Head Night Custodian - School of Engineering and Arts

About the role

The School of Engineering and Arts is seeking a Head Night Custodian to work 8.5 hours per day (2:00 p.m.-10:30 p.m.) with 8 hours of paid time and 30 minutes of unpaid dinner time (hours subject to change during non-contact days).

Responsibilities

• Supervise building custodial staff
• Maintain building systems and equipment
• Direct and oversee preventative and day-to-day building maintenance
• Ensure overall building cleanliness
• Supervise building security and safety operations
• Operate, schedule and utilize building security systems
• Operate, schedule and use building HVAC and lighting automation control systems
• Utilize electronic work order system to submit work requests
• Set up rooms for conferences, classes and special events
• Maintain facility cleanliness and sanitation
• Maintain favorable public relations as a representative of Robbinsdale Area Schools
• Monitor site conditions and perform custodial care activities
• Monitor and secure building door security systems
• Comply with established timelines, procedures and quality for completion of assigned tasks
• Execute initiative in recognizing and performing tasks that need attention or that require completion
• Follow district safety standards and guidelines
• Practice fiscal responsibility related to efficient use of materials, care of equipment, recycling, energy conservation, and inventory control
• Lead other custodial staff to efficiently perform and complete assigned work in the absence of the building supervisor
• Carry District cell phone in a District provided case that is powered on and charged during work hours
• Work Buildings and Grounds office to ensure that calls regarding facility alarms, curtailment events and emergencies are received and responded to outside of work hours
• Demonstrate the competencies listed in Attachment A of this posting within 30 days of employment in the position
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Candidate needs to reside within 30 miles of the assignment facility
• Demonstrated ability to investigate, diagnose, troubleshoot and respond to building system service needs
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and perform position responsibilities with a minimum of supervision
• Establish and maintain positive and effective working relationships with supervisor, coworkers, building staff and visitors
• Able to follow schedules and adjust priorities based on needs and, when emergencies occur, triage the situation and perform essential tasks to address the situation
• Sufficient reading skills to read and comprehend material data sheets, building plans, specifications and operation and maintenance manuals
• Mechanical aptitude and skills to perform service, troubleshooting and repairs to facility systems
• Prior maintenance experience
• First class boiler's license (current, posted and maintained) required, or willing and able to obtain within an agreed timeline
• Knowledge of district current cleaning products, equipment and tools and their proper use and cleanup
• Able to attend work regularly and report to work in a timely manner
• Ability to listen and detect noise related indications of equipment problems or distress
• Ability to effectively perform preventative maintenance, troubleshooting and repairs of building equipment in accordance with manufacturer recommendations and district standards and guidelines
• Ability to efficiently and safely operate snow removal equipment and to apply deicing materials in accordance with district standards and guidelines
• Ability to properly control and use hand tools, test equipment, powered tools and powered equipment required for facility maintenance
• Ability to retain facility training information and to consistently follow district standards and guidelines for facility systems
• Ability to remember assigned-unique Lenel System username and password and to execute the log-on to the Lenel System without any public display of that login information
• Ability to schedule doors to lock/unlock for a programmed special event period without changing the default door schedule for other weekly door schedules in the Lenel Time Schedule System
• Ability to review existing schedules to prevent overriding of existing schedules that are required to remain in effect for building programming
• Ability to investigate system malfunction of a programmed door schedule in the Lenel Time Schedule Systems
• Ability to utilize the emergency lock/unlock feature in the Lenel Door Access Control System
• Ability to contact others when assistance is required to resolve facility problems
• Ability to force arm when extensive facility services are needed and others have been informed of the facility service need

Physical Requirements

• Ability to routinely perform strenuous labor
• Frequently utilize test equipment, hand tools, power tools and powered equipment for building maintenance service and repairs
• Willing and able to use PPE when required
• Frequently lift and move tables, desks and chairs weighing up to of 50 pounds
• Frequently lift cartons, boxes and buckets weighing up to of 50 pounds
• Frequently climb flights of stairs
• Frequently carry and use a back-pack vacuum
• Frequently access and use vertical fixed ladders and folding ladders to a height of 16 feet
• Periodically access and use movable vertical lift equipment and scaffolds to a height of 25 feet
• Periodically access and perform maintenance work on building rooftop areas
• Periodically access and perform work in building tunnel systems

Desired Training

• VoTech education or training in building maintenance or construction of electrical or mechanical systems is desired

Benefits

Category III, $28.89 to $29.97 per hour plus benefits based on the current custodial contract.