What are the responsibilities and job description for the Custodian position at CHARLOTTE LATIN SCHOOL INC?
Job Details
Description
Charlotte Latin School is seeking a dependable and detail-oriented Custodian to join our Facilities team beginning in July 2025. This role maintains a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for our school community. The ideal candidate takes pride in their work, has a strong attention to detail, and enjoys contributing to a positive campus experience for students, employees, and visitors.
Key Responsibilities
As a Custodian, you will:
Cleaning and Maintenance
- Dust pictures, artwork, and other surfaces to maintain a polished appearance.
- Perform routine cleaning tasks, including sweeping, dust mopping, wet mopping, and vacuuming.
- Wipe and sanitize horizontal surfaces, walls, window sills, ledges, doors, and door frames.
- Empty wastebaskets, clean their interiors and exteriors, and transport trash and recyclables to disposal areas.
Specialized Cleaning
- Conduct machine cleaning, buffing, stripping, and refinishing of floors.
- Perform carpet extraction and bonnet cleaning to maintain fresh and hygienic carpets.
- Complete detailed cleaning and scrubbing in assigned areas as needed.
Safety and Inspections
- Inspect work areas to identify and address potential safety concerns.
- Report any immediate repair needs or supply shortages to the Supervisor promptly.
Event Support
- Assist the Special Events team with event setup and breakdown as needed.
General Duties
- Replenish cleaning and maintenance supplies to ensure readiness.
- Perform additional tasks and responsibilities as assigned by the Supervisor or School Administration.
Supervisory Responsibilities
None
Qualifications
Education and Experience
- High school diploma or GED; and two years of related experience, preferred.
- Experience in school cleaning or custodial work is highly desirable.
- Hold or be willing to obtain, at the School's expense, a CDL license.
Skills
- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
- Ability to write simple correspondence.
- Proficient in basic arithmetic operations, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
- Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.
- Ability to apply commonsense understanding to complete detailed written or oral instructions.
- Ability to work effectively with diverse populations
- Demonstrates reliability, accountability, and a strong work ethic.
- Adheres to the highest level of professionalism
- Maintain a philosophical alignment with our core values, which can be found on our website: www.charlottelatin.org, including a commitment to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion
Working Conditions and Environment
- Intermittently lift, carry, push, and pull up to 50 pounds.
- Continuously see, sit, balance, grasp, and have repetitive use of arms, wrists, hands, and fingers; and some fine finger dexterity.
- Frequently talk and hear.
- Intermittently stand, stoop, bend, twist, crouch, kneel, crawl, walk, climb stairs, step stools and ladders, operate foot and hand controls, squeeze, and reach above shoulders.
- Exposure to dust, chemicals, fumes, flammables, grease, dirt, stacked materials, electrical equipment, machinery, low to medium noise levels, and moderate indoor temperatures of heat and cold.
- Long or odd hours, as needed.
- Individuals must also be able to safely operate a golf cart or similar vehicle.