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, Night shift, Weekend work, Monday to Friday, Monday to Thursday,