Custodian Supervisor

Custodial Services Supervisor

The Custodial Services Supervisor is responsible for supervising and coordinating custodial staff and daily custodial operations to maintain clean, safe, sanitary, and well-maintained campus facilities. This position establishes work assignments and cleaning schedules, monitors employee performance, ensures established cleanliness and safety standards are met, and promotes the efficient use of custodial staff, supplies, equipment, and resources. The Custodial Services Supervisor performs custodial duties while overseeing the overall quality and effectiveness of custodial services throughout campus facilities.

Essential functions:

• Provides direct supervision and oversight of custodial staff, including assigning and monitoring work, establishing performance expectations, approving leave and timesheets, conducting performance evaluations, addressing performance concerns, and recommending corrective or disciplinary action to the Director of Purchasing and Maintenance, as appropriate.
• Coordinates daily staffing, work schedules, and assignments to ensure adequate custodial coverage for routine operations, employee absences, special events, and changing campus needs.
• Monitors employee attendance, punctuality, productivity, work quality, and compliance with established expectations; addresses routine performance concerns and communicates significant or recurring issues to the Director of Purchasing and Maintenance.
• Participates in the selection, onboarding, and training of custodial employees and provides ongoing guidance regarding job responsibilities, work expectations, cleaning procedures, equipment use, and safety practices.
• Promotes teamwork, accountability, professionalism, and a positive working environment among custodial staff.
• Establishes and maintains routine cleaning schedules and procedures to ensure consistent cleanliness, sanitation, and appearance throughout campus facilities.
• Conducts regular campus walkthroughs and inspections to evaluate cleanliness, sanitation, safety, and overall facility appearance; identifies deficiencies, assigns corrective action, and follows up to ensure work is completed satisfactorily.
• Ensures classrooms, instructional shops, offices, restrooms, hallways, common areas, and other campus spaces are maintained in a condition appropriate for daily use by students, employees, and visitors.
• Assigns, prioritizes, completes, and monitors custodial work orders and service requests; responds to departmental concerns and coordinates with maintenance personnel when requests involve repairs or other facility needs.
• Coordinates custodial services for campus events, meetings, special activities, and other institutional functions, including preparing facilities before events and ensuring areas are cleaned afterward.
• Coordinates periodic deep cleaning, floor care, seasonal cleaning projects, and other custodial activities to maintain campus facilities and address changing operational needs.
• Ensures custodial staff receive appropriate safety instruction and follow established safety procedures, including proper chemical storage, labeling, handling, dilution, and use of personal protective equipment.
• Ensures Safety Data Sheets (SDS) are accessible for chemicals used in custodial operations and that employees understand applicable chemical safety requirements.
• Monitors the condition and safe operation of custodial equipment; ensures equipment is properly maintained, cleaned, and stored and that defective or unsafe equipment is removed from service and reported.
• Ensures appropriate procedures are followed for the handling, cleanup, and disposal of bodily fluids and other potentially hazardous materials.
• Reports workplace injuries, accidents, unsafe conditions, facility damage, and other concerns to the Director of Purchasing and Maintenance or appropriate personnel in a timely manner.
• Monitors custodial supply and equipment inventory, anticipates purchasing needs, maintains appropriate stock levels, and submits supply and equipment requests in accordance with established purchasing procedures.
• Makes recommendations regarding equipment replacement, upgrades, and products or procedures that may improve custodial operations to the Director of Purchasing and Maintenance.
• Promotes efficient and cost-effective use of custodial supplies, chemicals, equipment, and other resources and maintains appropriate records of inventory, distribution, and usage as required.
• Ensures custodial storage areas are organized and that chemicals, supplies, and equipment are properly stored and maintained in accordance with established safety procedures.
• Coordinates and responds to custodial-related emergencies, including water leaks, flooding, overflowing restroom fixtures, and incidents involving bodily fluids; takes appropriate action to secure affected areas, address immediate custodial needs, and notify maintenance or administration as necessary.
• Communicates facility maintenance needs, damage, and potential safety concerns to the Director of Purchasing and Maintenance and coordinates follow-up with maintenance personnel as appropriate.
• Ensures custodial staff follow established building security, access, and key-control procedures and report security concerns or unauthorized access.
• Responds professionally to requests and concerns regarding custodial services from employees, students, visitors, and other departments; ensures concerns are addressed in a timely manner.
• Evaluates custodial procedures and work practices and recommends improvements to increase efficiency, service quality, employee productivity, and the overall appearance and condition of campus facilities.
• Maintains accurate records of employee attendance, work assignments, inspections, work orders, inventory, safety training, equipment concerns, and completed projects as required.
• Performs custodial duties as needed to support daily operations, staff coverage, special projects, and campus needs, including: sweeping, scrubbing, waxing, and polishing floors using manual and electrically powered cleaning equipment. Cleaning rugs, carpets, and upholstered furniture using manual and electrically powered cleaning equipment. Dusting furniture and equipment; polishing metalwork; and washing walls, ceilings, woodwork, windows, door panels, and sills. Emptying wastebaskets and transporting trash and waste to designated disposal areas. Cleaning and sanitizing restrooms, restocking paper products, refilling soap dispensers, replacing sanitary disposal liners, and removing trash and waste. Replacing light bulbs and performing minor custodial-related tasks within the scope of training and authorization. Shoveling snow and distributing ice melt as needed. Preparing classrooms, meeting rooms, auditoriums, and outdoor locations for events and activities by moving furniture and setting up requested equipment, tables, chairs, and other items. Transporting custodial equipment, supplies, and materials between departments as needed.

Competencies:

• Leadership and Supervision: Provides clear direction, establishes expectations, monitors employee performance, provides constructive feedback, and holds employees accountable for quality and timely completion of work.
• Cusdial Knowledge: Demonstrates knowledge of custodial equipment, cleaning methods, chemical safety, sanitation practices, and facility upkeep.
• Planning and Organization: Effectively coordinates staffing, schedules, work orders, routine cleaning, special projects, and urgent requests to maintain campus operations.
• Safety and Quality Control: Promotes and monitors established safety practices, ensures employees follow applicable procedures, inspects completed work, identifies hazards, and takes appropriate action to correct deficiencies.
• Employee Development and Accountability: Provides training, guidance, and constructive feedback to employees; promotes employee development, responsibility, and accountability.
• Resource and Inventory Management: Effectively manages custodial supplies, equipment, and materials; monitors usage, anticipates needs, and promotes responsible and cost-effective resource management.
• Communication and Collaboration: Communicates expectations clearly and works effectively with custodial and maintenance staff, employees, students, and other departments.
• Problem Solving and Decision Making: Identifies operational problems, evaluates priorities, responds appropriately to changing circumstances, and determines when issues require assistance or direction from administration.
• Professionalism: Demonstrates sound judgment, reliability, accountability, confidentiality, and consistent compliance with school policies and procedures.

Supervisory responsibilities: Custodial Staff Work Environment: The Custodial Services Supervisor works both indoors and outdoors and may be exposed to inclement weather, noise, dust, active work areas, bodily fluids, cleaning chemicals, and other potentially hazardous materials. A standard work week, as assigned by administration, is required. Evening and weekend hours may be necessary to support school activities, special events, school closures, severe weather conditions, or other operational needs. Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this position, the employee regularly performs medium to heavy physical work associated with custodial operations. The employee must move throughout and between work areas, including over long distances; perform repetitive motions involving the wrists, hands, and fingers; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is frequently required to lift, move, or position objects weighing up to 50 pounds; climb ladders, stairs, or ramps; and communicate effectively with staff, students, and the public. The employee must consistently evaluate the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of assigned work and may be exposed to high or low temperatures, moderate noise, fumes, airborne particles, and caustic chemicals. Travel required Occasional travel within and outside of the Great Plains Technology Center district may be required for work at other school sites, professional development, and participation in other Great Plains Technology Center activities.

Required education and experience High school diploma or equivalency Preferred education and experience Job-related experience within a specialized field having demonstrated increasing levels of responsibility.

Non-Discrimination Statement Great Plains Technology Center does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, disability, marital status or veteran status, in any of its activities or operations. If you have any questions about equal opportunity please contact; Human Resources, View phone number on click.appcast.io, View email address on click.appcast.io.

Employment Benefits Include: 100% paid health insurance; paid vacation