Custodial Services Supervisor
Department: FMC - Custodial Services
Salary: Commensurate with education and experience.
Description:
The Custodial Services Supervisor is responsible for assigning duties, inspecting work, and investigating complaints regarding janitorial services and taking immediate corrective action. The Supervisor will secure and assure that all equipment is maintained and in working order as well as making sure buildings have sufficient janitorial supplies by taking periodic inventories of supplies and materials. In addition, will train, discipline, and recommend dismissals of employees, act as liaison between building occupants or administrators and supervisors to effectively communicate all directives from managers, building occupants and administrators to janitorial staff.
Day Shift: Monday-Thursday: 8:00am-4:30pm and Friday: 6:00am-2:30pm.
Duties:
- Develops the scope of work and manages daily custodial contracted services.
- Prepares shift time sheets and records absences, arrivals, and departures, for processing through the department's payroll system, works with scheduling department and posts all overtimes assignments.
- Trains all employees in housekeeping practices and in the proper use of all custodial equipment. Evaluates employee performance and takes appropriate personnel action to remedy remedial work or performance.
- Evaluates work areas for effectiveness of housekeeping and takes corrective measures for deficient work.
- Responsible for overseeing daily housekeeping care of administrative offices and suites, classrooms, common areas, laboratories and restrooms as well as for the daily care and inventory of the custodial office, break room and custodial closet.
- Performs all training, mentoring, motivating, and management of custodians.
- Implements and follows safety regulations. Initiates all accident reports and conducts investigation of accident causes. Responds to all accident reports and corrects any violations or conditions that may be potentially harmful or fatal to the staff. Follows MSDS instructions.
- Orders custodial supplies to ensure that proper levels of equipment are in stock for daily use.
- Prepares and administers performance assessments on custodial staff and performs related duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- High School diploma or GED.
- Minimum five years of custodial experience in an educational, hospital or commercial setting.
- Minimum two years of custodial lead/supervisory experience in an educational, hospital or commercial setting.
- Current, valid Texas Driver's License. (A motor vehicle background check will be required.)
Desired Qualifications:
Associate’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Bilingual: English/Spanish
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to use all assigned equipment, tools and supplies and to teach others in respective use.
- Knowledge of safety programs and the ability to teach them to the staff.
- Ability to communicate effectively with students, employees, and management.
- Ability to evaluate different cleaning techniques and utilize the best and most productive methods, materials and equipment.
- Knowledge of buffing, stripping and carpet cleaning operations.
- Ability to lift, carry and push heavy loads and safely use a ladder.
- Ability to maintain custodial equipment.
Required Attachments of Applicants:
Resume and Cover Letter
All positions at the University of Houston-System are security sensitive and will require a criminal history check.
The University of Houston System and its universities are an Equal Opportunity Institution.