Elizabethton High School Lead Custodian

Job Description: EHS Lead Custodian

Reports to: Principal or Director in Assigned Area

Last Revised: 2026

Job Summary

To provide leadership and supervision of custodial operations to ensure that school buildings, facilities, and grounds are maintained in a safe, clean, sanitary, attractive, and operational condition that supports a positive learning and working environment for students, employees, and visitors.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by employees in this job. Employees may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

1. Supervises, coordinates, and monitors the daily activities of custodial personnel to ensure the effective and efficient maintenance of school facilities.
2. Assigns work responsibilities, establishes priorities, and coordinates custodial schedules to ensure appropriate coverage of assigned facilities and activities.
3. Inspects buildings, classrooms, restrooms, offices, hallways, common areas, and grounds to ensure established cleanliness, sanitation, and safety standards are maintained.
4. Provides direction, training, and support to custodial employees regarding proper cleaning procedures, equipment operation, workplace safety, and job performance expectations.
5. Monitors employee performance, provides constructive feedback, and makes recommendations to the appropriate supervisor regarding performance improvement and personnel evaluations.
6. Coordinates custodial coverage for school activities, athletic events, extracurricular programs, and other scheduled facility uses.
7. Supervises and coordinates summer cleaning projects including floor stripping and waxing, carpet cleaning, locker repairs, furniture movement, and other assigned projects.
8. Assists with employee attendance records, timekeeping, payroll documentation, and other required personnel records in accordance with district procedures.
9. Performs custodial duties as necessary, including cleaning classrooms, restrooms, offices, hallways, windows, floors, and other assigned areas.
10. Ensures floors, carpets, furniture, fixtures, and equipment are properly cleaned and maintained using appropriate methods and equipment.
11. Maintain school grounds, sidewalks, entrances, driveways, parking areas, and recreational areas in a clean, orderly, and safe condition.
12. Coordinates and performs assigned groundskeeping duties, including removal of litter, debris, snow, and ice as necessary.
13. Performs minor building and equipment repairs within the scope of assigned responsibilities and reports maintenance concerns requiring specialized services.
14. Collaborates with maintenance personnel to support the efficient operation of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, including assigned preventive maintenance tasks and filter replacement.
15. Assists with moving furniture, equipment, supplies, and materials as needed for instructional activities, school events, and facility operations.
16. Identifies facility deficiencies, safety hazards, and needed repairs and promptly communicates concerns through established reporting and work-order procedures.
17. Maintains accurate inventories of custodial supplies, cleaning products, equipment, and materials and submits requisitions for necessary replacements.
18. Ensures custodial equipment is properly operated, maintained, cleaned, and stored.
19. Follows and reinforces all district safety procedures, workplace safety requirements, and applicable local, state, and federal regulations.
20. Demonstrates professionalism, dependability, initiative, sound judgment, and effective interpersonal skills in interactions with students, employees, families, and visitors.
21. Maintains confidentiality of student, employee, and district information encountered while performing assigned duties.
22. Communicates effectively with school administrators, maintenance personnel, custodial employees, and other stakeholders regarding facility needs and operational concerns
23. Performs other job-related duties as assigned by the principal or supervisor.

Qualifications

• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
• Demonstrates dependability, integrity, and a positive work ethic.
• Maintains a neat, clean, and professional appearance.
• Prior custodial or maintenance experience preferred.
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions and work independently.
• Willingness to be fingerprinted and complete a background check.

Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.