Custodian

Position Type: Custodian, Classified, At-Will

Date Posted: April 3, 2025

Location: Gilpin County School, Black Hawk, CO 80422

Date Available: April 1, 2025

Qualifications/Job Description:

The Gilpin County School District RE-1 (GCSD) Facilities Services seeks a Custodian. This position assists and supports building and grounds maintenance and has custodial duties for the facility for the school and afterschool event needs.

The position is full-time Monday through Friday from 4 p.m. to 12 p.m. or Monday through Thursday from 2 p.m. to 12 p.m. GCSD is a four day school week.

Job Summary:

• Clean the assigned facility interior and exterior grounds area in compliance with all safety, health, and District rules and regulations.
• Complete the assigned custodial cleaning tasks for each shift.
• Attend to emergency maintenance and custodial needs during the shift.
• Support the facility use by external individuals, groups, or organizations who rent the facility and

grounds or internal personnel for extracurricular school activity events. Provide custodial services and building security personnel for the event as warranted. Collaborate with internal and external individuals and participants to support the event.

• Monitors safety and security of building and grounds and secures open and unlocked doors and windows.
• Remove exterior snow and ice at entrances and sidewalks. Mop hazardous wet interior floors during inclement weather.
• Other duties as assigned.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

D 15% Sanitize bathrooms. Restock bathroom supplies.

D 15% Clean tables, benches, chairs, and desks

D 10% Vacuum and clean carpets.

D 10% Clean and maintain tiled floors.

D 10% Dust and sanitize all room surfaces.

D 10% Collect and dispose of trash.

D 10% Maintain/deep clean carpet, furniture, and other school hardware.

D 5% Perform minor maintenance on building and custodial equipment.

D 5% Clean all glass surfaces.

D 3% Clean whiteboards.

A 2% Remove snow and ice from exterior entrances.

Ongoing 5% Perform other duties as assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING High school diploma or equivalent.

EXPERIENCE 0 – 2 years experience in custodial and maintenance work.

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, & EQUIPMENT Basic math, writing, and communication skills. Technical knowledge concerning maintenance and custodial topics including standard methods, materials, tools, and safety practices. Ability to operate and maintain all types of custodial equipment, hand tools, and snow removal equipment. Basic knowledge of health and safety codes, custodial chemicals, and OSHA requirements.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, & REGISTRATIONS Valid Colorado driver’s license preferred.

SUPERVISION/TECHNICAL RESPONSIBILITY Responsibilities include planning, assigning, and directing own work; addressing complaints and resolving problems. This position acts as a technical resource to sweepers regarding the proper methods, equipment, and materials used in their assignments.

JUDGMENT AND DECISION MAKING Work is assigned by the Facilities Manager. This position requires independent judgment to prioritize, analyze, and apply solutions to various maintenance, custodial, and repair problems. Additionally, this position requires independent judgment to plan, organize, schedule, and perform the set-up for a wide variety of extracurricular activities. Decision making requires collaboration with other custodial staff, school administration, school staff, and other Support Services personnel. Supervisor will assign work and be involved in decision making.

SAFETY TO SELF AND OTHERS High exposure to self to bruises due to power equipment. Medium exposure to self and others to the following: cuts due to scrapers and hand tools; chemical burns due to cleaning solutions, acids, and bleach; fractures due to slips and falls; and repetitive motion stress due to mopping, sweeping, and scrubbing. Low exposure to self and others to the following: hernia due to lifting heavy objects; disease due to cleaning bodily fluids; and loss of sight due to acids, bleach, and cleaning solutions.

The physical demands, work environment factors, and mental functions described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, and toxic or caustic chemicals. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions; risk of electrical shock; and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

MENTAL FUNCTIONS Frequently required to communicate and use interpersonal skills. Occasionally required to compare, analyze, copy, coordinate, instruct, compute, evaluate, compile and negotiate.

Job Requirements:

• Hands-on knowledge and experience in the safe operation of a variety of maintenance and custodial tools, machinery, and power equipment.
• Self-directed worker who has the ability to multitask, prioritize, problem-solve, and efficiently complete all activities.
• Effective communicator with skills, both oral and written, to interact/communicate with all types of members of the school community including students, parents, staff, and patrons.
• Meets all physical demands: significant lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling up to 75 pounds; frequent stooping, kneeling, crouching and/or crawling; reaching above shoulder level; fine finger dexterity.
• Move, set-up, and climb ladders to a height of 25 feet.
• Ability to withstand a variety of indoor and outdoor environmental conditions.

Salary and Benefits Information:

• Based on Classified Salary Schedule. Hourly, at will position range $20.02 to $25.27 an hour depending on experience in a similar position.
• District contribution of $8,136 annually toward employee health, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• District contribution of 21.40% of annual salary on behalf of employee to the Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association (PERA).
• Twelve days District-paid annual.
• Two weeks District-paid vacation after one year of employment for 40 hour a week/12 month employees.

Employment Period:

260 days for 5 days a week and 208 days for 4 days a week per year for 40 hour a week employees

Application Process:

• Complete Application For Employment at
• Application review is ongoing and the position will be open until filled.
• Contact Catrina Amaya for assistance, , 303-582-3444.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Gilpin County School District RE-1 is an equal opportunity educational institution and shall not discriminate. The schools in the district are subject to all federal and state laws and constitutional provisions prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, national origin, religion, ancestry or need for special education services. Accordingly, no otherwise qualified student, employee, applicant for employment, or member of the public may be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to unlawful discrimination under any district program or activity on the basis of disability, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, religion, ancestry, or need for special education services. Discrimination against employees and applicants for employment based on age, genetic information, and conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth is also prohibited in accordance with state and/or federal law. For information regarding civil rights or grievance procedures, contact Superintendent, Gilpin County School District RE-1, 10595 Highway 119, Black Hawk, Colorado 80422, 303-528-3444, or contact the Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, Cesar E. Chavez Memorial Building, Suite 310, 1244 Speer Boulevard, Denver, Colorado 80204, 303-844-5695. (Revised November 2021)

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $20.02 - $25.27 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Evening shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Salary : $8,136