Evening Custodian

Reports to: Evening Custodial Supervisor

FLSA status: Non-exempt

Hours: 4:00 pm – 12:30 am

Location: All positions are in person

Salary: $26.20/hour. If you are assigned an early morning or night shift assignment you will receive a differential of $.25 per hour.

School Overview

Breck School is a preschool through twelve, coeducational college preparatory, Episcopal day school located in Golden Valley, Minnesota, with a national reputation for excellence and achievement in academics, athletics, and the arts. Our School’s Episcopal roots are lived through an unwavering commitment to equity, inclusion, and belonging where we respect the dignity of every human being. We prioritize lifelong learning and a commitment to the greater good.

We are a community of highly engaged and motivated students, faculty, staff, and school leaders focused on building trusting relationships and strong academic scholarship through a practice of bridging research to practice. Upon graduation, Breck students are prepared for a life of intellectual curiosity, self-knowledge, and social responsibility, matriculating to colleges and universities throughout the world.

Position Overview

The Evening Custodian has the responsibility of keeping our buildings functionally and aesthetically intact. The custodian ensures the buildings are clean, orderly, and well-maintained. To ensure success, the custodian will need to prioritize tasks and perform work with a commitment to excellence. This role also supports evening and weekend activities, assuring appropriate custodial support.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for cleanliness, orderliness and sanitation of the assigned area.

• Keeps the building and property in clean and orderly condition.

• Performs routine maintenance activities.

• Follows procedures for the use of chemical cleaners and power machinery to prevent damage to floors, fixtures, and self.

• Collaborating with contract cleaning services.

• Refer to the Routine Maintenance Activities List for an overview of duties.

Education and/or Experience

• High school graduates are preferred.

• Ability to follow oral and written directions, to write numbers and to count.

• Reading, and speaking knowledge of English.

• Previous experience in a school setting is preferred. On the job training received.

Competencies

• Professional demeanor across a variety of settings and audiences.

• Proactive, optimistic, and positive attitude.

• Good sense of humor, ability to smile; balanced perspective; patience.

• High degree of integrity and trustworthiness.

• Builds strong relationships with team members.

• Ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies and a diverse, multilingual workforce, with ability to communicate in Spanish preferred.

• Ability to be flexible and work under frequent interruptions while keeping up with the flow of work.

• Able and willing to work a flexible full-time schedule, including evenings and weekends.

• Ability to pass a pre-offer Physical Fitness Test.

• Ability and willingness to meet physical demands of the position:

• Dexterity necessary in use of fingers and hands.

• Extensive pushing, pulling, turning, stooping, bending, climbing, lifting, kneeling, squatting, reaching, walking and standing.

• Ability to lift and carry 50 pounds on a routine basis

Routine Maintenance Activities

• Cleans up after emergency spills and breakage.

• Cleans light fixtures.

• Cleans bathrooms and bathroom fixtures and ceramic tile.

• Collects and disposes of refuse.

• Dust mops floors.

• Dust and /or damp wipe all fixtures and furnishings.

• Dust ceilings.

• Dusts or cleans walls.

• Extraction cleans carpets.

• Hangs shower curtains and window drapes.

• Keeps the service closet and custodial cart clean and orderly.

• Keeps equipment clean and in working order.

• Moves furniture and equipment.

• Restocks paper and chemical supplies.

• Scrubs corridors with automatic scrubber.

• Scrubs and finishes floors.

• Shampoos carpets.

• Spot cleans walls.

• Spot mops floors.

• Spot cleans carpet.

• Spot finishes floors.

• Spot-checks bathrooms.

• Spot cleans ceilings.

• Spray buff or floors.

• Strip and finish floors.

• Vacuum vents.

• Vacuum rugs, runners and carpets.

• Clean trash cart.

• Clean windows inside and outside.

• Wet mops floors.

• Other duties as assigned.