Janitor

Salary: $28.14 - $30.30 Hourly
Location : Seattle Center, 305 Harrison Street, Seattle, WA
Job Type: Classified Civil Service, Regular, Full-Time
Job Number: 2026-00749
Department: Seattle Center
Opening Date: 06/02/2026
Closing Date: 6/16/2026 4:00 PM Pacific


Position Description
About Seattle Center - The Cultural Heart of the Pacific Northwest

Seattle Center is a 74-acre civic, arts, and cultural gathering place in the heart of Seattle and home to more than 30 partner organizations, including Climate Pledge Arena, KEXP, Museum of Pop Culture (MOPOP), Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Opera, Pacific Science Center, SIFF, and many others. Anchored by world-class attractions, historic venues, public art, and a dynamic calendar of free and affordable events centered around the iconic International Fountain, Seattle Center brings together arts, culture, sports, and community year-round.

As a department of the City of Seattle and anchor of the Uptown Arts and Cultural District, Seattle Center serves residents from across the Puget Sound region alongside visitors from around the world.

In partnership with Friends of Waterfront Park, Seattle Center provides operations, maintenance, and public safety services for Waterfront Park, while Friends leads park experience, programming, and stewardship along Seattle's downtown waterfront.

Position Description

We are seeking energetic and detail-oriented Janitors to maintain clean, safe, and welcoming indoor event spaces at the Seattle Center (e.g., Armory, Fisher Pavilion, and McCaw Hall). Duties include pre- and post-event sanitation, high-traffic restroom maintenance, floor care, and crowd-facing customer assistance.

We are recruiting for first and second shifts. This recruitment will also be used to hire Janitors for our on-call pool.

Job Responsibilities
Here is more of what you will be doing:

• Extensive cleaning and monitoring of bathrooms during business hours and busy events.
• Perform routine preventive and predictive cleaning activities including high dusting; specialized cleaning of carpet, vinyl tile, resilient floor and concrete surfaces; and restocking supplies in bathroom areas in a fast-paced, crowded environment.
• Provide uplifting customer service while answering general customer questions. Contact with the public can be extensive and intense, depending on the shift.
• Handle and dispose of litter, garbage and recycling, including the removal of contaminated materials.
• Transport materials, equipment and supplies required to complete assigned work.
• Maintain equipment in a clean and sanitary condition.
• Assist with routine facility maintenance.
• Remove graffiti from various surfaces. May use work management system to report information.
• May operate riding commercial floor scrubbers, high speed floor burnishers, carpet shampooers, and other small to high-capacity cleaning equipment.
• May assist with moving furniture and other objects.

Qualifications
Required Qualifications:

• Janitors work multiple shifts, day and night, 362 days a year. The successful candidate will be willing to work the shift assigned, which may include working weekends and holidays.
• Willing and able to work with cleaning chemicals.
• Have ability to read and comprehend Safety Data Sheets (SDS).

Desired Qualifications:
Preference will be given for applicants who possess the Desired Qualifications:

• Two years of janitorial or custodial experience within large public assembly venues, convention centers, or high-traffic public spaces.
• Proven success executing deep-cleaning, sanitization, and waste management programs across varied commercial environments.
• Basic computer skills
• Familiarity operating industrial cleaning equipment, such as power scrubbers, floor-finish machines.

• Ability to work within a diverse workforce, demonstrate cultural sensitivity and inclusion in performing duties, and be effective in a team setting or alone after being given oral or written instructions.
• Possess excellent customer service skills with ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

Work Environment/Conditions:

• Ability to stand, walk, or bend for extended periods of time to perform the full range of duties.
• Ability to frequently lift 25 pounds and occasionally lift objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Requires handling or working with cleaning supplies.
• May be required to work on ladders above ground level.

Additional Information
The full pay range for this step-progression position is $28.14 - $30.30 per hour. New employees begin at Step 1 of the pay progression, which is $28.14 hourly. Current City employees' starting rate of pay will be based on Personnel Rules regarding promotions.

On-call positions: On-Call (Intermittent) employees begin at step 1, which is $28.14 hourly. Intermittent employees do not get salary step increases. You'll also get premium pay that increases the more hours you work. (Starts at an additional 5% on top of your base rate, up to 25%)
Applications are reviewed after the posting closes. You must submit the following items to be considered for this position no later than 4:00 pm Pacific Time on Tuesday June 16, 2026.

1. NEOGOV online (or paper) application
2. Supplemental questionnaire

Your application may be rejected as incomplete if you do not include the relevant information in the application. Cover letters and/or resumes are not accepted in lieu of a completed application. Applications and/or Supplemental Questionnaires that state "see my resume" or "see my personnel file" are considered incomplete and will not be accepted.

IMPORTANT NOTE: To align with our commitment to equity and the City of Seattle's Race and Social Justice Initiative, Seattle Center is collecting cover letters and resumes without personal identifiers to achieve a blind screening process.


Pre-Employment Physical - Due to the tasks associated with this role, you will be required to successfully pass a preemployment physical.

Background Check - Applicants must successfully pass a background check, which will be conducted in accordance with Seattle's Fair Chance Employment Ordinance, SMC 14.17. Applicants will be given a chance to explain or correct background information and provide verifiable information of good conduct and rehabilitation.

Individuals selected to fill this position may be eligible to receive Language Premium Pay (SMC 4.20.360), which provides a $200.00 monthly stipend to qualified bilingual employees who are properly evaluated and assigned to provide direct communication in-language, interpretation, or translation services to the public on behalf of the City of Seattle.

Why work at the City?

The City of Seattle recognizes every City employee must play a role in ending institutional and structural racism. Our culture is the result of our behavior, our personal commitments, and the ways that we courageously share our perspectives and encourage others to do the same. To cultivate an antiracist culture, we seek employees who will engage in dismantling racist policies and procedures, unlearn the way things have always been done, and create and provide equitable processes and services. )

Regular Benefitted positions:

The City of Seattle offers a comprehensive benefits package including vacation, holiday, and sick leave as well as medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability insurance for employees and their dependents. More information about employee benefits is available on the City's website at:


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More about Seattle Center:

Seattle Center welcomes nearly 12 million visits annually, generating nearly $3.3 billion in total economic activity, supporting 19,400 jobs, and producing more than $37 million in local tax revenue for the City of Seattle.

With the support of our Official Partners - Alaska Airlines, The Climate Pledge, Coors Light, Pepsi, Symetra, T-Mobile, and WaFd Bank - Seattle Center is the #1 most-visited arts and cultural destination in the Pacific Northwest.
The City of Seattle offers a comprehensive benefits package including vacation, holiday and sick leave as well as medical, dental, vision, life and long-term disability insurance for employees and their dependents.

More information about employee benefits is available on the City's website at:
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We are hiring for two shifts. Please indicate which shifts you are available to work.

• First shift (5:00 am - 1:30 pm - including weekends and holidays)
• Second shift (1:00 pm - 9:30 pm - including weekends and holidays)
• I am open to working in an on-call capacity, if not chosen for a regular position.

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Do you have experience reading and using Safety Data Sheets (SDS)?

• I have no experience reading and using SDS
• I have experience reading and using SDS

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Are you able to lift 50 pounds safely and throughout the whole workday?

• Yes
• No

04


Do you have experience using a power buffer?

• I have no commercial experience
• I have less than 1-year commercial experience
• I have 1 to 2 years' commercial experience
• I have more than 2 years' commercial experience

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How many years of experience do you have performing commercial janitorial duties?

• I have no commercial experience
• I have less than 1-year commercial experience
• I have 1 to 2 years' commercial experience
• I have more than 2 years' commercial experience

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Do you have experience operating carpet shampooers?

• Yes
• No

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Do you have experience operating floor scrubbers?

• Yes
• No

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Are you comfortable handling large amounts of garbage and recycling?

• Yes
• No

Required Question