Senior Environmental Service Worker

Rutgers University is hiring a Senior Environmental Service Worker in New Brunswick, NJ, responsible for maintaining cleanliness and safety in the Biomedical and Health Services area. Duties include cleaning, isolation procedures, floor care, moving services, grounds cleaning, snow removal, and operating vehicles. The role requires physical activity and adherence to compliance standards. A minimum of two years of experience in environmental services is required.
Position Summary:
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Senior Environmental Service Worker for the Division of Institutional Planning & Operations (IP&O). The primary Purpose of the Housekeeping Service Work Position is to preform various tasks to maintain a clean, safe, sanitary and attractive environment in Rutgers Biomedical and Health Services

Among the key duties of this position are the following:
• Performs proper cleaning to ensure cleanliness of assigned area.
• Performs isolation cleaning procedures as instructed in order to prohibit the spread of infection.
• Performs hard floor care and various levels of carpet care.
• Renders moving services and performs functional set ups according to requests throughout the University.
• Performs various grounds cleaning tasks.
• Performs snow removal tasks.
• Operates University vehicles and vehicular equipment.
• Maintains workflow in designated areas with assigned workers.
• Recognizes and acknowledges problems and maintains good communication among workers.
• Performs final check and clean up at the end shift.
• Interacts with persons of all ages in a diverse, multicultural environment with respect and consideration.
• Understands and adhesives to Rutgers' compliance standards as they appear in Rutgers' Corporate Compliance Policy, Corporate Integrity Agreement, Code of Conduct, Conflict of interest Policy and HIPAA.

Minimum Education and Experience:
• Two (2) years or more prior experience in institutional environmental services.

City: Newark

State: NJ

Physical Demands and Work Environment:
PHYSICAL DEMANDS : Position requires climbing or balance, taste or smell less than 1/3 of the time; stand, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk or hear up to 2/3 of the time; walking 2/3 of the time; reaching with hands and arms over 2/3 of the time. Position requires lifting up to 10 pounds over 2/3 of the time, lifting or exerting force of 25 pounds up to 2/3 of the time, lifting or exerting force of 50 or more pounds under 1/3 of the time. Position requires close vision, distance vision, color vision and depth perception.

WORK ENVIRONMENT : Up to 2/3 of the time, the position requires exposure to wet or humid conditions (non-weather), exposure to blood borne pathogens that requires the use of Personal Protective Equipment, exposure to dust, fumes or airborne particles, and exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals that require the use of Personal Protective Equipment, exposure to outdoor weather conditions. Less than 1/3 of the time the position requires exposure to risk of electrical shock, exposure to risk of radiation, exposure to hazardous waste. The position requires work near moving mechanical parts up to 2/3 of the time, work in precarious places less than 1/3 of the time. The typical amounts of noise for the position are moderate to loud noise.

Special Conditions:
• Multiple Vacancies
• Clean Driving Record

Posting Number: 25ST0593