Custodian - Charlottesville High School (2025-2026)

Charlottesville City Schools•Charlottesville, VA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Custodian is responsible for maintaining an attractive, sanitary, and safe facility for students, staff, and the public. The custodian is also responsible for providing equipment and furniture for reserved meetings, classroom activities, and events, as well as minimizing property damage, loss, and liability exposure.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent is required.
Performing multiple, non-technical tasks with a potential need to upgrade skills in order to meet changing job conditions
Operating equipment used in industrial maintenance including electrical cleaning equipment, common tools, etc.
Adhering to safety practices
Knowledge of basic math skills including calculations using fractions, percents and/or ratios
Excellent written and oral communication
Ability to read and understand routine documents
Understand complex, multistep instructions
Knowledge of methods of industrial cleaning, safety practices and procedures
Ability to schedule activities, collate data, consider a number of factors when using equipment
Flexibility to work with others in a variety of circumstances
Work with data utilizing specific, defined processes
Operate equipment using a variety of standardized methods
Utilize a variety of job-related equipment
Problem solving is required to identify issues and create action plans and for use of equipment
Ability to adapt to changing work priorities
Communicate with diverse groups, meet deadlines and schedules, work as part of a team, work with constant interruptions

Nice To Haves

Previous job-related experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Arrange equipment and furnishings (e.g. furniture arrangements, bleachers, stages, etc.) to provide adequate arrangements for meetings, classroom activities, and events.
Assemble furniture and equipment to provide materials in usable form.
Assist other personnel, as may be required, to ensure an efficient and effective work environment.
Attend in-service trainings (e.g. bloodborne pathogens, cleaning solvents, floor care, first aid, etc.) to receive information on new and/or improved procedures.
Clean assigned facilities (e.g. offices, restrooms, corridors, carpets, windows, walls, boardroom area, conference rooms, etc.) to maintain a sanitary, safe, and attractive environment.
Communicate issues about safety and/or proper maintenance of facilities to supervisor, students, site staff, and others to provide information, obtain repairs, ensure safety and/or schedule special cleaning.
Deliver a variety of items (e.g. supplies, packages, furniture, etc.) to distribute materials to the appropriate parties.
Inform personnel regarding procedures and/or status of work orders to provide necessary information for making decisions, taking appropriate action and/or complying with health and safety regulations.
Inspect school or Division facilities to ensure that the site is suitable for safe operations, maintained in an attractive and clean condition, and/or identify/report necessary repairs due to vandalism, equipment breakage, weather conditions, etc.
Maintain supplies and equipment (e.g. cleaning solutions, paper products, vacuum, mops, etc.) to ensure the availability of items required to properly maintain facilities.
Perform minor maintenance and repairs (e.g. change light bulbs, replace washers, oil doors, etc.) to ensure safe and efficient use of facilities.
Perform other related duties as assigned to ensure the efficient and effective functioning of the work unit.
Prepare facilities for daily operations (e.g. opening gates, building access doors, disarming security systems, raising the flag, minor repairs, etc.) to ensure facilities are operational and safe for occupancy.
Repair furniture and equipment as may be required (e.g. faucets, toilets, replace lights, etc.) to ensure that items are available and in safe working condition.
Respond to immediate safety and/or operational concerns (e.g. facility damage, injured and ill students (day custodian), unauthorized persons, alarms, etc.) to take appropriate action to resolve immediate safety issues and maintain a functioning educational environment.
Secure facilities and grounds (e.g. lock doors, turn off lights, take down flags, etc.) to minimize property damage, equipment loss, and potential liability to the Division.