Job Description
Position Type: Maintenance/Custodial/Custodian
Date Posted: 7/29/2025
Location: District Employee
Date Available: ASAP
District: Steger School District 194
JOB TITLE: Custodian - Night
LOCATION: District or Assigned Building
SUPERVISOR: Director of Buildings and Grounds, Building Principal, Building Head Custodian
FLSA STATUS: Non-exempt
UNION/NON-UNION: Non-Union
Link: Classified Staff Pay Scale and Benefits
JOB Description:
Performs daily cleaning activities as assigned to maintain a clean, neat, attractive, safe, and secure environment. In addition, assists in the setup and teardown of all school and non-school activities.
ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
Reports to: Building Day Custodian and Building Principal
- Director of Buildings and Grounds
- Building Principal
- Building Head Custodian
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent
- Possess valid driver's license
- Previous experience as a custodian in an educational environment preferred
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Communicate with supervisors about current developments and issues.
- Responds to requests in a prompt and courteous manner, shows respect for others in all encounters, promotes an atmosphere of teamwork by establishing and maintaining productive working relationships, accepts feedback from supervisors in a professional manner.
- Arrives to work on-time, abides by break and lunch rules, accepts responsibility for working weekends and holidays when necessary, follows established practices for all leave requests, and does not allow nonwork-related interruptions to interfere with the completion of assigned duties.
- Follows established safety practices and completes all required safety training on an annual basis.
- Completes all classroom daily cleaning activities including, but not limited to:
- Door and window glass
- Marker boards and trays
- Desks
- Tables
- Chairs
- Drinking Fountains
- Sweeping
- Mopping
- Vacuuming
- Dusting
- Completes all bathroom daily cleaning activities including, but not limited to:
- Sinks
- Toilets
- Urinals
- Mirrors
- Sweeping
- Mopping
- Dusting
- Completes snow removal as needed
- Maintains and uses equipment and materials to prevent damage, waste, and deterioration.
- Orders all supplies and materials from Building Day Custodian, stocks supplies in custodial closets, and maintains a neat and tidy area.
- Completes minor preventative maintenance including, but not limited to:
- Changing light bulbs
- Changing fan belts
- Lubricating bearings
- Changing air filters
- Completes all other duties as assigned by supervisors.
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY:
- Must be able to kneel, crouch, and stoop.
- Must be able to climb and balance on ladders and scaffolding.
- Must be able to operate heavy power tools, small hand tools, and various other equipment.
- Must be able to perform strenuous physical effort including lifting, pulling, and pushing over fifty (50) pounds.
- Must be able to work indoors and outdoors under a variety of environmental conditions including extreme temperature changes, changes in lighting, excessive noise, high humidity, and tight space conditions.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:
- Twelve-month work year (260 days)
- Regular work hours: 2:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., Monday through Friday
- Summer, Winter, and Spring Break work hours: 6:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday
- Twelve sick days per year
- Four personal days per year
- Vacation days as stated in Policy 5:330
- At-will position
- FLSA Non-Exempt
- Starting hourly wage: $15/hour
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION:
- Two evaluations will be conducted during the first year of employment (45 and 90 days).
- After the probationary period, evaluations will be completed in accordance with administrative procedures.
Job Tags
Hourly pay, Summer holiday, Immediate start, Monday to Friday, Monday to Thursday, Weekend work,