Daytime Custodian

Daytime Custodian

Schedule: Monday - Friday 35 - 40 hours per week, with some flexibility on exact hours

Hourly Wage: $17.00 – $20.00

Direct Supervisor: Director of Buildings and Grounds

Full Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, Life, Long Term Disability
• Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA): This is a defined benefit plan to contribute to retirement, LILA contributes 7.5% per paycheck to this plan.
• Paid sick and vacation leave

Lakes International Language Academy (LILA)

LILA is a PreK-12 public school educating over 1200 students and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. LILA has three school buildings that all operate with the city of Forest Lake, MN.

Job Summary:

Provide a safe, clean facility for students, staff, and visitors at LILA. Performs work cleaning and maintaining school building interiors and exteriors, and related work as apparent or assigned. Responsibilities include routine and project cleaning, basic maintenance, snow removal, security and other duties.

Essential Functions:

• Wash down bathrooms using appropriate cleaning materials and detergents
• Mixture and disposal of cleaning materials in a safe and secure manner
• Vacuum and shampoo carpets; scrub, wax, and strip floors of all facilities
• Operate power tools as needed
• Repair furniture including chairs, desks and tables
• Restock supplies in bathrooms and other areas as needed
• Properly dispose of all trash from all areas of the school
• Clean and disinfect cafeteria sinks and clean drinking fountains
• Handle minor repair and maintenance activities such as bulb replacement and floor buffing
• Shovel snow and salt sidewalks

Qualifications:

• Experience Preferred, but we are willing to train the right candidate
• Basic Computer Skills
• Ability to travel between worksites

Preferred Qualifications:

• Spanish or Mandarin language proficiency

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here 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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, reach for objects, stand, walk, push, pull, lift, and use hands to grasp and feel. The employed must frequently lift and/or move up to 35 pounds, occasionally being required to lift and/or move up to 75 pounds or more. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.