Internal * Lead Custodian

Position Overview

The Lead Custodian position is responsible for maintaining cleanliness and sanitation across bath facilities, common areas, entrances, and ensuring a safe and welcoming environment. In addition to performing custodial duties, the Lead Custodian provides direction and training to custodial staff, reinforcing workflow and quality standards. They lead project and floor care teams, assist with training, and support staff with computer-based tasks.

The position also includes managing supplies and equipment, maintaining inventory, and ensuring proper storage and maintenance.

• Bath Facilities:
  Vacuums, bonnet and extracts carpeted areas using appropriate equipment and chemicals. Dust mops, clean tile floors, wet mops stains and spots on tiled floors using paid method and semi-automatic scrubbers. Empties trash, using special care in research and lab areas, cleans containers and replaces liners. Dusts furniture, blinds and other surfaces. Cleans glass, ledges, chalk and dry marker boards. Some work locations require attention to bio-hazards.
• Hallways, Stairways, Elevators, Entrances and Exteriors:
  Dust mops, scrubs and burnishes with a variety of specialized equipment on resilient surfaces. Wet mops spots and stains on tiled areas and floor mats. Spot cleans walls, doors, carpets, jams, and kick plates. Washes windows and rails. Dusts and polishes surfaces. Cleans fire extinguishers cases and reports damaged and/or missing equipment to the supervisor. Cleans display cases, drinking fountains, furniture, etc.
  
  Cleans exterior entrances daily, removing snow and ice when necessary. Checks and maintains exterior areas, handicap access ramps and equipment, elevator cabs and doors, etc.
• Floor Maintenance:
  Strips floors, chemical detergent scrubs in non-carpeted areas. Burnishes tile floors, bonnets and deep extracts carpeted areas, cleans and maintains specialty floors such as wood, cork, quarry tile, etc. using a variety of automatic equipment. Follows associated safety procedures in order to avoid injury to self, others, and equipment damage.

The Lead Custodian will provide direction to other employees while performing the same general type and kind of duties. Responsibilities for this position include training and supporting group/team members and helping to ensure that all established quality standards are met. The Lead Custodian will reinforce workflow for the staff and actively participate in the completion of scheduled tasks. All tasks will be completed in a timely, efficient, and safe manner.

Lead and work directly with custodial staff assigned to clean & sanitize facilities in an assigned area. Lead custodial project and floor care teams. Instruct and/or train workers as necessary in the use of materials, equipment, methods, procedures, and safety regulations. Assist supervisors conduct yearly targeted training workshops. Assist employees with computer tasks. Participates in training sessions and in-service classes or workshops.

Serve as part of the emergency phone rotation, responding to urgent calls outside of normal business hours according to established schedules and protocols.

Help assure availability of necessary tools, materials and equipment and provide for proper storage. Maintain equipment inventory. Follows safety policies regarding use of supplies, tools, and equipment. Maintain records of equipment. Ensure supply rooms are kept neat and tidy. Take supply inventory. Equipment used ranges from hand tools to more advanced high-speed and semi-automatic cleaning equipment. Performs daily required maintenance on a variety of tools and equipment.

Maintains clean, organized, and stocked supply carts/closets, etc. Reports equipment repair and maintenance needs/concerns to supervisor. Mixes caustic and/or toxic chemicals to MSDS specifications to avoid improper use or exposure to self or others. Includes cleaning storage and operation areas.

Performs other duties related to cleaning or maintenance as assigned including working at similar tasks in another facility…