Elementary Head Custodian

Salary Schedule: ESP (60) Lane Placement J. Contract Length: 12 months (243 Days). FLSA Classification: Non-exempt.

About the Role

The head custodian supervises and coordinates the activities of custodial employees in the general cleaning and maintenance of school buildings and grounds, maintains equipment in functional condition, and provides cleaning and custodial assistance to students, staff, teachers, administrators, visitors, and others as necessary. Responsible for supervision, training, and monitoring of contract and hourly employees. May assist with building security by locking/unlocking doors when requested and performing final lock-up of the building at night, including turning on security systems. May respond to emergencies to assist police and fire departments. Attendance, physical presence, and timeliness are required and are essential functions of this position.

This position is required to work sixteen (16) hours during the district's winter break and receives sixteen (16) hours of additional paid time off that must be used before July 31 of the subsequent calendar year. The specific hours worked are coordinated with the school administration and other contract custodians to ensure coverage of the building throughout the break.

Responsibilities

• Assists with routine maintenance of school and district buildings.
• Checks and secures building at the beginning and end of shift to ensure safety and cleanliness.
• Trains and monitors contract and hourly employees.
• Cleans rooms, hallways, cafeterias, restrooms, offices, stairways, and other areas of the building according to district standards.
• Washes walls, ceilings, woodwork, windows, doors, sills, and touchpoints.
• Maintains, cleans, and sanitizes restrooms; may fill soap, paper towel, toilet paper, and other dispensers.
• Mops or runs auto scrubber; extracts/bonnets carpets; assists with floor refinishing.
• Cleans up body fluids following bloodborne pathogen procedures.
• Orders and keeps inventory of cleaning and paper supplies.
• Responsible for all employees and custodial material budgets.
• Removes garbage; maintains grounds including mowing, edging lawns, removing snow, ice, debris, weeding, raking, watering, and sweeping.
• May remove graffiti and repair acts of vandalism.
• Cleans up garbage, repairs furniture, lockers, doors, and small equipment.
• Performs minor repairs to windows, doors, switches, desks, tables, equipment, appliances, sinks, toilets, blinds, etc.
• May assemble new equipment and furniture.
• Prepares and sets up rooms for meetings and activities, and cleans up afterward.
• Helps maintain and operate mechanical systems; assists in restricting access by locking and unlocking doors.
• May be CPR and First Aid trained to respond to emergencies.
• Involved with security of building after hours; turns on/off security and locks/unlocks the building.
• Performs duties to maintain an 80% or higher VEKTR inspection.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• One year of full-time custodial experience is required; supervisory experience preferred.

Skills

• Skilled and organized in training, organizing, and monitoring supervised workers.
• Knowledge of operating and maintaining basic cleaning equipment, including buffers, extractors, and auto scrubbers.
• Skilled in the use of general maintenance hand tools, small and large power tools.
• Knowledgeable about ventilating and heating systems; may perform minor adjustments to equipment.
• Understands basic use of cleaning solvents and their proper application.
• Familiar with bloodborne pathogens and cleaning procedures.
• General knowledge of sprinkling systems.
• Understanding of emergency procedures such as shelter-in-place, lockdown protocols, fire and earthquake drills, building and grounds layout for emergency shut-offs, and vandalism response.
• Ability to follow oral and/or written requests from supervisor.
• Basic reading and math skills.

Decision Making

Makes decisions concerning the best way to accomplish assigned tasks. Must motivate people to work cooperatively and efficiently as a team, handle emergencies as they arise, and take direction well while working within specific guidelines. Makes suggestions but follows directions.

Interactions

Interacts positively with students, teachers, principals, custodians, and other district personnel. May also interact appropriately with parents, counselors, and police agencies.

Supervisory Responsibility

Supervises and provides assistance to contract and hourly custodial employees.

Budget Responsibility

Financially responsible for tracking and maintaining custodial supply and custodial helper budgets.

Working Environment

Works inside and outside the building to accomplish assigned tasks. Working conditions can involve hot and cold weather. Hazards may exist when using power equipment, ladders, scaffolds, mopping, buffers on wet floors, and when working with chemicals. Frequent interruptions with daily work may occur. Must respond, when called, to after-hour emergencies. May experience stress from disruptive students and/or groups of students.

Physical Requirements

• Frequently required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, and crouch.
• Occasionally required to use hands to handle or feel and must occasionally climb or balance.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
• Must be able to stand for long periods of time.
• Must be able to lift and/or move up to 100 lbs.