Lead custodian

Qualifications :

• High School Diploma, completion of GED or equivalent courses preferred
• Previous experience as a Custodian preferred

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Day Lead - Work with Facilities manager and prepare to hand off remaining work to the night lead.
• Keeps building and premises, including sidewalks, driveways, and play areas, neat and clean at all times.
• Regulates heat, ventilation, and air conditioning systems to provide temperatures appropriate to the season and to ensure economical usage of fuel, water, and electricity.
• Checks daily to ensure that all exit doors are open and all panic bolts are working properly during the hours of building occupancy.
• Sweeps classrooms daily and dusts furniture.
• Cleans corridors after school each day, and during the day when their condition requires it.
• Scrubs, hoses down, and disinfects toilet floors daily, and cleans all sanitary fixtures and drinking fountains daily.
• Washes all windows on both inside and outside at least twice each year, and more frequently if necessary.
• Keeps the grounds free from rubbish.
• Cleans all dry erase boards at least once a week.
• Report major repairs needed promptly to the Facilities Manager.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS :

• Medium work : ability to lift, push and / or pull objects, which may approximate 50 lbs.
• Ability to stand, stoop, reach and bend; mobility of arms to reach, dexterity of hands to grasp and manipulate large and small objects.
• Ability to smell, taste and feel, in order to determine quality of food products.
• Work with caustic and non-caustic chemicals.
• Ability to work with frequent interruption and to supervise a variety of tasks.

WORK ENVIRONMENT :

• The employee may be required to work around loud noise.
• Ability to work in an inside environment.
• Ability to work in a hot environment.

Last updated : 2024-02-24