Ability to travel to more than one work location.

Duties, Functions and Responsibilities
Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.
Clean building interiors. Mix, stir, and pour chemicals. Perform grounds maintenance. Perform minor building maintenance and repair. Operate and maintain assigned vehicles and equipment. Set-up and tear-down exhibit halls and ballrooms in compliance with applicable local codes and procedures, ensuring the specifications and needs for each event are met. Perform minor construction work such as erecting partitions, building or tearing down walls, painting, building or erecting storage shed. Perform routine administrative duties, complete forms, and prepare reports. Maintain inventory of materials and supplies, making purchases when needed. Handle and account for cash. Train new employees to perform basic job duties. Perform other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities- Supervision and/or Leadership Exercised:

• None.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

• Skill in establishing and maintaining good working relationships with others.
• Skill in learning simple tasks.
• Skill in operating power tools.
• Skill in lifting and carrying equipment or materials applicable to the assigned work.
• Ability to understand oral and written instructions.
• Ability to read and write English.
• Knowledge of equipment used in janitorial, grounds keeping, or other related work.
• Ability to train others.
• Ability to read and follow floor plan sketches and diagrams.

Criminal Background Investigation This position has been approved for a Criminal Background Investigation. EEO/ADA
City of Austin is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you require reasonable accommodation during the application process or have a question regarding an essential job function, please call (512) 974-3210 or Texas Relay by dialing 7-1-1.

The City of Austin will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, creed, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, age, religion, veteran status, disability, or sexual orientation. In addition, the City will not discriminate in employment decisions on the basis of an individual’s AIDS , AIDS Related Complex, or HIV status; nor will the City discriminate against individuals who are perceived to be at risk of HIV infection, or who associate with individuals who are believed to be at risk.

Information For City Employees: If you are an employee within the department, are in good standing and meet both the minimum and preferred qualifications, then you will receive an initial interview.

Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
* This position requires one (1) year of experience related to janitorial or grounds keeping services. If assigned to operate vehicles, must possess the appropriate Texas Driver's License for those vehicles. Do you meet these minimum qualifications?

• Yes
• No

* The primary responsibilities for this position is to provide janitorial services to include cleaning toilets, mopping/sweeping floors, taking out the trash, cleaning tables, operating heavy duty cleaning equipment, and vacuuming. Are you able to perform these duties?

• Yes
• No

* Please describe in detail your custodial/janitorial experience as well as equipment you have used?
(Open Ended Question)
* How many years of janitorial experience that includes operating buffers to clean and polish floors do you have.

• None
• 1 - 2 years
• 3 - 4 years
• More than 4 years

* This position requires the ability to perform tasks that involve bending, lifting, walking, carrying, and using a force equal to lifting up to fifty (50) pounds, with or without accommodations. Are you able to perform these duties as required by the position?

• Yes
• No

* This position is categorized as an Essential Personnel position. Essential Personnel are required to come to work during emergencies and/or bad weather if they are scheduled to work and in some cases when they are not scheduled. Can you work this schedule as required?

• Yes
• No

* This position requires a criminal background check. By selecting the following, you are acknowledging that you understand if you are selected as a top candidate for this position, you will need a successful Criminal Background Investigation (CBI) to be hired.

• I acknowledge and understand this position requires a Criminal Background Investigation (CBI).

* Do you have the ability to travel to multiple sites as part of the regular job duties?

• Yes
• No

* Are you able to work flexible hours, including days, evenings, weekends, and holidays, as required by the business needs and responsibilities of this position?

• Yes
• No

* Which statement best describes your computer skills?

• I am comfortable with electronic mail, web browsing, and word-processing.
• I can get by if there is not too much typing or special software.
• I have no computer skills

* My job application is detailed and complete, and I understand that if I am selected as the top candidate for this particular job, my salary will be determined based on the experience submitted on my job application.

• Yes
• No

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