Description/Duties: 

The Valley Park School District is seeking a Full-time Custodian. The Custodian, under general supervision, will perform routine custodial duties and general maintenance tasks for a variety of buildings in order to maintain cleanliness, care, use, and access to facilities. The Custodian is an integral function in preserving the aesthetic presence, safety, and ease of access conducive to an educational environment.

EXAMPLES OF WORK PERFORMED:

• Clean and sanitize restrooms, cafeteria, office, and other locations as assigned in accordance with established procedures and standards. Keep these areas properly supplied with toilet paper, trash bags, paper towels, and other items.
• Perform high and low dusting. Polish furniture and metal fixtures.
• Sweep, mop and/or vacuum floors and rugs.
• Empty trash and recycle containers.
• Follow written and verbal instructions regarding the use of chemicals, supplies, and equipment. 
• Strip, neutralize, buff and apply floor finish. Vacuum and extract carpets. Operate hi-speed burnishers and low-speed polishers/scrubbers and bathroom pressure washers. Wash interior and exterior windows.
• Properly use and care for assigned hand and power equipment needed for the cleaning and preservation of floors, walls, windows, carpets, furniture, etc. 
• Set-up, take down and move furniture for cleaning and facility maintenance and, as necessary, for events. 
• Maintain the security of assigned keys and badges. Secure interior doors upon completion of cleaning assignments. Keep building entry doors secured during unoccupied and occupied hours. Observe and report suspicious activity.
• Conduct routine inspections and preventive maintenance of custodial equipment.
• Be accountable for assigned equipment and submit requests for equipment repairs to the supervisor immediately.
• Maintain inventory of consumables such as chemicals and paper products and submit consumables order needs to the supervisor in a timely manner to avoid running out of stock.
• Remove snow and ice from building entrances and from walkways between buildings as well as between buildings and parking lots as needed.
• Assisting in the set-up and breakdown of special events equipment and cleanup afterward throughout the district as directed.
• Monitoring all assigned areas for conditions that require immediate attention i.e. plumbing problems, loss of heat or air conditioning, or any emergency situation.
• Respond immediately to emergency situations, and notify the maintenance supervisor as soon as possible.
• Completing minor maintenance or grounds keeping tasks in any district building as directed.
• Respond to and perform emergency functions, as required. Perform other related custodial and minor maintenance and repair work, as assigned by the supervisor.
• Other duties assigned by supervisor.  

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to take personal responsibility for the quality and timeliness of work and achieves results with little oversight.
• Earns others' trust and respect through consistent honesty and professionalism in all interactions. Skillfully promotes cooperation and commitment within a team to achieve goals and deliverables. Skillfully builds constructive working relationships characterized by a high level of acceptance, cooperation, and mutual respect by maintaining an open, approachable manner and treating others fairly and respectfully.
• Ability to adhere to all workplace and trade safety laws, regulations, standards, and practices.
• Adapts to changing business needs, conditions, and work responsibilities by responding positively to change, embracing and using new practices or values to accomplish goals and solve problems; coping well and helping others deal with the ongoing demands of change; seeing and showing others the benefits of change; recovering quickly from setbacks and finding alternative ways to reach goals and objectives.
• Skillfully maintains composure in stressful or adverse situations. Skillfully attends to details and pursues quality in accomplishing tasks.
• Ability to build and maintain customer satisfaction with custodial services. Ability to diplomatically handles challenging or intense interpersonal situations.
• Listens accurately and actively as well as communicates clearly and effectively with individuals and groups both verbally and in writing maintaining proper usage and grammar, and is able to review and critique the work of others.

Job Requirements:

• Requires prolonged standing and considerable walking on level surfaces as well as climbing up and downstairs and ladders (as needed). 
• Requires physical exertion to manually move, lift, carry, pull or push heavy objects or materials (50 pounds).
• Requires stooping, bending and reaching.
• Must work in noisy, stressful and crowded environments.
• Must work in and around chemical odors.
• Must follow district guidelines regarding dress code.
• Must work with cleaning chemicals, solvents and disinfectants.
• Requires the full range of motion with neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, back, torso, knees and ankles.
• Must work indoors and outdoors year-round.
• Regular and reliable attendance is a requirement of this position.

Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 am- 5:30 pm.

As a condition of employment, all new hires will be required to complete a FBI, State Highway Patrol and Children’s Division of the Department of Social Services background check.

Qualifications:

• Custodial experience strongly preferred. School Custodian experience preferred.
• Stable work history.
• Demonstrate aptitude/competency for assigned responsibilities.
• Demonstrates initiative, cooperation and enthusiasm.
• Ability to meet the requirements of the district’s custodian job description.

Benefits: Comprehensive Benefits Package. District provides the employee with Medical, Dental and Life Insurance coverage.

Optional: Vision and dependent coverage is available at employee's expense. 

FLSA status: Non-Exempt Work Calendar: 260 day calendar

Please understand in order to be considered as a candidate you must complete all steps in the application process. These steps include completing the online application, uploading your cover letter, resume, and contact information for 3 professional references.

Equal Opportunity Employer: It is the policy of the Valley Park School District not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, or disability in its programs or employment practices as required by Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.