CUSTODIAL CREW LDR- LAKE GEM ELEMENTARY

Salary Schedule

About the Role

Under direction, this position functions as a crew leader for custodial personnel engaged in highly responsible custodial tasks for an assigned school of the district. The role ensures school personnel, students, and the public have an environmentally safe, attractive, comfortable, clean, and efficient place to work and conduct school activities. Responsibilities include daily unlocking and securing of facilities, routine inspection of facilities and grounds for hazardous conditions, and maintaining adequate supply inventories. The position oversees and participates in all facets of custodial work.

Responsibilities

• Responds to internal and external customers in a timely, accurate, courteous, and empathetic manner, representing OCPS positively.
• Plans and coordinates daily custodial tasks; delegates tasks to custodial personnel; monitors and inspects work for compliance with assignments.
• Provides training and instruction to custodial personnel, ensuring compliance with OSHA standards for safe use and application of chemical supplies.
• Performs daily opening and securing of assigned school facility, including unlocking doors, inspecting grounds and facilities for hazards, and managing lighting and security systems.
• Monitors materials inventory and supply levels; orders new stock according to established policies; coordinates custodial equipment service and repair.
• Uses electrical cleaning equipment (e.g., vacuum cleaners, shampoo machines, high-speed buffers) and appropriate chemicals safely and productively.
• Performs custodial tasks such as emptying and cleaning waste receptacles, washing windows, dusting furniture, and cleaning vents and walls.
• Performs sanitizing tasks in restrooms, kitchens, food areas, and cafeterias.
• Performs physically demanding tasks, including mopping, stripping, waxing, and floor buffing.
• Responds to emergency situations (e.g., spills, broken windows, broken locks) to prevent hazardous conditions.
• Moves furniture and equipment as needed.
• Maintains cleanliness and order in storage areas; reports equipment malfunctions and facility maintenance needs.
• Performs routine maintenance on custodial equipment (e.g., changing vacuum cleaner belts and bags, buffer machine pads).
• Assists in general facility maintenance, such as changing light bulbs, filling dispensers, and setting up for meetings/conferences.
• Leads custodial crews in major projects, such as seasonal facility preparations or floor stripping and waxing.
• Stays updated on current technology used by OCPS and attends training to maintain required skill levels.
• Maintains timely and accurate information as part of job responsibilities.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Up to two years of successful custodial work experience with demonstrated leadership abilities, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Must obtain Custodian certification from the Florida School Plant Management Association (FSPMA) within one year of hire. OCPS provides training for this certification.
• New hires must successfully complete the Industrial Physical Capability Screening (IPCS).

Performance Aptitudes

• Data Utilization: Ability to review, classify, categorize, prioritize, and analyze data to recognize interactive effects and relationships.
• Human Interaction: Ability to provide leadership, guidance, and interpretation to others on applying procedures and standards.
• Equipment Utilization: Ability to operate and control electrically powered custodial equipment and hand-held tools.
• Verbal Aptitude: Ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, and advisory data.
• Mathematical Aptitude: Ability to perform basic arithmetic operations, including decimals and percentages.
• Functional Reasoning: Ability to apply principles of rational systems and interpret instructions in various forms (written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule).
• Situational Reasoning: Ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness, and creativity in evaluating information against measurable criteria.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Physical Ability: Tasks involve heavy physical effort, including climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and lifting/carrying objects (20-50 pounds, occasionally up to 100 pounds).
• Sensory Requirements: Ability to perceive and discriminate odors, depths, and visual details; oral communication ability may be required.
• Environmental Factors: Regular exposure to adverse conditions, such as strong odors, fumes, dust, wetness, humidity, machinery, vibrations, temperature extremes, noise, and potentially hazardous substances.