Client: State of TN/TN School Blind
Job ID: 64928
Job Title: Custodial Worker (Shift 2)
Location: 115 Stewarts Ferry Pike Nashville Tennessee 37214
Estimated Duration: 10/20/2025 - 12/19/2025
Onsite
Description
General Description:
- The Tennessee School for the Blind (TSB) is seeking a dependable and detail-oriented Custodial Service Worker to maintain a clean safe and sanitary environment for students staff and visitors. This position plays a vital role in supporting the health and wellness of our visually impaired student population by ensuring that all facilities are maintained to the highest standard of cleanliness and safety.
- Second shift 2pm 11pm Monday Friday
Minimum Qualification:
- High school diploma or GED equivalent; no previous experience required.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Performs general routine custodial duties to include dusting mopping vacuuming cleaning restrooms and restocking paper and soap supplies.
- Performs routine maintenance to custodial equipment and supplies.
- Empties trash receptacles disposes trash into dumpsters and bags trash for proper disposal.
- Unlocks doors ensuring doors are locked after cleaning areas.
- Reports need and concerns to appropriate staff which may include submitting or recommending work orders and checking supply levels.
- Ensure proper care in the use and maintenance of equipment and supplies; promotes continuous improvement of workplace safety and environmental practices.
- Assists in on-the-job training of new staff on routine procedures.
- Performs cleaning functions specific to the assigned facilities and/or based on seasonal/project requirements.
- May provide vendors with access to areas for cleaning and may answer basic questions. May report issues with vendors to supervisors.
- May assist or perform snow removal activities and minor maintenance such as replacing light bulbs adjusting furniture or other similar activities.
- Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
Knowledge Skills & Abilities:
Knowledge:
- Knowledge of standard cleaning procedures chemicals and equipment.
- Understanding of safety practices related to custodial work (e.g. proper lifting techniques chemical safety use of personal protective equipment).
- Familiarity with basic maintenance and sanitation standards in school or institutional environments.
- Awareness of and sensitivity to working in an educational setting with students who are blind or visually impaired.
Skills:
- Ability to operate custodial equipment such as vacuum cleaners buffers floor scrubbers and carpet extractors.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain cleanliness standards consistently.
- Ability to manage time effectively and prioritize tasks with minimal supervision.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills when interacting with staff students and supervisors.
- Ability to follow written and oral instructions and maintain routine records as required.
- Dependability reliability and strong work ethic.
Ability
- Basic ability to build relationships with students colleagues and parents and to provide individualized support and feedback.
- Basic ability to analyze problems identify solutions and adapt to changing circumstances.
- Advanced ability to understand and interpret codes policies regulations and laws age-appropriate activities lesson planning child development stages and behavior management techniques.
- Intermediate ability to operate necessary tools and machinery for work tasks.
- Basic ability to collaborate with others in various situations interpreting data through specific yet varied methods and using standardized procedures to operate equipment.
- Intermediate ability to problem solve.
- Basic ability to build and maintain relationships.
- Basic ability to work flexible hours and adapt to shifting work demands.
- Basic ability to demonstrate tact and patience.
- Intermediate ability to keep confidential information.
- Basic ability to interact with a variety of people and/or teams handle different types of data for various purposes and use specialized equipment related to the job.
Additional Information:
- Selected applicants must verify experience/highest degree held.
- TSB is a non-smoking facility in its entirety.
- The selected applicant must comply with the State of Tennessee Employee Drug-Free Workplace Policy and other policies.
- Selected applicants will be required to submit to and pass a TBI/FBI background check to include Tennessee and Federal criminal history checks child abuse records employment verification and professional/personal reference checks.
Background Verification
- Selected applicant(s) will be required to submit to and pass a TBI/FBI background check and fingerprinting to include Tennessee and Federal criminal history checks child abuse records employment verification and professional/personal reference checks.
- **Please note that due to the position being at a school any discrepancies in the background check or fingerprinting report will result in the candidate being disqualified from consideration.