Lead Custodian

Job Summary

To provide custodial work required for the routine cleaning and upkeep of the buildings and grounds to ensure a safe and healthy environment for students, staff, and the community.

About the Role

Head Custodian

Reports to: Director of Facilities and Building Principal

Essential Functions

• Keep building and premises, including sidewalks, driveways, and play areas neat and clean.
• Shovel and/or sand walks, driveways, parking areas, and steps as appropriate.
• Check daily to insure that all fire exit doors and panic bolts are working properly during the hours of building occupancy and thereafter.
• Help to implement school safety protections by ensuring that the designated entrances and exits to the facilities are monitored and regulated.
• Sweep classrooms daily and dust furniture; clean sinks; clean and dust other fixtures as necessary.
• Clean hallways and corridors after school each day, and during the day when necessary.
• Scrub, wash down, and disinfect toilet floors daily, and clean all sanitary fixtures and drinking fountains daily and more frequently when appropriate.
• Wash all windows on both the inside and outside at least twice each year, and more frequently if necessary.
• Keep the grounds free from rubbish.
• Empty trash cans into dumpster and replace liners.
• Use a buffer and mop and wax floors to maintain a clean, sanitary, and attractive condition.
• Clean and maintain all chalkboards and/or white boards.
• Make minor building repairs using basic tools, paint, and materials.
• Report major repairs needed promptly to the employee's supervisor.
• Maintain on a regular schedule all motors and other mechanical equipment requiring scheduled servicing.
• Report any damage to school property.
• Conduct an ongoing program of general maintenance, upkeep, and repair.
• Move furniture or equipment within buildings as required for various activities and as directed by supervisor.
• Comply with local laws and procedures for the storage and disposal of trash, rubbish, and waste.
• Preserve confidentiality of student, personnel, and other sensitive information that is present in offices and other locations.
• Ensure regular and predictable attendance; be at duty station(s) on time; maintain positive interpersonal relationships with supervision, staff, students and visitors.
• Perform such tasks and assume such additional responsibilities as may be assigned.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to add, subtract, divide and multiply in all units of measure consistent with the duties of this position.
• Ability to interface effectively with other departments, school personnel, other maintenance staff, and business contacts form outside the district.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff and the community.
• Ability to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and Board of Education policies.
• Adheres to district and building policies, rules and procedures.
• Utilizes appropriate safety gear to minimize risk of injury and exposure.

Education Preparation

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum of one year successful prior experience in custodial work preferred.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stoop, reach, stand, walk, lift, pull, push, grasp, talk, hear, see and use repetitive motions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may frequently lift and/or move up to 75 pounds of materials, etc.
• Ability to use power tools, such as buffer, drills, etc. as necessary.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include such as reading handwritten or typed material, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential duties of this job.
• The employee regularly works indoors and will occasionally work outdoors in ambient temperatures and/or in walk-in freezer.
• The employee must be able to perform the duties in varying temperature changes (e.g., indoor to outdoor and vice versa).
• The employee will work near or with moving mechanical equipment.
• The employee may occasionally work with toxic or caustic chemicals such as petroleum products, degreasers, and sprays.
• The employee must be able to meet deadlines with severe time constraints.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, not to exceed normal machinery noise levels.

Terms of Employment

• 12 month, at will-employee
• Head Custodian-Facilities

Job Title

Head Custodian

Facilities

Eligible for sick and vacation days upon hire as set by JSD Board Policy FLSA STATUS: Non-Exempt; Hourly