Custodian

Buchanan Community Schools • Buchanan, MI

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Buchanan Community Schools is hiring a full-time, second-shift Custodian for its 2026–27 fiscal year. The position is a 52-week role responsible for cleaning and maintaining school buildings and surrounding areas to help provide a safe, clean environment for students and staff. The schedule may involve rotating weekend shifts. The position starts as soon as possible and pays $16.55 per hour. The Custodian reports to the Custodial Coordinator.

The role includes routine cleaning, floor and carpet care, trash removal, restroom and locker-room servicing, light maintenance, equipment care, and building security. The Custodian also assists visitors, supports other custodial and operations staff, and responds to immediate, unusual, or emergency needs. Other appropriate duties may be assigned.

Applicants should have a high school diploma or GED; custodial experience is preferred. The job involves frequent walking, continuous standing, bending, reaching, stooping, kneeling, and crouching; frequent lifting or moving of items weighing up to 50 pounds and occasional lifting or moving of items up to 90 pounds; and sometimes pushing or pulling equipment or furnishings. Work is regularly indoors and occasionally outdoors, in high temperatures, on slippery surfaces, and around toxic or caustic chemicals. The work environment is usually moderately noisy.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED; preferred.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos, and to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small-group situations to customers, students, or other employees.
• Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers.
• Ability to use common-sense understanding to follow detailed but basic written or oral instructions and address problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to work in a friendly manner with coworkers and students, take direction, and work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to perform duties with awareness of District requirements and Board of Education policies.
• Ability to handle complex and stressful issues or situations with sound judgment, common sense, and a calm demeanor.
• Good communication skills, punctual work habits, and reliable attendance.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the job, including frequent lifting or moving of up to 50 pounds, occasional lifting or moving of up to 90 pounds, and sometimes pushing or pulling items.
• Ability to work from ladders and/or scaffolding.
• Required vision abilities include close vision, depth perception, peripheral vision, and color vision.

Nice To Haves

• Custodial experience.

Responsibilities

• Sweep or shovel snow from steps, ramps, and walks at building entrances, and salt icy areas as necessary.
• Clean and preserve designated building spaces, equipment, and surfaces.
• Assist visitors using school facilities by providing directions or helping obtain and set up needed equipment or materials.
• Restock disposable items and provide the supervisor with inventory usage data.
• Help maintain safe working conditions in the building and on the grounds.
• Respond to immediate custodial needs requested by the building administrator.
• Assist with unusual or emergency assignments as needed to support District operations.
• Maintain custodial equipment in satisfactory working condition and operate equipment needed for assigned tasks.
• Assist with unloading and distributing materials.
• Work cooperatively with other custodians and personnel.
• Sweep, mop, and scrub floors and other surfaces; clean, renovate, and renew floor finishes.
• Clean and dust furniture, exhibit cases, fixtures, windows, doors, trim, and related furnishings.
• Clean chalkboards, whiteboards, chalk rails, and erasers; wash or clean light fixtures and replace bulbs or tubes as necessary.
• Paint as assigned.
• Move furniture, supplies, and miscellaneous equipment.
• Collect, bag, and dispose of trash.
• Lock classroom and office doors and windows at the end of the day and turn off unnecessary lighting.
• Clean and service lavatories, toilet rooms, and locker rooms.
• Wash interior and exterior glass, including framed pictures, partitions, and doors.
• Report items requiring repair.
• Follow the written work schedule and coordinate work with the lead Operations Utility Coordinator and Operations Supervisor.
• Guard property against fire, theft, and illegal entry, and maintain building security each school day.
• Work from ladders and/or scaffolding as needed.
• Vacuum, spot clean, and extract carpet as necessary.
• Perform assigned duties in a way that contributes to the safety and well-being of students, staff, and buildings.
• Perform custodial and operations duties assigned by supervisors.
• Maintain regular, reliable, and punctual attendance.
• Remain free of alcohol or nonprescribed controlled-substance abuse in the workplace throughout employment.

Benefits

• Single insurance benefits for full-time staff after a 90-day probation period.
• Sick leave: one day per month, up to 12 days total; the first three days are given after the 90-day probation period.
• Two personal days.
• Three bereavement days.
• Five vacation days after the first full year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED