UNE is Maine’s largest private university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine. Our Housekeeping team plays an essential role in the university’s success, and their continuous contributions are highly valued. Housekeepers clean and perform routine maintenance of campus buildings, including residence halls, classrooms, and administrative offices across our campuses. Housekeepers are assigned a specific campus and generally a specific set schedule, with the option of working overtime on occasion.
This shift offers flexible hours with an expected start time between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m., working 8 hours on Saturday and Sunday and ideally 4 hours on Monday or Friday.
Half-Time
1st shift expected pay is $17.50/hour (annualized to $18,200). Total compensation is between $25,700 and $34,497, depending on which medical and dental plans are selected
UNE offers a generous comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. The package includes varied health and dental plans; a retirement plan that includes up to an 8% match; extensive paid leave including holidays, vacation, sick and personal time; and educational benefits. Educational benefits include reduced college tuition for yourself, your spouse, and your dependents. Please visit the Human Resources Benefits site (https://www.une.edu/hr/benefits) for additional information regarding UNE’s fantastic benefits package.
Responsibilities
The list below is inclusive of all the duties that fall under the housekeeping position but duties can vary from building to building and not all are completed every day.
- Clean floors, including vacuuming, sweeping, dust mopping, washing, stripping, waxing, and buffing.
- Shampoo carpets.
- Wash windows, walls, chalkboards, and trash cans.
- Dust furniture, fixtures, and woodwork.
- Collect and empty trash receptacles, and pick up litter in and around the buildings.
- Remove biological waste.
- Clean, sanitize and stock the bathrooms; change and clean shower curtains.
- Replace light bulbs.
- Operate basic equipment, including low-speed buffers, burnishing machines, extractors, auto scrubbing machines, and wet vacuums.
- Move furniture.
- Perform routine maintenance of electrical, heating, vents, and fixtures.
- Assist in snow removal.
- Assist in training and overseeing the work of helpers assigned by the supervisor.
- Perform other related duties as necessary.
Qualifications
- High school education desirable.
- General knowledge and skills related to routine housekeeping and maintenance work, with commercial/institutional cleaning experience desirable.
- Ability to perform tasks in specific sequences.
- Physical ability to do heavy custodial work and operate cleaning equipment.
- Ability to understand and follow written instructions, chemical labels and warnings.
- Ability to work cooperatively with other employees and to deal courteously with students, faculty and staff.