Custodian Lead - Denver

Custodial Services Position

This is a full time, in person and essential position. This position performs housekeeping and custodial services to assure that the facilities and client environments are cleaned and maintained according to all applicable regulatory standards, and provides a safe sanitary environment for clients and staff. Meet the facilities needs of the Department of Human Services Northern Region customers while managing available resources to provide a physical environment at the highest quality possible. Additionally, the unit establishes and maintains a pleasant, safe, and sanitary environment for clients, personnel and visitors in the buildings of the Department of Human Services.

This position is unique in that it provides Custodial Services for a wide range of agencies within the Department of Human Services which includes the Colorado Mental Health Hospital at Fort Logan (CMHHFL), Wheat Ridge Regional Center (WRRC to include the group homes) and the Division of Youth Services (DYS) facilities (Prairie Vista, Gilliam, Lookout Mountain Campus, Marvin W. Foote, Mount View Campus and Platte Valley.)

The position is required to meet and maintain all regulatory requirements set by JCAHO. (Joint Commission for Accrediting Health Organizations) and the Colorado Department of Public Health and other regulatory agencies.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Function as work leader by training employees, reviewing and inspecting completed work assignments, assigns and coordinates daily duties, special projects, and staff work requests.
• Complete monthly re-inspections in the assigned area.
• Assure all work performed is in compliance with current DFM standards.
• Determine need for project work, coordinate and schedule with area staff and supervisor and perform work.
• Arrange a daily cleaning schedule to work around absent employees and supervisors, changing programs, work requests and problems when the need occurs.
• Ensure proper area coverage under heavy workloads and staff shortages.
• Perform daily cleaning, sanitizing, and servicing of assigned work area per schedules and procedures which consists of sweeping, dust mopping, wet mopping, vacuuming, restroom cleaning, and other related duties.
• Use appropriate disinfectant cleaners, chemicals and equipment to clean and sanitize.
• Perform daily detailed cleaning of assigned area using appropriate disinfectant cleaners, chemicals and equipment which consists of washing walls, doors, frames, sills, windows, baseboards, fixtures, furnishings, ceilings, vents, and light fixtures.
• Perform project floor work which consists of buffing, scrubbing, stripping, waxing, sealing of hard floor surfaces, bonnet cleaning, spot cleaning, shampooing and extracting of carpeted floors by use of appropriate cleaning chemicals and equipment.
• Furniture moving as required.
• Collect and dispose of trash, recycle, shredding and biohazard waste by properly containing, and transporting to proper disposal locations.
• Replace light bulbs, assist with minor building repairs and snow removal.
• Maintain equipment and supply inventories, orders and issues cleaning supplies.
• Perform essential and/or emergency services to include callbacks without delay or interruption.
• Snow removal.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Call Back applies when an eligible nonexempt employee is required to report to work before the start or after the end of a scheduled shift. An eligible nonexempt employee does not have to be on call eligible to receive call back pay. If there is no release from work between the call back hours and regular shift, it is considered a continuation of the shift and call back does not apply; instead, if applicable, the nonexempt employee may earn overtime or compensatory time. When a nonexempt employee is called back, they are entitled to a minimum of two (2) hours of their regular base pay (call back pay) or pay for the actual amount of time spent responding to the call, whichever is greater. Call back time is counted as work time. Essential Positions. Positions that perform essential services directly necessary for the health, safety, and welfare of patients, residents and offenders of state institutions or state facilities. Employees in essential positions can only be FLSA nonexempt and can be required to work unexpected or unusual work hours to perform the essential and/or emergency services of the department without delay and/or without interruption.