Custodian A, FAS Residential Lowell
Core
Performs routine and specialized cleaning of academic and residential spaces including offices, dormitories, laboratories, and athletic facilities.
Role type
Custodian
Builds
Clean and sanitary academic and residential environments for Harvard faculties, departments, and students.
Domain
Higher Education Facilities Management
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Cleaning techniques, floor care (stripping, waxing, burnishing), vacuuming, dusting, trash removal, snow removal, ladder use, heavy lifting (up to 50 lbs), equipment operation
Preferred skills
Customer service orientation, safety code compliance, independent work capability
Technologies
Power floor machines, wet pick-up machines, vacuums, ladders
Responsibilities
Sanitize bathroom surfaces and food handling areas, restock consumable supplies daily, move furniture or heavy objects, perform residential housekeeping during events, work occasional overtime, respond to off-hour emergencies
Seniority
Entry-level, hands-on IC