Western Washington University, with over 15,000 students in seven colleges and the graduate school, is nationally recognized for its educational programs, students and faculty. The campus is located in Bellingham, Washington, a coastal community of 90,000 overlooking Bellingham Bay, the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades Mountain range. The city lies 90 miles north of Seattle and 60 miles south of Vancouver, British Columbia. Western has additional sites in Anacortes, Bremerton, Everett, Port Angeles, and Poulsbo. Western is recognized nationally for its successes, such as being named one of the top public master's-granting institutions in the Pacific Northwest for 25 years in a row by U.S. News & World Report.

Western Washington University is committed to achieving excellence through advancing inclusive success, increasing our Washington impact, and focusing on transformational education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and based on innovative scholarship, research, and creative activity. Western's greatest strength is the outstanding students, faculty, staff, and alumni/ae who make up its community. Western supports an inclusive governance structure for all and provides a learning and working environment in which everyone can thrive. In pursuit of this excellence, individual employees are expected to establish and maintain productive and effective inclusive working relationships amongst diverse populations including staff, faculty, administration, student, and external constituents. Further, individual employees are expected to have the ability to operationalize sustainability concepts (economic, societal, environmental) into all aspects of performing their job duties.

Responsibilities include maintaining custodial equipment, responding to emergency or special situations as needed, and temporarily leading a diverse team of cleaning team leaders, cleaning specialists, and student custodial aides. The role coordinates the staging of high-value equipment to optimize productivity and collaborates with other supervisors to perform necessary repairs on custodial tools such as vacuum cleaners, buffers, burnishers, wet vacs, carpet extractors, and other equipment within the Academic Custodial Services inventory.

Additional duties include conducting field inventory of equipment, managing specialized high-production tools, and providing the Work Control Center with accurate data for property accountability and repair cost tracking.

• Intermittently perform all duties of a Team Cleaning Specialist, especially during specialized cleaning situations.
• Supervise stripping and refinishing floor crew.
• Supervise all stripping of floors with suspected asbestos presence.
• Supervise Custodian 2 when the employee performs repair equipment.
• Monitor safety practices of assigned workers pertaining to custodial equipment. With the collaboration of departmental trainer, verify that individuals have the skills necessary for safe, efficient equipment operation.
• Train new employees in proper equipment use.
• Assist department manager in implementing a planned program of equipment evaluation and re-placements or additions.
• Maintain proper accountability of high value custodial equipment. Assist with periodic inventory of all custodial equipment.
• Develop and implement planned preventive maintenance programs, schedules, and activities to insure prolonged life, usefulness, and safety of equipment to minimize breakdowns or failures.
• Receive and log all Academic Custodial Service's custodial equipment needing repair. Maintain accurate records on equipment and repair history.
• Repair custodial equipment to include replacing switches, wiring, motors, bearings, fans, and pumps, or coordinates repair with outside vendors.
• Assign specific equipment in accordance with the needs of the department.
• Mount towel, toilet paper, and soap dispensers when requested.
• May serve as an incident supervisor for snow, fire, and water damage events.
• Order, distribute and monitor the use of supplies, repair parts and equipment.
• Perform other related duties as required or assigned.
• Work with supervisor to implement measures that increase morale, teamwork, and cooperation within the teams
• Lock and unlock buildings as required.
• Set up furniture for various functions.
• Wash windows.
• Use power equipment and hand tools.
• Notify Facilities Management of needed repairs/maintenance.
• For unescorted access into the Public Safety office area and for access to residence halls, may be required to undergo a fingerprint check.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience providing custodial duties in a commercial and/or institutional settings.
• One year (or more) of experience in a team cleaning environment.
• Formal training in water restoration.
• Formal training in mold mitigation

This position requires a fingerprint background check.

Application materials should address your experience related to the position responsibilities and the required and preferred qualifications.

Western Washington University (WWU) is an equal opportunity employer. In compliance with applicable laws, WWU does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, national origin, age, citizenship or immigration status, pregnancy, use of protective leave, genetic status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, creed, religion, veteran or military status, disability or the use of a trained guide dog or service animal (including a service animal in training) by a person with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law, in its programs or activities, including employment, admissions, and educational programs. See WWU’s Policies on Prohibiting Discrimination Based on A Protected Class and Prohibiting Discrimination Based on Sex. Inquiries may be directed to the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX Compliance, Title IX and ADA Coordinator, Western Washington University, Old Main 126 (MS 9021), 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225; 360.650.3307 (voice) or 711 (Washington Relay); crtc@wwu.edu

WWU is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. To request this document in an alternate format or to request an accommodation, please contact Human Resources Disability Services, 360.650.3751 or 711 (Washington Relay).

Annual Security and Fire Safety Report: This report is provided pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act ("The Clery Act"). It includes statistics for the previous three calendar years concerning reported crimes that occurred on Western's campus; in certain off-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by Western; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus. The report also includes institutional policies concerning campus security, such as policies concerning alcohol and drug use, crime prevention, the reporting of crimes, sexual assault, and other matters. You can obtain a copy of this report in printed or alternate formats by contacting the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs at vpsa.office@wwu.edu. The report can be found at: Annual Security and Fire Safety Report.

All new employees must comply with the immunization policy and show employment eligibility verification as required by the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Service before beginning work at WWU. A thorough background check will be conducted on all new hires which includes a sexual misconduct background check.