Description

Job Summary:

The Facilities Custodian maintains school cleanliness to ensure full and productive use of campus facilities. This position works closely with the Director of Facilities, other staff, and leadership to ensure campuses and grounds remain safe, usable and a healthy environment for students, employees, and visitors. Varying shifts available.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Deliver equipment and supplies
• Clean restrooms and corridors as needed
• Set up and take down for all school-related activities and events
• Move furniture and equipment as needed
• Raise the United States Flag before school and retire the flag after school hours
• Report safety hazards and the need for major and minor repairs
• Sweep, vacuum, dust, and empty trash as needed
• Assist maintenance technicians
• Assist with securing the buildings
• Ensure all facilities activities support and conform to OSHA guidelines and school safety protocols
• Communicate effectively with all members of the school campuses and community
• React to change productively and handle other tasks as assigned
• Appropriately operate all equipment and machinery, as necessary
• Initiate work orders/requests
• Perform other related assigned duties

Requirements

Qualifications and Skills:

• Have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ that is a consistent testimony among others
• Faithfully attend and financially support a local church whose beliefs are in agreement with our school
• Agree to uphold Valley Christian’s Statement of Faith
• Ability to read and understand safety data sheets, materials, and training
• Must take OSHA related training as assigned
• Ability to use a vacuum, broom, mop
• Ability to work with power tools
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule including weekends and evenings
• Must have excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
• Ability to communicate effectively both written and verbally
• Ability to multi-task with organization skills
• Ability to exercise initiative and sound judgment and to react with discretion under varying conditions
• Ability to establish and maintain effective and appropriate relationships with outside vendors and businesses

Education and Experience:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Experience in custodial cleaning

Physical Requirements:

• Use a computer (visual and keyboarding)
• Able to remain in a stationary position (sitting or standing) 50% of the time
• Requires stooping, crouching, crawling, balancing, bending, turning, pushing, pulling, reaching and climbing stairs (2-story)
• Occasionally driving
• Continual walking throughout the campuses
• Visual acuity for diagnosing and repairing maintenance and mechanical problems
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 75 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move 70-100 pounds using safety measures to do so
• Working safely outdoors in varying temperatures
• Occasionally work in and around dust, fumes, and odors
• Use of hands, fingers, arms to reach, grip and maneuver objects
• Work in noisy and crowded school environment
• Able to work a flexible schedule including weekends and evenings when needed
• Must be able to respond quickly to sounds (fire/security alarms)
• Tempe campus - work around small children including sitting, standing, running and climbing stairs
• Tempe campus - able to lift and carry small children up to 40 pounds in case of emergency
• Frequent walking throughout the campus
• Must be able to travel in state between campuses, to vendors, and to related events