Operations Technician (full-time)

About the role

The individual in this position supports the Campus Operations Division in maintaining campus facilities in a safe and clean condition. They assist with event setup and breakdown, operate school vehicles, and provide operations support as needed.

Responsibilities

• Performs cleaning tasks such as sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, and disinfecting.
• Empties, transports, and disposes of trash, recycling, and special handling items.
• Supports event setup and breakdown, including furniture relocation and setup, placement of linen, equipment, and other event items, and breakdown of events.
• Responds to emergency cleaning situations involving blood, bodily fluids, chemicals, or sharp objects.
• Serves as operations support for weekend events and activities on a rotating basis.
• Operates, maintains, and stores cleaning tools and equipment safely and efficiently.
• Remedies unsafe, unsanitary, or unclean situations as identified, requesting assistance and support as required.
• Provides additional operations support as needed within the Campus Operations Division, including traffic control, office and furniture relocation, inclement weather campus cleanup/recovery, and supplemental security support.
• Engages in diversity, inclusion, and anti-racism work in alignment with Cary Academy's commitment to equity and justice.

Requirements

• Cleaning skills in a commercial and/or educational setting.
• Ability to read and write legibly in English; sufficient math skills to mix and handle cleaning products, tools, and equipment.
• Basic technology skills (emailing, operating a computer, entering data into a technology device); experience in a Windows environment preferred.
• One year of cleaning, janitorial, facilities, or other related experience. Experience in an educational setting preferred.
• Valid driver’s license and a driving record meeting Cary Academy vehicle operating standards.
• High School Diploma or equivalent.

Qualifications

• Work independently to complete tasks without close supervision.
• Work collegially with employees, parents, and members of the Cary Academy and external community in a highly collaborative environment.
• Work effectively with vendors, contractors, and/or other business partners, professionals, and outside organizations.
• Maintain confidentiality and interact with students, parents, and employees as well as internal and external constituents with sensitivity and understanding.
• Perform position responsibilities in a professional manner that models and ensures a diverse, equitable, and inclusive learning and work environment and upholds the school’s commitment to its cornerstones (the mission, the vision, the values, the beliefs, the employee culture and the portraits of a teacher and a graduate).
• Maintain a commitment to ongoing professional learning and growth, including adapting to the ongoing usage of technology at Cary Academy.
• Meet the expectation of regular, predictable, and reliable attendance.

Skills

• Attention to detail and accuracy essential.
• Proven ability to handle a multiple-task, pressure-deadline work environment.
• Confidentiality and sensitivity to interactions with students, parents, and employees.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

Not specified.

Schedule

Days: In general, this position is scheduled to work on campus Monday through Friday. In addition, this position is expected to work a Saturday and Sunday on a rotating basis with other team members; when this happens, the position will be provided two other days off that work week. There may also be certain work requirements that could result in a need for temporary modification of this schedule, including work in the evenings, on the weekend, or during school holiday breaks. Such schedule changes are determined in coordination with the Operations Supervisor and Associate Director of Campus Operations.

Hours: This position is scheduled to work 40 hours per week. The actual times worked are determined by the supervisor and may fluctuate given the nature and seasonality of this position and are determined in coordination with the Division Head. This position may be called upon after hours and on weekends to respond to Campus Operations unplanned needs or emergencies.