Lead Custodian and Maintenance Worker
Lead Custodian and Maintenance Worker
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05-04-2025
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Hourly Salary
$ 26 - 29
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1 Vacancy
Posted on :
05-04-2025
Job Description
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 handson 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 fulltime 40 hours per week) and nonexempt position. The generally schedule is Monday to Friday 12:309:30pm 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 daytoday 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 highquality 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 setups 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.
Skills and Qualifications:
- 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
- Proficiency in English is required; Knowledge of Mandarin or Cantonese is a plus.
- Able to take the initiative to independently resolve campus facility issues as they arise.
Physical Requirements and Work Environment
- Ability to exert heavy physical effort be able to lift push pull or carry equipment and materials weighing 50 pounds or more; may occasionally involve heavier objects and materials weighing up to 100 pounds.
- Tasks involve the regular and at times sustained performance of moderately physically demanding work typically involving some combination of climbing and balancing stooping kneeling crouching crawling.
- Tasks are regularly performed with potential exposure to adverse environmental conditions such as strong odors fumes dusts wetness humidity machinery vibrations temperature and noise extremes disease pathogenic substances and toxic/poisonous agents.
Start your application here: PKS Lead Custodian (link to application)
Compensation
PKS offers a competitive compensation package commensurate with qualifications and experience:
- Pay range is from $26.50 $29.00 per hour.
- Health dental and vision fully covered for the employee.
- 403b match
- Wellness Program
- Employee Assistance Program
- Commuting support of up to $55 per month.
- 16 paid holidays per year
- Vacation accrual of 15 days per year
Presidio Knolls School offers equal opportunity to all and does not discriminate on the basis of race color and national origin ethnicity age sex or disability or other protected class status under any applicable laws. Employment will be contingent on successful completion of a background check.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
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