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Custodian

King's College
Wilkes Barre, PA Full Time
POSTED ON 11/5/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/4/2025
**Classification**

Non-Exempt, Full-Time, 12-month

**Department/Division**

Facilities/Business Affairs

**Reports To**

Facilities Nightshift Manager

**Shift**

Monday-Friday 4pm-12:30am

Sunday-Thursday 4pm-12:30am

Tuesday-Saturday 4pm-12:30am

**About King's**

King's College is a Catholic institution of higher education animated and guided by the Congregation of Holy Cross. King's pursues excellence in teaching, learning, and scholarship through a rigorous core curriculum, major programs across the liberal arts and sciences, nationally accredited professional programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and personal attention to student formation in a nurturing community.

We offer competitive total rewards, tuition remission for employees and their dependents, 403(b) plans, and generous paid-time-off and holidays. Our culture is driven by our commitment to our mission, our community and our friendly, knowledgeable faculty and staff.

**EEO Statement**

King's College does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factors. We celebrate diversity by fostering a welcoming and inclusive environment where each member of King's College feels respected with a sense of belonging.

**Job Summary**

This position involves the performance of routine building and cleaning duties, snow removal, regular maintenance and other tasks as assigned by the designated supervisor. Examines locations for safety hazards and corrects or reports deficiencies as needed.

**Essential Elements and Success Metrics**

  • Cleans and sanitizes all public areas, offices, baths, and shower rooms.
  • Dusts chairs, tables, and room furnishings.
  • Washes windows, walls, and woodwork.
  • Sweeps, mops, strips, and waxes floors; Vacuums and cleans carpeted areas.
  • Empties room wastebaskets, removes trash from buildings.
  • Make minor repairs to buildings, equipment, furniture, fixtures, and painting as needed.
  • Changes lightbulbs and unclogging pipes as needed.
  • Responsible for setting up and taking down chairs and tables for special events throughout the year.
  • Polices litter on campus.
  • Identifies and corrects safety concerns on campus relative to slip, trip, and fall hazards. Reports hazardous conditions that cannot be rectified alone to a supervisor.
  • Responsible for snow removal and ice maintenance during inclement weather situations.
  • Considered Essential Personnel
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

**Required Skills, Training, and Experience**

  • Demonstrated ability to work independently and within teams with little direct supervision.
  • Ability to understand and follow oral or written directions.
  • Demonstrates dependability and strong work ethic.
  • Regular lifting of up to 30lbs., squatting, bending, pushing, pulling, and climbing steps and ladders.
  • Detail-oriented and thorough.
  • Proven ability to interact with staff, faculty, students, parents and visitors with courtesy and professionalism.

**Physical Conditions**

Ability to lift 30 pounds on a regular basis. 50-70 on occasion. Ability to sit, stand, walk, climb, reach for extended periods of time. Ability to work outdoors during inclement weather conditions including extreme temperatures and other harsh climate conditions.

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