Job Summary:

Responsible for providing oversight of the cleaning, care and upkeep of assigned buildings or areas of buildings. Responsibilities include: plan and schedule staff assignments and cleaning services, ensure training standards are being met, observe work in progress of subordinate employees and investigate and resolve complaints of unsatisfactory performance. Assist subordinate supervisors in solving personnel work-related problems, inform staff of agency policies and directives, and ensure the efficient and effective use of time and materials. Incumbents will also mop, clean, buff & wax floors as well as wash corridors, stairs, stairwells, walls and partitions; safely use various hand-operated equipment and detergents, & other cleaning products; scrub and clean all areas of lavatories, rooms, & facilities. Must be able to stand, stoop, bend, and stretch for long periods of time. Must have ability to climb ladders and scaffolds. Must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to multitask, organize and delegate tasks based on priority. Floor care experience and working knowledge of a health care facility desired. Will be required to train/re-train employees, and maintain documentation of such, on a consistent basis.

Minimum Qualifications:

For consideration for this title, you must meet one of the following minimum qualifications:

NYS Department of Civil Service Eligible List or eligible for transfer

Or

Promotional:

You must be a qualified employee of New York State and have had one year of permanent competitive, non-competitive, labor, or 55-b/55-c service in the Janitor title.

Open competitive (Non-competitive, NY HELPS) Qualifications:

Two years of satisfactory full-time experience in the custodial care or cleaning of buildings, offices, or institutional residences of which one year of the experience must have been at a supervisory level.

Preferred Qualifications:

Work Days:

Schedule based on a 40 hour work week. 100% Supervising Janitor, Tuesday-Saturday 7:00am-3:30pm. Located at the Downtown Campus.

Message to Applicants:

Position Status: Various

Salary: $46,306

The NYS Department of Civil Service has expanded the NY HELPS Program. During this program, the NYS Civil Service Exam requirements are suspended for the Supervising Janitor title.

NY HELPS appointments may be temporary pending commissioner approval or permanent non-competitive based on candidate eligibility.

Recruitment Office: Human Resources

Executive Order:

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor's Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.