There shall be created and established the position of Senior Building Maintenance Worker in the Department of Public Works, Division of Equipment and Facilities, who, under direction, takes the lead over one (1) or more building maintenance workers and performs varied, simple, routine and moderately physically strenuous tasks involved in cleaning and maintenance of buildings and grounds and does related work as required.
[Adopted 11-6-85 as Ord. No. 50-85]
The typical tasks and duties of the Senior Building Maintenance Worker shall be as follows. The Senior Building Maintenance Worker scrubs, strips, waxes and polishes floors using heavy (industrial-type) powered scrubbers and buffers; washes walls using a powered wall-washing machine; vacuum cleans rugs using a heavy (industrial-type) vacuum cleaner; adjusts, cleans and oils these machines and changes brushes, rollers, buffers and other attachments on them; washes and replaces venetian blinds and washes ceiling fixtures and room partitions using ladders and scaffolds; moves heavy furniture, supplies and equipment; does the full range of cleaning duties in an assigned area following general instructions on the work to be done; uses various preparations to clean and maintain linoleum, wood, marble and various kinds of floors, walls and ceiling surfaces; removes stains from a variety of surfaces, using chemicals and cleaning solutions; washes and cleans windows and floors, polishes floors and dusts desks, tables, chairs and other furniture; cleans business offices; moves furniture and sets up tables and chairs in conference rooms; polishes metal fixtures and trimmings; may tend low-pressure boilers used to produce hot water and heat; tidies working areas by arranging equipment, materials and articles in an orderly manner; deposits sweepings in trash cans; replaces burned out light bulbs; in addition to cleaning and maintaining buildings, mows lawns, trims hedges, rakes leaves and trims driveways and sidewalk edges using spades and hoes; in winter, shovels snow from driveways and sidewalks and spreads salt, sand or ashes on icy surfaces to prevent slipping; and assists carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers and steamfitters and other tradesmen by carrying tools and materials, by placing and removing ladders and by cleaning up after work has been done.
A.
The minimum qualifications of the person appointed Senior Building Maintenance Worker pursuant to the provisions of this Article shall be as follows:
(1)
One (1) year experience in the cleaning and maintenance of furniture, fixtures, offices and buildings.
(2)
Considerable knowledge of the problems, procedures and methods used in inspecting, analyzing and determining the cleaning and maintenance work to be done and the approved materials needed and of the routine procedures and the methods effective in large-scale cleaning and maintenance work.
(3)
Ability to read, write, speak, understand or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of the position; communication may include such forms as American Sign Language or Braille.
(4)
The ability to comprehend established cleaning and maintenance practices, to understand, remember and carry out oral and written directions and to learn quickly from oral and written explanations and from demonstrations, to keep necessary records and to handle and control heavy cleaning equipment and to lift and move moderately heavy objects.
B.
Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.