Housekeeping Utility Worker

Housekeeping Utility Worker - Temporary

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  Work from work orders, written or verbal instructions.

• Strip and wax floors, move furniture, set up dorm rooms and shampoo carpets.

• May need to complete maintenance and repair duties including replacement or carpentry repair of windows, doors, screens, routine construction of shelves, framing, masonry repairs of steps, landings railings, footings, walls, lightbulbs, repairs to ceilings, floors and other similar general repair duties.

• Inspect assigned facilities, detecting, correcting and reporting any deficiencies to supervisor.

• Use a variety of hand tools, portable power tools and standard measuring instruments.

• Participate in the setup, breakdown and cleaning as necessary of university activities and events.

• Use brushes, rollers, spray painting equipment, ladders.

• Prepare surfaces, sand, apply fillers to achieve desired surface conditions.

• Prepare paints, stains and lacquers using standard color matches.

• Apply to walls, trim and other standard surfaces.

• Report unusual conditions or work performed to supervisor.

• Follow all safety rules and practices.

• Maintain work area in a clean and orderly condition.

• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisors

• Participate in a rotational on-call schedule – on-call duties last for one week (Friday – Thursday) and consist of monitoring any emergency facility calls that are issued by Public Safety.

Position Requirements:

• The ability to work on feet for long periods of time. Considerable walking is also required.
• The ability to lift at least 100 pounds consistently is required.

Western New England University (WNE) is a private, nationally ranked, comprehensive institution with a focus on preparing work-ready and world-ready graduates. Founded in 1919 in Springfield, Massachusetts as a division of Northeastern College, WNE’s 215-acre suburban campus serves more than 3,700 students, including over 2,500 full-time undergraduates. More than 47,000 alumni have earned degrees through its 90+ undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs at Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering, and Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and School of Law. Students come from 39 U.S. states and territories and 23 countries. Of 45,104 living alumni, 30% remain within the region, residing in the four Western Massachusetts counties and northern Connecticut.

WNE is classified among nationally ranked universities in US News and World Report, and among the Top 100 Undergraduate Engineering programs, and in the Doctoral/Professional Universities category in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

Western New England University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome candidates whose background may contribute to the further diversification of our community.