Facility Assistant - Stevenson Elementary School

Job Summary

Mesa Public Schools is recognized as a Best Employer in Arizona and Best Place to Work in East Valley by Forbes and East Valley Tribune respectively. This role involves performing custodial functions for schools, implementing principal's instructions, and coordinating maintenance activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform custodial functions for school including specific custodial work assignments
• Implement instructions from principal
• Assist principal with safety, energy conservation, and security procedures
• Provide input regarding the summer maintenance of school
• Cookordinate work orders generated at school site
• Generate work requests from maintenance
• Order and maintain supplies to ensure adequate quantity and availability
• Act as principal’s liaison with the night lead custodian
• Assist with start-up and closing of school
• Regular and on-time attendance required
• May work special events at school
• Keep record of extra time for student fund events and overtime
• Respond to bloodborne pathogen incidents with urgency
• Aid other personnel as necessary

Required Qualifications

• Minimum one year custodial experience
• Working knowledge of and experience with custodial equipment, supplies, and cleaning procedures
• High School diploma or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent

Skills & Competencies

• Models the attributes and skills of the MPS Portrait of a Graduate
• Demonstrates commitment to the MPS Promise that every student is known by name, served by strength and need, and graduates ready for college, career and community
• Effective communication (written and verbal)
• Establishes and maintains effective and cooperative working relationships with administrator and staff
• Organizes, prioritizes, and plans work tasks
• Fulfills directives
• Performs heavy manual labor

Work Environment & Physical Requirements

• Indoors and outdoors across school facilities, including classrooms, hallways, restrooms, cafeterias, gyms, and playgrounds
• Exposure to cleaning chemicals, tools, and equipment
• Tasks can vary from day to day—cleaning, setting up rooms, assisting with minor repairs, moving furniture, or handling deliveries
• Slippery floors, lifting heavy items, exposure to bodily fluids, loud noises (e.g., machinery), and outdoor weather conditions
• Frequent interaction with other maintenance staff, custodians, or under the direction of a facility manager
• Frequently required to lift/move objects typically between 25–50 pounds; occasionally up to 75 pounds

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Mesa Public Schools is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Applicants and employees may contact Human Resources to request reasonable accommodations needed to perform the essential functions of this position.