Cleaner, Box PIMS-1163/01207

The New York State Education Department’s (NYSED) Office of Performance Improvement and Management Services is seeking candidates for a Cleaner position in the Office of Facilities and Business Services. The incumbent of this position will perform a variety of routine manual tasks requiring light, medium, and heavy physical effort in cleaning and caring for State buildings and surrounding grounds and walkways. Duties of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Cleaners perform a variety of routine manual tasks requiring light, medium and heavy physical effort in cleaning and caring for an assigned area in public buildings;
• Cleans and scrubs all areas of lavatories and locker rooms, such as sinks, urinals, toilets, stairways, showers, shower walls and drains, tile floors, and locker room common areas;
• Wash floors, corridors, stairs and stairwells, walls, partitions, windows from the inside or outside of buildings using mops, brushes, detergents, buffers, floor scrubbers, and other cleaning implements;
• Assembles cleaning cart to conform to assigned cleaning duties and mixes and properly dilutes cleaning solutions in accordance with manufacturer directions;
• Checks supplies and equipment functioning, and notifies supervisor of low supply levels, equipment malfunction, and building maintenance issues noted during cleaning; and
• Clean and sanitize assigned areas and cover areas as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

Candidates must be physically able to perform the tasks of the position, understand, and carry out written and oral instructions.

It is essential that candidates clearly and concisely indicate exactly how they meet the above minimum qualifications in their resume. Failure to show how you meet the minimum qualifications above may result in disqualification and removal from consideration.