Housekeeper (Skilled Laborer) - (Multiple Positions)

UMass Lowell
📍 Lowell, Massachusetts, United States 💼 Staff Full Time 🕒 Posted June 19, 2026

Job Description

General Summary of Position:

Incumbents of this position perform janitorial, custodial, housekeeping, maintenance and some grounds keeping tasks at the University.


The basic purpose of this work is to perform various manual tasks required for the routine maintenance of the buildings and grounds of an educational campus.


Essential Duties:

  • Cleans campus property such as offices, classrooms, corridors, walls, floors, windows, furniture, woodwork, toilets, lavatories or fixtures by washing, waxing, buffing, scrubbing, sweeping, polishing, dusting, or vacuum cleaning, assisting in erecting and dismantling wall partitions; moving furniture and equipment; empty and cleans waste barrels, collect and remove rubbish garbage cans and other waste receptacles. Pressure washing, sweeping, collecting and removing rubbish; and opening clogged catch basins, sewer lines. May be required to unclog drain or toilets as needed.

  • Makes general repairs of a simp...
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    Job Details

    • Location Lowell, Massachusetts
    • Job Type Staff Full Time
    • Category Building Cleaning and Pest Control Workers
    • Posted Date June 19, 2026
    • Application Deadline July 29, 2026