HS/EHS - Custodian/Food Transporter
About The Position
Action pact is a community action agency focused on improving lives and communities. The full-time Custodian/Food Transporter performs custodial and maintenance duties to help keep the center safe, clean, and sanitary, and transports food between classrooms and the food preparation site. The position is based at Atkinson Head Start, 245 School Road, Willacoochee, Georgia 31650. The listed hiring range is $14.72–$15.09 (actual) and $12.80–$13.12 (prorate). The application deadline is 11/16/2026. The role includes cleaning and maintaining the building and grounds, managing custodial supplies and equipment, reporting hazards and repair needs, and interacting professionally with staff, visitors, and children. Food transporter duties include delivering food to and from classrooms, helping serve meals and clean up, and following food-service health and safety procedures.
Requirements
- At least a high school diploma or GED.
- Experience is preferred.
Nice To Haves
- Experience.
Responsibilities
- Sweep, mop, scrub, and wax hallways, stairs, offices, classrooms, walls, and other building areas.
- Empty trash receptacles, bag trash for proper disposal, and decontaminate receptacles.
- Move, rearrange, and dust furniture and fixtures.
- Secure areas after completing cleaning duties.
- Receive and distribute shipments.
- Maintain, mix, and distribute supplies as necessary.
- Track custodial-supply inventory and restock supplies throughout the facility.
- Clean and wax floors using industrial-size mops or machines; strip and polish floors using buffing machines.
- Mix or blend routine cleaning solutions to the proper concentrations for assigned tasks.
- Treat staff, visitors, and children with professional respect.
- Wash blinds, windows, and walls with prescribed solutions.
- Sweep sidewalks, porches, and tiled surfaces.
- Use a wet/dry vacuum to clean and shampoo carpeted areas.
- Make simple or temporary repairs to broken furniture and equipment.
- Maintain equipment and report needs for painting or minor building or equipment repairs to the supervisor.
- Replace light bulbs.
- Perform daily playground checks when assigned and report safety hazards to the supervisor.
- Fold and issue clothing and linen when assigned.
- Cut grass, trim shrubs, water plants, clear debris, and perform other grounds duties when assigned.
- Perform custodial duties needed to maintain cleanliness and sanitary conditions and upkeep of the building and grounds.
- Notify the Lead Teacher or Center Coordinator when unsupervised children are detected.
- Care for and account for assigned assets, including maintaining inventory and records.
- Perform all duties safely and professionally.
- Promote parent and community volunteers and actively seek in-kind donations.
- Transport food to and from classrooms.
- Assist with serving meals and cleaning up after meals.
- Return utensils and serving materials to the preparation site.
- Know portion guidelines for meals served to enrollees and staff.
- Follow designated health and safety procedures, including washing hands and wearing gloves and a hair net.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Paid time off and sick leave accruing from day one.
- 15 paid holidays.
- Monday–Friday work week.
- Low-cost medical insurance.
- Free employee dental and vision insurance.
- Free life insurance up to two times salary.
- Free long-term disability.
- Retirement plan eligibility from day one.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
