Evening Custodian, On-Call

The Harker School•San Jose, CA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Harker School seeks a part-time, on-call Custodian to maintain the cleanliness, interior appearance, health, and safety of assigned school buildings. The work includes routine janitorial duties, campus event setups, annual school-term startup activities, and cleaning assignments during student vacations. The position’s hours are 2:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. The Custodian performs scheduled cleaning, prepares and restores rooms for special events, maintains assigned equipment and storage areas, and uses cleaning chemicals safely. The role requires physical activity including standing, walking, lifting and carrying, pushing and pulling, and climbing ladders, scaffolds, and roofs. The school’s mission is to educate students for success at college and beyond while fostering kindness, respect, integrity, intellectual curiosity, personal accountability, and love of learning.

Requirements

Communicate effectively in spoken English.
Hear individuals, groups, telephone and intercom communications, public-address announcements, and emergency signals.
See and read safety notices.
Lift and carry items weighing up to 50 pounds to a height of 4 feet and for a distance of up to 25 feet.
Push and pull 250 pounds up to 100 feet on a platform-type cargo dolly.
Climb ladders, scaffolds, and roofs.
Demonstrate effective eye-hand and foot-hand-eye coordination.
Tolerate the job’s aerobic activities, including constant standing, walking, and grasping; frequent crouching, turning or twisting, and bending; and occasional sitting, kneeling, driving, climbing, reaching, handling, fingering, and throwing.
Have experience operating vacuums, buffers, carpet extractors, and other powered floor-cleaning equipment.
Understand safe handling techniques for related cleaning chemicals.
Be able to operate building security alarm systems.
Follow safe work practices, with particular attention to safe lifting, ladder safety, hand- and power-tool safety, and proper use of personal protective equipment.

Responsibilities

Perform regularly scheduled cleaning activities in assigned campus buildings.
Clean restrooms daily.
Empty common-area and restroom trash daily.
Vacuum or sweep office areas daily.
Vacuum or sweep classroom floors according to the daily room-rotation schedule.
Shampoo carpets or buff and wax hard floors as needed.
Change burned-out light bulbs daily.
Promptly report safety issues or building repair needs to the supervisor as needed.
Assist with special-event setups and strike-downs as directed.
Set up rooms for special events as directed.
Strike special-event room setups as directed.
Maintain the cleanliness and organization of assigned equipment and storage areas.
Keep cleaning equipment in good working condition and promptly request equipment repairs.
Store and use chemicals safely according to the Chemical Management Policy.
Perform related duties as required or assigned.
Ensure the work area is clean, secure, and well-maintained.