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Environmental Services Worker

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Position Information


Recruitment/Posting Title Environmental Services Worker
Job Category Staff & Executive - Facilities/Environmental/Maintenance
Department IPO-Envir. Services-New Bruns.
Overview
New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.
Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.
Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark’s University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.
Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.
Posting Summary
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking an Environmental Service Worker in the Environmental Services department of Institutional Planning & Operations.
The primary purpose of the Environmental Services worker is to perform various tasks to maintain a clean, safe, sanitary an attractive environment.
Among the key duties of this position are the following:
  • Performs proper cleaning to insure cleanliness of the assigned areas.
  • Performs routine and general cleaning to prevent the spread of infection and keeps areas orderly and attractive.
  • Performs isolation cleaning procedures as instructed in order to prohibit the spread of infection.
  • Renders moving services throughout the University.
  • Performs daily collection, storage and disposal of various waste generated within the University.
  • Performs snow removal tasks.
  • Operates University vehicles and vehicular equipment.
Position Status Full Time
Hours Per Week 40
Daily Work Shift Day
Work Arrangement
FLSA Nonexempt
Grade 1100
Position Salary
Annual Minimum Salary 13.960
Annual Mid Range Salary 14.460
Annual Maximum Salary 14.890
Standard Hours 40.00
Union Description Teamsters, Local 97
Payroll Designation PeopleSoft
Benefits
Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview .
Rutgers also offers a benefit program to eligible full-time postdoctoral fellow students. For details, please go to https://finance.rutgers.edu/healthcare-risk/insurance/postdoctoral-health-insurance.
Seniority Unit
Terms of Appointment Staff - 12 month
Position Pension Eligibility PERS

Qualifications


Minimum Education and Experience
Certifications/Licenses
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  • Ability to read, write, speak, understand and communicate in English sufficiently to carry out the duties of the position.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Prior experience in institutional environmental services.
  • Valid driver’s license.
Equipment Utilized
Physical Demands and Work Environment
  • Physical Demands: Must be physically active. 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. Lifting up to ten (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. Close vision, Distance vision, Color vision and Depth Perception. Ability to hear pager alerts, overhead pager radio messages.

  • Work Environment: Up to 2/3 of the time, the position requires exposure to wet or humid conditions (non-weather). Exposure to bloodborne pathogens that requires the use of Personal Protective Equipment. Exposure to dust, fumes or airborne particles. 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. 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

Posting Details


Posting Number 23ST0160
Posting Open Date
Special Instructions to Applicants
Regional Campus Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)
Home Location Campus Downtown New Brunswick
City New Brunswick
State NJ
Location Details

Pre-employment Screenings


All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of all pre-employment screenings.



Immunization Requirements


Under Policy 60.1.35 Immunization Policy for Rutgers Employees and Prospective Employees , Rutgers University requires all prospective employees to provide proof that they are fully vaccinated and have received a booster (where eligible) against COVID-19 prior to commencement of employment, unless the University has granted the individual a medical or religious exemption. Employees who are not eligible for a booster at the time of an offer of employment must provide proof they have received a booster upon eligibility and upload proof of same. Under Policy 100.3.1 Immunization Policy for Covered Individuals , if employment will commence during Flu Season, Rutgers University may require certain prospective employees to provide proof that they are vaccinated against Seasonal Influenza for the current Flu Season, unless the University has granted the individual a medical or religious exemption. Additional infection control and safety policies may apply. Prospective employees should speak with their hiring manager to determine which policies apply to the role or position for which they are applying. Failure to provide proof of vaccination for any required vaccines or obtain a medical or religious exemption from the University will result in rescission of a candidate’s offer of employment or disciplinary action up to and including termination.



Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity Statement


It is university policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants for employment regardless of their race, creed, color, national origin, age, ancestry, nationality, marital or domestic partnership or civil union status, sex, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, disability status, liability for military service, protected veteran status, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical cellular or blood trait, genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing), or any other category protected by law. As an institution, we value diversity of background and opinion, and prohibit discrimination or harassment on the basis of any legally protected class in the areas of hiring, recruitment, promotion, transfer, demotion, training, compensation, pay, fringe benefits, layoff, termination or any other terms and conditions of employment. For additional information please see the Non-Discrimination Statement at the following web address: http://uhr.rutgers.edu/non-discrimination-statement



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