Part-time Custodian (PMC)
- Employer
- Pratt Institute
- Location
- New York, NY
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- Institutional & Business Affairs, Auxiliary Services
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Location:
New York, NY
Open Date:
Aug 15, 2019
Description:
Pratt Institute is seeking a Part-time Custodian to join it's busy facilities staff at it's Pratt Manhattan Campus.
Position Summary
Under direct supervision and with limited latitude for independent judgment, performs labor and supervisory duties in support of the maintenance of the Institute’s buildings and grounds.
Position Duties:
- Schedules the assigned housekeeping staff to sweeping, floor scrubbing, mopping, polishing, collecting debris or garbage disposal and all other related duties.
- Inspects assigned areas’ interior and exterior and prepares building inspection sheets to report conditions including necessary repairs. Oversees and assists, if necessary, maintenance repairs performed by building trades or departmental mechanical staff within assigned areas.
- Receives and accepts work order requests to perform and complete standard, general building repairs within assigned areas. Requests the issuance of work orders for any minor maintenance repairs requiring special craftsman skills.
- Performs and reports on the status of related preventive maintenance jobs in his/her assigned areas.
- Operates and maintains a low pressure heating plant and all other equipment, pumps, condensers, etc., in assigned areas.
- Maintain yard areas in presentable, safe condition (including trimming shrubs and grass); clean and maintain in a safe condition all adjacent walks, exits, etc.
- Prepares reports on heating plant as required; reports any immediate heating plant problems or failures.
- Report to and updates supervisor when work/projects have been successfully completed; maintain daily log and inspection sheets.
- Requests fuel oil and maintains a record log of oil consumption.
- Performs all functions pertaining to snow removal for the exterior of assigned areas as directed.
- Moves and directs the moving of equipment, furnishings, or supplies related to his/her assigned work areas.
- Reports any unusual security problems or difficulties; takes appropriate action in the event of an emergency, until properly relieved or notified by the plant office, supervisor and/or director.
- Performs all other job-related tasks as assigned.
Qualifications:
Education: High School Diploma or equivalency required. Completion of course in basic building management is preferred.
Experience and Skills: Three years’ experience as a building custodian or handyperson. Must have the ability to work well with diverse populations; and demonstrated level of cultural competence.
Certificates and License: At the direction of management when specific work location does not require it. License & FDNY Certificate of Fitness #6 for fuel oil operating (This can be waived)
Other: Valid NYS drivers’ license.
Organization
About Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute is a coeducational, private, professional college offering associate, bachelor and master's degree programs in art and design, architecture and library science. The Institute has been educating professionals for productive careers in artistic and technical fields since its founding on its present site in Brooklyn in 1887 by the industrialist and philanthropist Charles Pratt. His revolutionary philosophy of education emphasized applied knowledge and the teaching of specific skills demanded by a growing industrial economy.
The Institute currently occupies 25 tree-filled acres in the landmark Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn-an historic residential district featuring turn-of-the-century brownstones, Victorian mansions and wide tree-canopied boulevards. Midtown Manhattan, the heart of New York City, is a 1/2-hour subway ride away and offers students a wealth of vocational, cultural and recreational opportunities. Pratt is the only college for art and design on the east coast that has a traditional enclosed campus with on-site student housing.
Pratt is one of the largest undergraduate and graduate schools for art, design and architecture in the country and offers a wide range of cross discipline study options, dual degrees and major concentrations. The Institute houses five schools: Architecture, Art and Design, Information and Library Sciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Professional Studies.
The Institute's 25-acre campus contains twenty-four buildings, including landmark Romanesque and Renaissance Revival-style structures, clustered around spacious lawns and tree-canopied plazas. Sixteen buildings contain extensive studio, shop and technical facilities needed to support work in all media-from the traditional to the experimental. Five buildings are student residences. All have computer networking capacities and are Internet accessible. Computer labs, established with the most current equipment and the latest software, are available for instructional purposes and individual project use. Gallery space is extensive and the work of students, alumni, staff and other well-known artists is shown throughout the academic year. Pratt's Library, an historical landmark built in 1896, was the first fully automated academic library in the New York City area. Its art and architecture collection is excellent and contains approximately 208,000 volumes, 500 periodical and newspaper subscriptions, 66,000 slides, 190,000 pictures, 50,000 microforms, and 45,000 governmental documents.
The energy, foresight, money and spirit Charles Pratt gave to his dream remains even today. Here careers are molded, and goals, like those of Charles Pratt, are encouraged. Inscribed on the seal of the Institute is the motto: Be True To Your Work And Your Work Will Be True To You.
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