INTERNAL ONLY - Lead Custodian

Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC), a unit of The University of Kansas, serves as the central agency for all law enforcement training in Kansas. KLETC manages a $12 million annual budget, 65 authorized FTE staff, and trains nearly 15,000 students annually in residential, online, and outreach programs. The Hutchinson Campus spans 173 acres with fifteen buildings, including two multi-story residential student dormitories.

About the role

Performs cleaning duties without leadership or training responsibilities. Leads custodial projects and specialized floor care teams, ensuring proper execution. Maintains inventory, tracks equipment, and ensures proper storage of tools and chemicals. May assist supervisors in training workshops, work order reporting, and performance monitoring.

Responsibilities

• 25% – General Custodial Services
  • Cleans and sanitizes restrooms, classrooms, offices, common areas, fitness areas, entrances, elevators, and other assigned spaces.
  • Duties include vacuuming, mopping, dusting, cleaning windows and surfaces, emptying waste containers, replenishing supplies, disinfecting fixtures and equipment, and arranging furniture.
  • Performs work according to established cleaning procedures, chemical instructions, and safety requirements.
• 20% – Work Coordination, Scheduling, and Shift Coverage
  • Prepares and maintains the custodial staff schedule to ensure adequate coverage of campus buildings and student housing.
  • Adjusts assignments based on campus needs, absences, room turnover, special events, and changing priorities.
  • Fills in for custodial staff on other shifts as needed, including working flexible hours.
  • Helps coordinate daily assignments, monitors work quality, assists staff with resolving cleaning issues, and communicates concerns to the Facilities Manager.
  • May assist with training workshops, performance monitoring, and work-order reporting.
• 20% – Student Housing and Room Turnover
  • Cleans and prepares student rooms and living areas for new occupants.
  • Cleans and sanitizes bathrooms, furniture, closets, cabinets, walls, windows, blinds, light fixtures, and floor surfaces.
  • Makes beds with clean linens, replaces room supplies, checks for damaged or missing items, and arranges furniture according to the approved room layout.
  • Helps coordinate and complete room turnovers during high-volume periods.
• 15% – Floor Care and Special Custodial Projects
  • Leads and performs specialized floor-care work and custodial projects.
  • Operates floor scrubbers, buffers, carpet extractors, and other custodial equipment.
  • Scrubs, strips, waxes, burnishes, and maintains hard-surface floors.
  • Cleans carpets and upholstered furniture.
  • Ensures projects are completed correctly, safely, and according to established standards.
• 10% – Supplies, Chemicals, and Equipment
  • Maintains custodial inventory and monitors the use of cleaning supplies, chemicals, tools, and equipment.
  • Ensures custodial carts, storage rooms, and supply closets remain clean, organized, properly stocked, and secured.
  • Tracks equipment and reports supply needs, damaged equipment, and repair needs to the Facilities Manager.
  • Uses and stores chemicals according to manufacturer instructions and applicable safety requirements.
• 10% – Other Duties as Assigned

Requirements

• Ability to work flexible hours and fill other custodial shifts as needed.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 20 pounds constantly and up to 50 pounds occasionally.
• Ability to work on ladders.
• Physical strength sufficient to stand the strain of working long hours at custodial tasks.
• Ability to work under a variety of extremes of temperature and weather, both inside and outdoors.
• Willingness and ability to work overtime as needed.
• Willingness and ability to respond to after-hours emergencies as needed.
• Willingness and ability to report to work during declared periods of inclement weather.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Three years of custodial work that involves hands-on cleaning.
• One year of custodial work that involves floor care, to include scrubbing, stripping, and waxing hard-surface floors.

Preferred Qualifications

• Custodial experience in large office or commercial buildings.
• Advanced training in custodial and high-volume cleaning operations.
• Leadership experience and/or training.

Benefits

• Paid vacation, sick leave, and ten paid holidays, plus one discretionary day.
• Retirement program.
• Medical and dental insurance.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Other benefit plan options and State of Kansas discounts offered by various vendors.
• Education and professional development opportunities.

Pay

$23.32/hour

Application review begins August 31, 2026. Anticipated start date: September 13, 2026.