Night Custodian: Uplift Heights Primary School

About the role

Uplift's mission is to create and sustain public schools of excellence that empower each student to reach their highest potential in college and the global marketplace and that inspire in students a life-long love of learning, achievement, and service in order to positively change their world. The primary purpose of this role is to perform nightly custodial tasks that provide school personnel, students, and the public with an environmentally safe, attractive, comfortable, clean, and efficient place in which to work and conduct school activities.

Responsibilities

• Performs routine nightly cleaning, including sweeping, mopping, wiping down furniture, and cleaning restrooms
• Removes trash and waste and places it into a dumpster or trash compactor
• Maintains campus buildings, facilities, grounds, and equipment by performing regular cleaning and maintenance
• Assists with cafeteria dining area set up, including arranging tables and chairs for morning use
• Routinely performs light maintenance tasks such as unclogging a toilet or drain, fixing restroom partitions, fixing furniture or performing maintenance on janitorial equipment
• Performs non-routine cleaning such as cleaning waste receptacles, washing windows, pressure washing and other cleaning of the building exterior, dusting furniture, cleaning vents, fans, walls and ceilings, and deep cleaning tile, grout, carpet, LVT, VCT and other flooring
• Performs deep cleaning duties that require the use of a ladder or other lifting equipment such as high window cleaning, high dusting, bulb replacement and replacement of ceiling tiles
• Performs non-routine maintenance such as performing stripping and waxing operations, moving furniture, painting classrooms, hallways, offices and atriums, and changing light bulbs
• Cleans bodily fluids and disinfects surfaces
• Notifies school administration of any needed major repairs or equipment failure
• Maintains organization and cleanliness of storage, supply and maintenance areas, maintains a record of inventory and orders supplies as needed and requests re-supply
• Responds to emergencies to confine, resolve, or prevent injurious or otherwise hazardous conditions
• Reports emergencies to the Operations Director

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have a High School Diploma or GED equivalent, or minimum 2 years' experience in the janitorial service industry, or 2 years' experience in building maintenance. Experience working in a school environment is preferred but not required.

Skills

• Communication Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common technical instructions, respond and resolve common complaints, and effectively present information to campus and central office management
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English effectively
• Experience with quality control checks
• Ability to learn and use computer software to view work orders for the day, basic office equipment, and standard custodial equipment
• Ability to use a smartphone to send and receive photos and text messages
• Ability to use a computer to complete video or teleconference training

Physical Demands/Environmental Factors

The physical demands of this role include sitting and standing for extended periods of time, articulating wrists, hands, and fingers, extensive walking, regularly reaching, balancing, stooping, kneeling, twisting, bending, climbing and crawling. The role also requires frequently lifting and/or moving up to 50 pounds, and frequently lifting or moving furniture or supplies. The work environment may include exposure to moving mechanical parts, exposed electrical terminals, fumes or airborne particles, extreme cold and heat, and loud equipment.