Custodian Float (2nd Shift)

About the role

Join UW–Green Bay as a Custodian Float and play a vital role in supporting a clean, safe, and welcoming campus for students, faculty, staff, and visitors. This mission-driven position directly contributes to the University's commitment to access, community, and student success by ensuring our learning environments reflect pride, care, and excellence. As a float custodian, you will work across campus locations—adapting to changing needs, covering vacant areas, and helping maintain the overall appearance of university facilities—while advancing our shared values: Build Community, Empower Success, and Express Gratitude in every interaction. Together, we care for the spaces where learning thrives—because Together, We Rise.

In this dynamic role, you will perform a wide range of custodial and light maintenance duties, including cleaning offices, classrooms, restrooms, and common areas; maintaining floor surfaces through mopping, buffing, vacuuming, and refinishing; washing windows and surfaces; restocking supplies; and supporting furniture moves and event setups. You'll also assist with waste and recycling removal, seasonal snow and ice management, and routine maintenance tasks such as changing light bulbs and identifying facility needs. Working under the guidance of the Custodial Services Supervisor, you will travel between campus buildings using a State vehicle—embracing challenges, adapting quickly, and helping maintain an environment where everyone can learn, work, and succeed.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Monitors and secures facility interior and exterior entrances and reports issues to appropriate entities
• Utilizes basic equipment and supplies to clean assigned facility areas and remove waste and recyclables
• Documents and reports repairs, violations, and pest control needs
• Maintains clean and clear walkways to ensure they are free of debris, litter, snow, and ice
• Maintains organization of supply areas and equipment, documents inventory, and requests additional supplies as needed

Compensation

Hourly pay of $17.00. This position will earn an additional $0.80 per hour for all weekend hours worked, as well as for all hours worked between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. This position is not exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent at time of application
• Possession of or eligibility to obtain a valid driver's license upon appointment
• Basic computer skills including the ability to use e-mail and internet

Preferred Qualifications

• Bilingual, preferably in Spanish, Hmong, Somali, or Oneida
• Knowledge of the proper methods, materials, and equipment for a wide range of general custodian work
• Ability to operate cleaning equipment such as a vacuum cleaner or a floor scrubber
• Knowledge of basic safety precautions including the safe and proper use of toxic chemicals, and knowledge of heavy lifting methods to ensure safety
• Must have the ability to maintain high standards of cleanliness
• Ability to tolerate temperature extremes when performing snow removal activities

Physical Qualifications

• Physical abilities to lift 50 lbs. from the floor to waist occasionally
• Physical abilities to lift 30 lbs. from the floor to overhead occasionally
• Physical abilities to stand and walk continuously throughout an eight hour shift
• Ability to push, pull, reach, bend, twist, stoop, kneel, move furniture, perform repetitive motions, overhead work, frequent stair and ladder climbing

Conditions of Appointment

Position is a full-time University Staff appointment. The work hours for this position will be 3:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m., Monday through Friday on the Green Bay campus. A criminal conviction investigation and pre-work screen examination will be conducted on the finalist(s). In addition, if the final selected candidate has prior work history within the last 7 years with Universities of Wisconsin, a personnel file review check for employee misconduct will be completed. A six-month probationary period is required for this position. In compliance with the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act, the University does not discriminate on the basis of arrest or conviction record. The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay does not offer H-1B or other work authorization visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire and maintain work authorization throughout the employment term. If you have questions regarding this, please contact Human Resources.

How to Apply

Click the Apply button and follow the prompts on the screen. Please be sure to complete all required fields, and include all required documents before submitting your application. Once submitted, you will not be able to edit or attach any application materials. Files must be complete to be considered. Please include the following documents: Resume.

Application Deadline

To ensure consideration, please submit application materials by Sunday, July 12, 2026.

Contact Information

If you have any questions, need accommodations, or submitted your application with missing materials, call or email: Human Resources, Phone: (920) 465-2390, Email: jobs@uwgb.edu

The Successful Candidate

The successful candidate will be expected to work inclusively and respectfully within a diverse campus community and practice civility in the workplace. The University welcomes applicants who are dedicated to the appreciation and promotion of inclusivity and equity as crucial components in the pursuit of organizational excellence. In addition, the successful candidate will have strong oral, written, interpersonal, and organizational skills, demonstrated integrity and strong leadership, and the willingness to work independently and as part of a collaborative team. The University invites applicants who are dedicated to enriching the quality of life for students and the community by embracing the educational value of diversity, promoting environmental sustainability, encouraging engaged citizenship, and serving as an intellectual, cultural, and economic resource.

Benefit Details

The Universities of Wisconsin provides an excellent benefits package to meet the diverse needs of its employees. For benefits eligible positions, this includes several health insurance options, with annual deductibles as low as $250/individual and $500/family. Our benefits package also includes dental, vision, several life insurance options, AD&D and Accident insurance and Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts. We participate in the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS), where employer contributions begin immediately, and employees are fully vested after 5 years of service. The Universities of Wisconsin also provides supplemental retirement savings programs including a 403(b) and Deferred Compensation. In addition, eligible employees receive several types of paid leave benefits, which are prorated for employees working less than 100%. This includes 9 legal holidays, 36 hours of personal holiday and between 96-130 hours of sick leave annually and paid parental leave. Eligible employees earn 13-27 days of vacation each year, depending on years of service and employment type.

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