Custodian

Department:

SOM Salina Administration

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Business Operations

Position Title:

Custodian

Job Family Group:

Professional Staff

Job Description Summary:

This role involves ensuring the application of appropriate cleaning methods and protocols to maintain cleanliness in offices, common areas, classrooms, labs, and various other spaces. Responsibilities include executing discretionary tasks and addressing requests, such as hanging pictures, fixing office furniture, arranging tables and chairs for events, and handling minor repairs and painting.

Job Description:

Job Duties:

Office, Meeting Rooms, and Restroom Maintenance

• Dust and clean exposed desks, chairs, tables, filing cabinets, bookcases, shelves, offices, lobbies, corridors, conference rooms, bathrooms, and other designated areas, including lab spaces.
• Replenish paper supplies in restrooms and other rooms as needed.
• Manage inventory of cleaning and paper supplies.
• Vacuum, shampoo carpets, and mop as assigned.
• Prepare room setups for meetings and other school functions.
• Check classrooms for proper room setup and make resets if necessary.

Cleaning

• Cleans and sanitizes walls, fixtures, partitions, glass, mirrors, and refill dispensers daily or as requested.

Trash and Recycling Removal

• Empties trash & recycling, replaces container liners, remove trash & recycling to proper dumpster for disposal, performs other assignments as requested by supervisor.

General Maintenance

• Install and/or hang items as requested
• Perform minor repairs and modifications to office furniture
• Conduct minor repairs on walls and prepare wall surfaces for paint
• Undertake other discretionary, project, or maintenance-related tasks as assigned.

Work Environment:

• Hours for this position are 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Move up to 20 pounds on a regular basis and 50 pounds occasionally with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Access cleaning spaces with or without reasonable accommodation.
• This position requires the use of cleaning chemicals.
• Respond to after-hours emergencies as needed.
• Work overtime as needed.

Required Qualifications:

Work Experience:

• Housekeeping or custodial experience.
• Knowledge of the materials, methods, and the practices used in housekeeping operations.
• Knowledge of the operation, use and care of vacuum cleaners, scrubbing machines, polishing machines, and other janitorial equipment.

Preferred Qualifications:

Work Experience:

• Experience in the maintenance or construction fields
• Custodial experience in large residential or commercial buildings
• Advanced training in custodial and high-volume cleaning operations
• Experience interacting with customers and/or the public

Skills:

• Communication

Required Documents:

• Resume

Comprehensive Benefits Package:

Coverage begins on day one for health, dental, and vision insurance and includes health expense accounts with generous employer contributions if the employee participates in a qualifying health plan. Employer-paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and various additional voluntary insurance plans are available. Paid time off, including vacation and sick, begins accruing upon hire, plus ten paid holidays. One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment, and paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment. A retirement program with a generous employer contribution and additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b) are available. https://www.kumc.edu/human-resources/benefits.html

Employee Type:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time

Rate Type:

Hourly

Compensation Statement:

The pay range listed for this position is determined by our compensation program using market data and salary benchmarking. A combination of factors is considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, education, experience and training, qualifications relative to the requirements of the position, and funding. At the University of Kansas Medical Center, a reasonable estimate for the starting pay range will be the minimum to midpoint of the posted range, taking into account the combination of factors listed above.

Pay Range:

$21.06 - $27.40

Minimum

$21.06

Midpoint

$24.23

Maximum

$27.40