Outdoor Custodian (260 days, M-F, 8.0 hours/day)

About the role

This position is responsible for the maintenance, preparation, and cleaning of athletic facilities and grounds at Discovery Canyon Campus High School. Duties include trash removal, floor cleaning, general cleaning, and sanitizing; setting up for special events; developing and promoting good relations among staff and community; coordinating with Facilities Management for set up and clean up assistance; submitting and completing assigned work orders; and ensuring facilities are safe and operational for students, staff, and the community.

Responsibilities

• Performs regular location custodial duties including trash removal, floor cleaning, general cleaning, and sanitizing
• Sets up for special events
• Develops and promotes good relations among staff and community
• Works with school and Facilities Management administrators to ensure sites are ready for sporting and other events
• Calls for additional staff for set up and clean up assistance as needed
• Submits and completes assigned work orders
• Maintains artificial turf and natural turf/grass areas at individual or multiple sites
• Maintains irrigation systems and assists in emergency shut offs as needed
• Moves, relocates, and transports materials, furniture, and equipment as needed
• Mows lawns, trims and edges around landscaping, builds, installs, and repairs fencing, retaining walls, and stairs, paints and marks all athletic fields, waters lawns, cleans out drainage ditches and or culverts, and checks and repairs playground equipment
• Performs any duties as assigned associated with site grounds and building upkeep including painting, and other non-routine maintenance tasks
• Performs crossing guard duties as directed
• Operates and cares for mechanized cleaning equipment including power mowers, snow blowers, snow plows, parking lot sweeper, and weed trimmers, etc.
• Processes and completes internal work requests
• Promotes an efficient building by understanding and implementing sustainability management strategies as required
• Removes and disposes of trash in facilities and on grounds
• Removes snow and ice
• Sanitizes site facilities where applicable, including but not limited to restrooms, water fountains, etc.
• Sets up for regular and special events as directed
• Shovels, plows, and/or sands roadways, fire lanes, parking lots, walks and steps as appropriate
• Submits and completes assigned work orders
• Vacuums, shampoos, sweeps, strips, buffs, dusts, mops, etc. floors and stairs as needed
• Works with school and Facilities Management administrators to ensure sites are ready for sporting and other events

Requirements

The incumbent must meet pre-employment drug and alcohol testing requirements and subject to random drug and alcohol testing, including reasonable suspicion.

Qualifications

• Experience in a custodial or supervisory position
• High school graduate - high school diploma or equivalent

Skills

• Access, input, and retrieve information in various software systems
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with supervisors, coworkers, staff, students, parents, and the general public
• Follow oral and written instructions
• Maintain confidentiality
• Manage simultaneous demands
• Operate and care for mechanized cleaning equipment
• Organize and direct tasks of non-regularly assigned staff
• Read/write/speak the English language and follow directions in English effectively
• Recognize safety issues in the workplace
• Work days, hours, locations, and assignments as directed by the supervisor within the position responsibilities outside of regular business hours as needed
• Work independently on assignments
• Work well with individuals from many diverse backgrounds and professions, as well as the student body
• Demonstrate discernment, excellence, honesty, integrity, patience, perseverance, respect, responsibility, and trustworthiness
• Detail-oriented
• Energetic, creative, innovative, flexible
• Excellent cooperative, collaborative, and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of cleaning equipment, supplies, and chemicals
• Knowledge of cleaning, scheduling, cleaning techniques, and setup for events
• Organizational, interpersonal, written, listening, and verbal communication skills
• Strong knowledge of custodial tasks for sites, regular facilities, grounds, and equipment
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, written, listening, and verbal communication skills
• Strong spelling, punctuation, and grammar skills

Benefits

Full-time - Regular. Benefits eligibility includes full-time regular employees. For more information on our benefits, please visit Employee Benefits | Academy District 20 (asd20.org).