Custodian

Custodian

Denison Community School District Denison Elementary School - Denison, Iowa

Job : 5827649

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: Jul 11, 2026 2:08 AM (UTC)

To provide students with a safe, attractive, comfortable, clean, and efficient place in which to learn, play, and develop.

Head of Building Maintenance

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education &/or Experience

High school diploma.

• Cooperate with and work in a courteous manner with coworkers and other personnel.
• Maintain presence in the assigned building at all times except when custodial responsibilities require assistance in other areas. Notify your building office when it is necessary to be out of the building.
• Regulate heat, ventilation, and air conditioning systems to provide temperatures appropriate to the season and to ensure economical usage of fuel, water, and electricity.
• Check the building heating/cooling system at least twice a day to ensure that it is working properly when in use. Report problems to the district maintenance department promptly.
• Conduct periodic inspections and tests of all electrical installations in the school to ensure their safe condition. Report problems to the district maintenance department promptly.
• Check daily to ensure that all exit doors are open and all panic bolts are working properly during the hours of building occupancy.
• Assume responsibilities for the opening and closing of the building each school day and for determining, before leaving, that all doors and windows are secured and all lights, except those left on for safety reasons, are turned off. Understand the security system in your building.
• Raise the United States flag before school each day, and lower it after school daily unless a light is shining on it regularly.
• Maintain the facility in a condition of excellent cleanliness. Cleaning duties may include but are not necessarily limited to: sweeping, dusting, mopping/scrubbing, vacuuming, washing windows, cleaning "chalkboards/white boards", cleaning furniture, laundry, waxing floors and disposing of trash.
• Dust furniture and clean/polish fixtures on a regular schedule.
• Dust flat counter surfaces, bookcases, window ledges, telephone, lockers, trophy cases, doors and tables as needed; objects do not need to be removed before dusting.
• Wash windows, mirrors, walls and door frames.
• Keep all floors in a clean and attractive condition and in a good state of preservation.
• Sweep classrooms daily. Vacuum carpeted areas at least once every other day, more if needed. Sweep, mop, wet wash, and vacuum floors in assigned areas.
• Keep wastebaskets empty and clean.
• Takes out garbage in the administration area and cleans administration restrooms.
• Sweep gym floors before school begins each day and before events if you are assigned a building which houses a gym.
• Cleans corridors after school each day and during the day when their condition requires it.
• Cleans entry mats daily.
• Remove graffiti as soon as possible.
• Follow district procedures for cleanup of vomit and other body fluids.
• Scrub and disinfect floors in restrooms daily.
• Cleans all sanitary fixtures and drinking fountains daily.
• Check restrooms throughout the day to replace soap and paper supplies.
• Cleans the gym locker rooms and coaches' office daily making sure that the stools, showers, sinks and drinking fountains are thoroughly cleaned and disinfected. Keep all dispensers filled. Clean the benches, walls, door frames, and mirrors as needed. Keep the floors clear of clutter, swept and mopped. Keep the towel and waste baskets empty. Check periodically throughout the day. Keep towel barrels available.
• Cleans the commons area clean throughout the day, mopping as needed. After lunch has been served, cleans and mops the serving and trash dumping area as soon as…