2024-2025 Custodian, Head Strand - Blacksburg High School

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Head Strand Custodian

SY 2024-2025

Blacksburg High School

The Head Custodian is responsible for supervising the custodial staff and maintaining the cleanliness of the facilities. They assign duties and responsibilities, and ensure that each shift completes work assignments. In addition, they ensure that the rest of the custodian staff is well versed in proper handling of all chemicals and machinery. Additionally, Head Custodians are responsible for all paperwork, such as inventories, budgets, and activity sheets.

LICENSURE, EDUCATION, AND EXPERIENCE:

Licensure/Certifications:

• Valid Virginia driver’s license

Education:      

• High school diploma or equivalent, or a passing score on the MCPS literacy test

Experience:     

• Two years experience in custodial or general maintenance work
• Experience reading and applying basic operating instructions for custodial equipment
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to maintain an unquestionable degree of confidentiality
• Ability to multi-task, work with interruptions, and work under pressure
• Ability to be dependable and punctual

Desirable:

• Previous supervisory experience

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Supervisory Duties

• Assigns duties to each shift
• Adheres to team cleaning approach
• Trains custodians to perform job in a safe and productive manner
• Teach employees about product safety features
• Communicates with staff through the use of a 2-way radio
• Maintains grounds
• Receives shipments
• Mediates problems which may arise between the custodial staff and other school personnel
• Makes a daily inspection in order to be aware of any maintenance work, which must be addressed before school begins
• Sets a schedule for when areas must be cleaned
• Evaluates employees
• Resets time clock when necessary
• Responds first when the burglar alarm is sounded
• Inspects equipment closets to ensure they are stocked

Custodial Duties

• Ensures building is prepared for occupation (e. g. heat on, doors unlocked, and the building is clean)
• Prepares building for after-hours events
• Maintains safe environment during inclement weather (e. g. shovels walks and lays out extra rubber mats)
• Replaces burned out light bulbs
• Maintains lockers in working condition
• Sets new locker combinations at the beginning of each school year
• Delivers shipments to appropriate people
• Marks sports fields
• Keeps loading dock clean
• Fixes broken furniture
• Raises and lowers the flag, as necessary
• Installs pencil sharpeners
• Lifts heavy items for kitchen workers
• Repairs kitchen equipment when possible
• Follows up on repairs being completed by outside personnel
• Ensures playing fields are watered during the summer

Administrative Duties

• Ensures employee time cards are properly punched
• Maintains quality inspection sheets to ensure work is being properly completed
• Schedules equipment needed from the library
• Completes inventory of supplies, equipment, and furniture
• Completes activity sheets
• Prepares an annual budget
• Prepares long-range plans for building maintenance and repair
• Documents leave for employees
• Completes time sheets for hourly workers
• Documents absences of hourly workers
• Turns in employee payroll sheets on time
• Maintains a log of work requests (e. g. who requested, who was assigned, and when work was completed)

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Ability to sit, stand, walk, bend, squat, kneel, twist, use a ladder, and reach for extended periods of time
• Ability to communicate effectively – use of expressive and receptive skills
• Lift or carry materials up to 40 pounds
• Ability to push or pull or exert force frequently
• Ability to maintain composure during stressful situations
• Must possess physical and mental capability for the sole supervisory responsibility of public school students

SALARY:  $36,383.68 - $70,898.14 annually, with benefits; commensurate with experience and prorated to start date

FLSA: Non-Exempt

Closing Date:  Open until filled

BENEFITS:

Anthem Medical Plans - Multiple options available for comprehensive medical and prescription coverage 

Ameritas Vision Plan - Coverage includes eye exams, lenses, frames, and contact lenses

Delta Dental Plan - FREE Delta Dental coverage for employees, spouses, and families

Carilion EAP - FREE Confidential Employee Assistance Program providing support for mental health, legal, financial concerns, and crisis support available to employees and their families

Generous Employee Leave Benefits - MCPS offers leave benefits for PT and FT employees, including paid sick leave, personal leave, funeral leave, and annual leave. Employees can also join a sick leave bank for extended medical absences, and earn wellness leave.

Virginia Retirement System (VRS) - Full-time employees are eligible for the VRS and enrolled in Group Life Insurance at no cost. MCPS contributes a certain percentage to your individual retirement account. 

Employee Sick Leave Bank - Employees earning sick leave may elect to join our Sick Leave Bank which allows employees to access days in the event of a catastrophic or long term illness when the employee has exhausted all other leave available.

You may visit the link below for quick access to your employee benefits portal page. Look around to find your offered policy information, claim forms, search for a provider, and more.

https://mymarkiii.com/mcpsva/

EEO Statement:

The Montgomery County School Board is an equal opportunity employer, committed to nondiscrimination in recruitment, selection, hiring, pay, promotion, retention, or other personnel action affecting employees or candidates for employment. Therefore, discrimination in employment against any person on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, political affiliation, status as a veteran, and genetic information (including family medical history) is prohibited. Personnel decisions shall be based on merit and the ability to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, when necessary. The Montgomery County School Board shall provide facilities, programs and activities that are accessible, usable and available to qualified disabled persons. Further, the Montgomery County School Board shall not discriminate against qualified disabled persons in the provision of health, welfare and other social services

The following persons have been designated to handle inquiries regarding non-discrimination policies:

Director of Human Resources and Assistant Director of Human Resources

750 Imperial Street, SE, Christiansburg, VA 24073

(540) 382-5100

Salary : $36,384 - $70,898