School Custodian

The Maryland School for the Blind (MSB) offers rewarding career opportunities to individuals seeking to contribute and to grow with a school committed to helping children and young adults who are blind, deafblind or low vision with or without other disabilities.

Full time positions include an array of benefits – medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 403(b) retirement savings plan, professional development, wellness programs, generous paid time off, and tuition reimbursement!

POSITION TITLE: School Custodian

SUMMARY: With supervision, performs daily, thorough housekeeping/Custodian tasks throughout the assigned buildings.

Essential Functions:

• Cleans and sanitizes public and student living areas including, classrooms, offices, staff lounges, kitchens, playrooms, staff/guest living areas, bathrooms/public restrooms, common areas, dormitories furnishings, floors, carpeting, appliances, and other hard surfaces on a daily basis.
• Orders, stocks, inventories and distributes dormitory cleaning supplies and consumables.
• Performs major spring-cleaning on an annual basis.
• Stocks, inventories & distributes dormitory linen supplies, launders clothes, makes beds, and collects & disposes of trash.
• Cleans and disinfects areas soiled by accidents (urine, blood, feces, vomit, food, etc.)
• Provides substitute and backup housekeeping service to other buildings.
• Transfers to the custodial team when school is not in session.
• Completes set-ups and breakdowns and moves furnishings as necessary.

Marginal Functions:

• Assures building security and reports repairs as needed (including urgency).
• Replaces bulbs, tightens screws & bolts, and makes minor adjustments, etc.
• May be required to remove snow and use deicer at main entrances and handicap ramps of buildings.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: 40 daytime hours (8:00am-4:30pm or 9:00am-5:30pm), Monday - Friday with daily 1/2 hour unpaid lunch; flextime or additional hours required infrequently. This position follows an 11 or 12 month schedule. Substitute (on-call) positions are also available.

Pay Range: $15.57-$18.93 commensurate with education and experience, in keeping with Grade 2 of MSB's Non Exempt Facilities Operations Pay Scale.
Experience and Skills:

QUALIFICATIONS:

• General knowledge of housekeeping principles and practices.
• Minimum two years housekeeping/custodial experience.
• Ability to lift 30 - 40 lbs. and push or pull up to 100 lbs; climb a 6-foot ladder; stand and walk with little opportunity to sit during the standard workday; bend, stoop, kneel, reach.
• Ability to work independently, under specific instruction, to perform a variety of duties with frequent change of tasks, and to deal with a variety of people within the campus community.
• Ability to read instructions and Safety Data Sheets regarding use of cleaning supplies and other hazardous substances and work schedules; print simple sentences containing subject, verb, object and a series of numbers.
• Ability to determine when to refer non-routing problems to supervisor.
• Must have basic computer knowledge.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• MSB requires its employees to be fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus by date of hire, with exceptions for approved medical or religious accommodations, in order to safeguard the health of our students, employees and their families from COVID-19 to the greatest extent possible.