Night Custodian: Uplift Elevate Preparatory

Mission Statement

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.

Performs 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.

• 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, but not limited to:
  • Cleaning waste receptacles
  • Washing windows, interior and exterior
  • Pressure washing and other cleaning of the building exterior
  • Dusting furniture
  • Cleaning vents, fans, walls and ceilings
  • 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, but not limited to, high window cleaning, high dusting, bulb replacement and replacement of ceiling tiles
• Performs non‑routine maintenance such as, but not limited to:
  • Performing stripping and waxing operations
  • Moving furniture in preparation for stripping and waxing or for other reasons
  • Painting classrooms, hallways, offices and atriums; changing light bulbs
  • Cleaning bodily fluids and disinfecting 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 emergency situations in order to confine, resolve or prevent injurious or otherwise hazardous conditions
  • Report emergencies to the Operations Director
  • Additional duties as assigned

Education requirements: 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 preferred but not required.

Special Skills/Certifications: Experience with quality control checks.

• Communication
  
  Skills:
  
  Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common technical instructions. Ability to respond to and resolve common complaints. Ability to effectively present information to campus and central office management. Ability to read, write, speak and understand English effectively.
• Bi‑lingual
  
  Skills:
  
  No bilingual skills are required.
• Technology:
  Ability to learn and use computer software to view work orders for the day, operate basic office equipment, learn how to operate a burglar alarm, use a smart phone to send and receive photos and text messages, use standard custodial equipment, computerized displays and controls, and use a computer to complete video or teleconference training.

• Sit and stand for extended periods of time
• Articulate wrists, hands and fingers
• Extensive walking
• Regularly required to reach, balance, stoop, kneel, twist, bend, climb and crawl
• Frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Frequently required to lift or move furniture or supplies such as, but not limited to café tables, office supplies and janitorial supplies
• Frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts and exposed electrical terminals
• Extended periods of being outside during extreme hot or cold weather
• Occasional exposure to fumes or airborne particles, extreme cold and extreme heat
• Vision: distance, color, depth perception and ability to adjust focus
• Occasional exposure to loud equipment