Granite School District is hiring: Journeyman Custodian in Salt Lake City

Please note that this posting closes at 3:00 pm on the date listed above. If you have questions regarding this position, please contact Travis Mehlhoff, Assistant Principal, at (385)-646-3070 or email tsmehlhoff@graniteschools.org

Job Title: Journey Custodian
Department: Custodial Department
Supervisor: Head Custodian / Principal
Salary Schedule: ESP (60) Lane Placement F
Contract Length: 12 months (243 Days)
FLSA Classification: Non-exempt
Last Review Date: June 2020

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodations.

Job Summary

Under the direction of supervisor, performs general cleaning and maintenance in school buildings and grounds, maintains equipment in functional condition, and provides cleaning and custodial assistance to students, staff, teachers, administrators, visitors, and others, as necessary.

Essential Functions

• Assists with routine maintenance of school and district buildings.
• Checks and secures building at the beginning and end of shift for the purpose of ensuring the safety and cleanliness of the building.
• Cleans rooms, hallways, cafeterias, restrooms, offices, stairways, and other areas of the building according to district standards.
• Washes walls, ceilings, woodwork, windows, doors, sills, touchpoints.
• Maintain, clean, and sanitize restrooms.
• Fills soap, paper towel, toilet paper, and other dispensers.
• Mop or runs auto scrubber.
• Extracts/bonnets carpets.
• Assist with floor refinishing.
• Removes garbage.
• Maintains grounds which includes mowing and edging lawns, removing snow, ice, debris, weeding, raking, watering, sweeping, etc.
• May remove graffiti and repair other acts of vandalism.
• Cleans up garbage, repairs furniture, lockers, doors, and small equipment.
• Performs minor repairs as able to windows, doors, switches desk, tables, equipment and appliances, sinks, toilets, blinds, etc.
• May assemble new equipment and furniture.
• Prepare and set up rooms for meetings and activities and cleans up afterwards.
• Maintain swimming pools including chemical maintenance according to outlined standards.
• Helps maintain and operate mechanical systems.
• Assist in restricting access by locking and unlocking doors.
• Involved with security of building after hours.
• Turns on/off security and locks/unlocks the building.
• Attend all required apprenticeship classes and complete demonstrations and competency logs.
• Performs duties in a manner to maintain an 80% or higher VEKTR inspection.

Non-Essential Functions

• Other duties as assigned

Required Knowledge and Skills

• Needs to know how to operate and maintain basic cleaning equipment, including but not limited to buffers, extractors, and auto scrubber.
• May perform minor adjustments to equipment.
• Must understand basic use of cleaning solvents and their proper application.
• Understanding of emergency procedures such as: shelter in place and lockdown protocols, fire and earthquake drills, building and grounds lay out for emergency shut offs and vandalism.
• Ability to follow oral and/or written requests from supervisor.
• Basic reading and math skills.

Required Education and Qualifications

High school diploma or equivalent.

Required Prior Experience

Requires a minimum of one (1) year of successful, full-time custodial or related experience.

Assigned Decision Making

Makes decisions concerning the best way to accomplish tasks assigned by supervisors.

Interactions With Others

Interacts positively with students, teachers, principals, custodians, and other district personnel.

Supervisory Responsibility

May supervise and provide assistance to hourly custodial employees.

Working Environment

Works inside and outside the building to accomplish assigned tasks.

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to speak and/or hear.
• Frequently required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, and crouch.
• Occasionally required to use hands to handle or feel and must occasionally climb or balance.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.
• Must be able to stand for long periods of time
• Must be able to lift and/or move up to 100 lbs.