An I79 Welcome Center Worker performs custodial and maintenance operations for the purpose of maintaining the WV Welcome Center in a safe, attractive, clean, sanitary, and operable manner.

Areas maintained are: rest area service buildings, inside/outside of utility storage buildings, vending buildings, information shelters, on-site water and sewage disposal systems, grounds and parking areas.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participate in training in grounds maintenance safety protocols required, including proper use of PPE
• Recognize and report potential safety hazards as trained
• Clean/sanitize public restrooms according to the given procedures and schedules
• Maintain a neat, clean, and well-groomed appearance at all times; wear the PACE uniform
• Provide information to motorists such as directions, how to get emergency assistance, locations of service stations.
• Adhere to all policies such as the smoking policy and call-off policy

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is often required to walk; sit for long periods of time; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; talk or hear; push and pull equipment, lift up to 50lbs.
• Work environment: This position involves working outdoors in all weather conditions. The employee may be noise when operating equipment.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Able to work independently after a short training period
• Able to operate a utility vehicle such as a gator
• Able to use basic custodial and grounds maintenance tools such as a mop, broom, mowers and blowers, janitorial cart, vacuum cleaner, snow shovel, street broom
• Lifting/Carrying: up to 50lbs. Objects may be filled mop buckets, large trash bags, boxed supplies
• Pushing/Pulling objects such as snow shovels, brooms and mops, mowers
• Able to mix and use standard cleaning chemicals such as bleach and other sanitizers
• Experience using a variety of tools to mow and trim grass and knowledge of how to do so in suboptimal conditions
• Able to work any of the three work shifts with short notice: 8:00am – 4:00pm, 4:00pm – 12:00am, 12:00am – 8:00am
• Reliable transportation to/from the work site