Custodian

Salary: $15.86 Hourly
Location : UCMO - Warrensburg, MO
Job Type: Bargaining Unit
Job Number: 999308
Division: Facilities - Housing Custodial
Opening Date: 08/21/2026


Description


Perform miscellaneous custodial duties to fill in for anyone on vacation or absent, as assigned, to include: Set rooms for yearly camps, conferences, and other events, as requested. Sweep, dust mop, spot mop, spray buff, shower scrub, burnish, and refinish all hard surface floors throughout the assigned area, or as assigned by the supervisor. Vacuum, spot clean, shampoo, extract carpets throughout the assigned area, or as assigned by the supervisor. Move furniture, equipment, materials, and perform other general maintenance. Service, clean, and disinfect apartments and dorm public areas including: restrooms, offices, lounges, laundry rooms, kitchens, stairwells, halls and clean drinking fountains. Maintain custodial closets, work areas, and equipment in a clean and safe manner. Remove trash and debris from building to dumpster. Clean entry ways, partition glass, interior windows, blinds, light fixtures, and vents. Dust furniture, spot clean walls, ceilings, and doors/frames, as needed. Snow removal, as required. Report to the Facilities Planning & Operations by job request anything that needs repairing or replacing. Perform additional duties, as assigned by administrative or supervising personnel.

Examples of Duties

70%

• Sweep, dust mop, spot mop, spray buff, shower scrub, burnish, and refinish all hard surface floors throughout the assigned area, or as assigned by the supervisor.
• Vacuum, spot clean, shampoo, extract carpets throughout the assigned area, or as assigned by the supervisor.
• Move furniture, equipment, materials, and perform other general maintenance.
• Service, clean, and disinfect apartments and dorm public areas including: restrooms, offices, lounges, laundry rooms, kitchens, stairwells, halls and clean drinking fountains.
• Maintain custodial closets, work areas, and equipment in a clean and safe manner.
• Remove trash and debris from building to dumpster.
• Clean entry way, partition glass, interior windows, blinds, light fixtures, and vents.
• Dust furniture, spot clean walls, ceilings, and doors/frames, as needed.

Perform additional duties, as assigned by administrative or supervising personnel. Assist supervisor or foreperson as needed. - 10%

Clean and set rooms for yearly camps, conferences, and other events, as requested. - 10%

Report to the Facilities Planning & Operations by job request anything that needs repairing or replacing. - 5%

Snow removal, as required. - 5%

Typical Qualifications

Education:

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.

Experience:

• Previous custodial experience preferred.

Supplemental Information

Physical/Environmental Factors:

• Ability to operate buffers, scrubbers, burnishers, extractors, and other custodial equipment.
• Exposure to fumes and/or chemicals
• Lifting (weight) - 50 lbs

This is a relief custodian position.

Working Hours and Days:

• Sunday - Thursday 7:00 am to 3:30 pm

Special Instructions:

Full-time staff & 12-month faculty benefits-eligible position: Benefits include competitive salary; health, dental, vision, life insurance, AD & D, long-term disability; 3 weeks paid vacation per year; 3 weeks of accrued sick leave per year; 13 paid holidays; retirement; and generous education assistance for an employee, spouse and dependent children taking classes at UCM.

9-month faculty benefits-eligible position: Benefits include competitive salary; health, dental, vision, life insurance, AD & D, long-term disability; 3 weeks of accrued sick leave per year; 13 paid holidays; retirement; and generous education assistance for an employee, spouse and dependent children taking classes at UCM.

Part-time benefits-eligible positions: Benefits include generous education assistance for the employee.

Temporary, adjunct, student employment, or graduate assistant positions: Benefits are not included.

Completed UCM online application for employment required. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

A review will begin immediately and continue until filled unless indicated otherwise.

NOTE: A background check is required for the selected candidate of all staff, faculty, adjunct, and temporary positions and any job offer is contingent on the results of this check. Student employees and graduate assistants do not require a background check to be conducted prior to employment.

The University of Central Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Our faculty and staff are the university's most valuable asset, and our goal is to provide a robust Total Rewards Program designed to help them maintain a happy, healthy, and productive lifestyle.


Highlights from UCM's total rewards package for full-time employees include:

• 32% (staff) and 6% (faculty) defined retirement contribution, paid by the university;
• Voluntary Tax-Sheltered Annuity (TSA) programs (403(b) and 457(b)) that allow eligible employees to make additional pre-tax contributions to a retirement plan;
• Employees can earn up to full tuition (15 credit hours) for themselves per academic year. Full-time employees are also eligible for up to $175 towards non-credit courses each fiscal year. Employees can earn up to full tuition for their dependents;
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans that begin on the first of the month following your date of hire. Basic dental and vision insurance paid at 100% by the university;
• Available Health and Dependent Flexible Spending Accounts;
• University-paid basic life insurance (including accidental death and dismemberment) and short-term and long-term disability insurance coverage;
• Generous leave accruals that begin accruing on your start date, plus 14 paid holidays per year.
• The UCM Childcare Center on the Warrensburg campus can provide faculty, staff, and students quality care for their children ages six weeks to 10 years.
• The Student Recreation and Wellness Center (SRWC) is free for all employees and is located on the Warrensburg campus.
• An Employee Assistance Program is available to all employees and their immediate family members to help assist with personal challenges you may face in your daily life;
• UCM offers an Employee Discount Program through Working Advantage.

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