Full-Time Day Custodian - 12:00pm-8:00pm

About the role

The Custodian serves under the direction of the Chief Custodian, responsible for maintaining a safe, healthy, and clean educational environment. Key responsibilities include cleaning, performing minor and preventative maintenance, removing snow and doing grounds work. This is a 12-month position.

Responsibilities

• Sweeping; dry or wet mopping; waxing; buffing; vacuuming; cleaning walls and ceilings, windows, furniture, lights, bathrooms; shampooing carpets; moving furniture and other supplies;
• Cleaning outside grounds; helping to load and unload trucks; shoveling and removal of snow and ice; cutting grass and trimming;
• Opening and closing the building; securing the alarm system;
• Providing minor maintenance to the building and equipment such as replacing light bulbs, painting, helping to clean boilers and heating equipment, care for lawn mowers, trimmers, vacuum cleaners, and buffers;
• Driving cars / trucks to pick up equipment, supplies, parts and mail;
• Assuming other responsibilities as may be assigned by the Chief Custodian, Principal, and/or the Buildings and Grounds Supervisor;
• Checking and securing building at beginning and end of shift for the purpose of ensuring the safety and cleanliness of the building;
• Cleaning rooms, hallways, cafeterias, restrooms, offices, stairways, and other areas of building according to school district standards;
• Sweeping, mopping, buffing, stripping, and waxing floors;
• Cleaning rugs, carpets, upholstered furniture, and blinds;
• Washing walls, ceilings, woodwork, windows, doors, and sills;
• Removing graffiti, cleaning glass areas;
• Replacing light bulbs;
• Sets up and breaks down chairs, tables and equipment in meeting rooms, and functional rooms;
• Clears snow from entrances and walks, and spreads sand and ice melting chemicals;
• Performs grounds-keeping duties, clears debris and maintains grounds;
• Receives deliveries and assists in unloading trucks and storing supplies;
• Delivers supplies and materials to classrooms, bathrooms and other areas of the building;
• Empties wastebaskets; picks up and removes trash and assists in recycling program.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED - preferred
• Valid Class D Driver's License with good driving record
• Knowledge of cleaning materials, methods, equipment and procedures
• Able to perform minor maintenance
• Able to follow oral or written directions
• Able to work cooperatively with teachers, students, administrators, co-workers and the public
• Good physical health and strength to perform the routine duties of lifting and cleaning

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly talking, expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.
• Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• The employee must possess normal cognitive abilities including the ability to learn, recall and apply certain skills.
• Ability to perform work requiring sustained moderate physical effort, operation of commercial food service equipment, movement of objects weighing 40-50 pounds and continuous standing.

Physical and Environmental Conditions

• The work environment involves exposure to materials, equipment, and situations that requires following safety precautions and may include the use of protective equipment.
• The potential for risks and hazards can be significantly minimized with proper training, skills, and proper use of safety equipment and risk management procedures.