High School Director of Facilities, Maintenance, and Custodial Services

High School Director of Facilities, Maintenance, and Custodial Services

Location:

Lancaster Catholic High School

Date Posted: 5/8/2026

Position Type:
Administration/ Director of Facilities Maintenance and Custodial Services

The Facilities Manager is a twelve-month salaried position with benefits, responsible for organizing, administering, and leading a comprehensive program of maintenance and custodial services for the entire Lancaster Catholic High School campus, including academic and athletic facilities. The role ensures that all buildings, grounds, equipment, and furnishings are maintained efficiently and economically to provide students, staff, and the broader community with clean, safe, attractive, and healthy environments for learning, work, and engagement.

The Facilities Manager oversees the planning, direction, participation, and supervision of all preventative and unplanned maintenance and repair activities, including painting, plumbing, carpentry, HVAC, and electrical work, while directly supervising maintenance and custodial staff and fostering a productive, solutions-oriented team culture. Successful candidates will bring relevant facilities or building maintenance experience, strong technical expertise, proven leadership abilities, excellent interpersonal skills, and the ability to effectively resolve workplace challenges.

President, with collaborative accountability to the Principal.

All Facility Maintenance and Custodial Personnel.

• Lead, organize, manage, and supervise all maintenance and custodial operations of the High School in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, and Diocesan policies and procedures.
• Implement a multi-year Comprehensive Maintenance Plan that is both corrective and preventative for the upkeep of all facilities, grounds, and the major facilities systems (HVAC, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, and structural) of the school.
• Provide an efficient work order system for repairs of facilities and equipment that ensures that all maintenance and repairs are completed in a timely fashion, and provide regular work order status reports to the Administrator.
• Recommend facility improvement and modernization to improve the systems, equipment, and facilities of the school.
• Recommend policies and regulations dealing with facilities.
• Develop a custodial services plan that outlines the tasks of and expectations for custodial & maintenance employees, indicating a detailed daily and periodic schedule for cleaning and simple repairs of the facilities. Establish and implement an effective summer and non-school day program of specialized cleaning and repairs.
• Recruit and select custodial & maintenance staff.
• Undertake a written evaluation process of all custodial & maintenance staff. Recommend the continued employment, discipline, or dismissal of all custodial and maintenance personnel.
• Develop and supervise work and vacation schedules for all custodial and maintenance personnel, including substitutes.
• Monitor and approve time records of all maintenance and custodial personnel, and approve overtime using established procedures and budgets.
• Maintain a program of safety, accident prevention, and health maintenance for all employees, including safe and proper use of equipment, vehicles, and materials, identification and prevention of hazards, prevention of accidents and injuries, and air quality controls, including environments where asbestos-containing materials may be present. Work cooperatively with administration and community agencies to ensure that high standards of health, sanitation, and safety are maintained throughout the school's facilities and grounds.
• Provide a regular program of staff development to promote cleanliness, efficiency, effective procedures, communication skills, work attitudes, and ethics.
• Provide and monitor a system of regular building, equipment, and grounds inspections to meet all federal, state, and local requirements.
• Conduct regular inspections of all school facilities, grounds, and equipment to ensure that high standards for cleanliness, attractiveness, and…