Elementary Head Custodian

About the role

The Elementary Head Custodian supervises and coordinates the activities of custodial employees in the general cleaning and maintenance of school buildings and grounds. This position also involves assisting with routine maintenance, providing cleaning and custodial assistance, and responding to emergencies.

Responsibilities

• Assists with routine maintenance of school and district buildings.
• Checks and secures building at the beginning and end of shift for 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, touchpoints.
• Maintain, clean, and sanitize restrooms.
• Fills soap, paper towel, toilet paper, and other dispensers.
• Mops or runs auto scrubber.
• Extracts/bonnets carpets.
• Clean up body fluids following bloodborne pathogen procedures.
• Orders and keeps inventory of cleaning and paper supplies.
• Removes garbage.
• Maintains grounds which includes mowing and edging lawns, removing snow, ice, debris, weeding, raking, watering, sweeping, etc.
• Cleans up garbage, repairs furniture, lockers, doors, and small equipment.
• Performs minor repairs as able to windows, doors, switches desk, tables, equipment and appliances, sinks, toilets, blinds, etc.
• May assemble new equipment and furniture.
• Prepare and set up rooms for meetings and activities and cleans up afterwards.
• Aids in securing the building by locking and unlocking doors.
• Turns on/off security and locks/unlocks the building.
• Performs duties in a manner to maintain an 80% or higher VEKTR inspection.

Requirements

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

Qualifications

• Skilled and organized in training, organizing, and monitoring supervised workers.
• Knowledgeable about ventilating and heating systems.
• Skilled in the use of general maintenance hand tools, small and large power tools.
• Understands basic use of cleaning solvents and their proper application.
• Familiar with bloodborne pathogens and cleaning procedures.
• Understanding of emergency procedures such as: shelter in place and lockdown protocols, fire and earthquake drills, building and grounds lay out for emergency shut offs and vandalism.
• Ability to follow oral and/or written requests from supervisor.
• Basic reading and math skills.

Skills

• Operate and maintain basic cleaning equipment, including but not limited to buffers, extractors, and auto scrubber.
• Use of general maintenance hand tools, small and large power tools.
• Understand basic use of cleaning solvents and their proper application.
• Understand emergency procedures such as: shelter in place and lockdown protocols, fire and earthquake drills, building and grounds lay out for emergency shut offs and vandalism.

Benefits

May experience stress from disruptive students and/or groups of students.

Pay

ESP (60)

Schedule

12 months (243 Days)