Lead Custodian and Maintenance Worker

Lead Custodian and Maintenance Worker

Job Description
The Lead Custodian and Maintenance Worker will be a key member of the facilities team, ensuring the campus is maintained at a high standard of cleanliness and remains safe sanitary for children. This role combines hands-on custodial work with leadership responsibilities, including supervising and mentoring custodial staff, assigning tasks and ensuring that maintenance and cleaning operations are completed efficiently and to high standard.

The role is supervisory, but also the individual is expected to accomplish cleaning and maintenance tasks as part of the team.

This is full-time (40 hours per week) and non-exempt position. The generally schedule is Monday to Friday 12:30-9:30pm, with occasional flexibility required for morning and afternoon shifts based on the needs of the school, plus some weekend overtime available during scheduled school events. This reports to the Director of Operations & Technology, or Head of School designee.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Lead and coordinates the day-to-day work of a group of custodians, the custodial team, assigning tasks and providing guidance to ensure timely completion of all cleaning and maintenance activities
• Oversee campus buildings, facilities, grounds, and equipment, ensuring routine cleaning, maintenance, and organization.
• Collaborate with Facilities Team (with CFOO & Director of Operations & Technology) to prioritize and address maintenance needs.
• Assists in training custodians in proper cleaning methods and procedures
• Monitors the maintenance list and takes action to ensure work orders are completed promptly.
• Resolve plumbing, electrical, furniture assembly, general repairs on site.
• Monitor work orders and delegate tasks to team members or coordinate with external vendors when necessary.
• Removes and disposes of trash and waste.
• Performs custodial tasks such as emptying and cleaning waste receptacles, washing windows, wiping down doors, tables, chairs, dusting furniture, cleaning vents, fans, walls and floors in classrooms, bathrooms, office areas and all common areas.
• Regularly performs deep cleaning and maintenance tasks such as cleaning carpets, sanitizing toys (indoor and outdoor) and other major projects.
• Regular sweeping of external school walkways and raking sand pits.
• Notifies school administration of any needed repairs or equipment failure that cannot be managed by the PKS custodian team.
• Responsible for maintaining the organization and cleanliness of storage areas, as well as managing and tracking the supply inventory.
• Regularly inspects the campus for potential safety hazards or needed repairs and take corrective action or notify Facilities Team.
• Complies with all cleaning requirements and biohazard sanitation standards as required by Child Care Licensing regulations.
• Responds to emergency situations in order to confine, resolve or prevent injurious or otherwise hazardous conditions.
• Foster a supportive and efficient work environment, encouraging team members to take pride in their work and achieve high-quality results.
• Stores and shelves equipment and other supplies in conformance with various local, state, federal, and district rules and regulations; maintains equipment in a safe operating condition.
• Moves and rearranges chairs, tables, desks, stage, and other furniture and equipment for special events and facility set-ups, according to specifications; sees that rooms are restored to normal conditions afterwards.
• Inspects campus facilities for the purpose of ensuring that the site is suitable for safe operations, maintained in an attractive and clean condition, and/or identifying necessary repairs due to vandalism, equipment breakage, weather, conditions, etc.
• Other tasks as they arise and asked from time to time.

• Equivalent to the completion of high school diploma or GED is preferred.
• Three years prior experience in custodial work, with evidence of increasing responsibility over the work of others.
• Knowledge of methods, materials, chemicals, disinfectants, safety practices and equipment used in custodial work, and safety factors in the operation of equipment and materials.
• Strong ability to assign tasks, supervise and mentor team members effectively.
• Ability to troubleshoot facilities problems as they arise.
• Past experience working with and coordinating a team of custodians.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding and to carry out instructions.
• Ability to communicate effectively and clearly with team members, school staff and leadership.
• Must have a "can do attitude" with an ability to roll up their sleeves and do what is required to get the job done.
• Take pride in their work with excellent attention to detail and focus on quality of work.
• Ability to work in a school environment, needs to be able to pass a Livescan background check before starting work
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