• Job Description

  Req#: 2596
  Position Type:
  Maintenance/Custodial
  
  
  Date Posted:
  7/1/2025
  
  
  Location:
  '); ' T. F. North High School
  (High-Needs School)
  
  
  Date Available:
  Pending Board Approval
  
  
  Closing Date:
  Open Until Filled
  
  
  High school diploma or equivalent
  Three years of related experience and one year of supervisory experience
  Proven leadership, team-building, and managerial skills
  Expert knowledge of cleaning products, equipment and processes
  Ability to read and explain basic operating instructions
  Ability to plan and prioritize work and write reports
  Must possess a valid driver’s license
  Ensures that all school facilities and grounds are clean
  Assigns daily work schedules for custodial staff, including specific areas and responsibilities
  In conjunction with Building Foreman, prepares employee performance evaluations and monitors staff attendance
  Conducts regular inspections and monitors custodial work to ensure adherence to established District cleaning standards
  Plans and facilitates the custodial training program for new custodians and provides ongoing training for all custodial staff as needed
  Manages the safe and secure storage and control of cleaning supplies and cleaning equipment in order to ensure efficient practices and promote proper work habits.
  Maintains a current record of Safety Data Sheets (SDS) for cleaning products used on a daily basis
  Performs routine custodial responsibilities as assigned
  Participates in the recruitment, selection, and assignment of high-quality custodial personnel
  Monitors safe working practices and safety programs for the purpose of ensuring efficient practices and promoting proper working habits.
  Promptly prepares accident and injury reports for custodial staff.
  Reports safety hazards and repair needs to appropriate personnel for the purpose of ensuring safe facilities.
  Researches and tests new custodial methods, supplies and equipment for the purpose of improving custodial services.
  Immediately advises the Administration of any conditions that would either threaten personal safety or adversely affect the educational process
  Conducts department staff meetings and attends meetings at the request of the Building Foreman and administration
  Other duties as assigned
  Ability to maintain a positive, customer-service oriented attitude
  Ability to handle sensitive, confidential information
  Ability to learn and support new systems and applications
  Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  Management: ability to organize and manage multiple priorities
  Commitment to education and district values
  On-call availability
  Associate’s degree
  Experience working in a high school setting
  Bilingual (English-Spanish)
  Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 pounds and climb ladders. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
  Work environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
  Starting annual salary between $53,000 and $58,000 depending upon education and experience;
  12-month work year;
  IMRF pension;
  Paid 30-minute lunch and two paid 15-minute breaks;
  Sick, personal, and vacation days;
  15+ paid holidays;
  Generous fringe benefits as provided by the current Work Rules & Regulations Handbook
  Annual performance evaluation in accordance with the current Work Rules & Regulations Handbook and Board policy.
  Job/FLSA Status: Full-Time, Exempt
  Reports to: Building Foreman
  
  Position summary: Manage custodial staff to provide a safe, clean, and well-maintained environment.
  
  General purpose: Direct and evaluate the work of custodians; maintain school safety and cleanliness.
  
  Role qualifications:
  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • Three years of related experience and one year of supervisory experience
  • Proven leadership, team-building, and managerial skills
  • Expert knowledge of cleaning products, equipment and processes
  • Ability to read and explain basic operating instructions
  • Ability to plan and prioritize work and write reports
  • Must possess a valid driver’s license
  
  Position Responsibilities:
  • Ensures that all school facilities and grounds are clean
  • Assigns daily work schedules for custodial staff, including specific areas and responsibilities
  • In conjunction with Building Foreman, prepares employee performance evaluations and monitors staff attendance
  • Conducts regular inspections and monitors custodial work to ensure adherence to established District cleaning standards
  • Plans and facilitates the custodial training program for new custodians and provides ongoing training for all custodial staff as needed
  • Manages the safe and secure storage and control of cleaning supplies and cleaning equipment in order to ensure efficient practices and promote proper work habits.
  • Maintains a current record of Safety Data Sheets (SDS) for cleaning products used on a daily basis
  • Performs routine custodial responsibilities as assigned
  • Participates in the recruitment, selection, and assignment of high-quality custodial personnel
  • Monitors safe working practices and safety programs for the purpose of ensuring efficient practices and promoting proper working habits.
  • Promptly prepares accident and injury reports for custodial staff.
  • Reports safety hazards and repair needs to appropriate personnel for the purpose of ensuring safe facilities.
  • Researches and tests new custodial methods, supplies and equipment for the purpose of improving custodial services.
  • Immediately advises the Administration of any conditions that would either threaten personal safety or adversely affect the educational process
  • Conducts department staff meetings and attends meetings at the request of the Building Foreman and administration
  • Other duties as assigned
  
  Essential skills and experience:
  • Ability to maintain a positive, customer-service oriented attitude
  • Ability to handle sensitive, confidential information
  • Ability to learn and support new systems and applications
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • Management: ability to organize and manage multiple priorities
  • Commitment to education and district values
  • On-call availability
  
  Valued but not required skills and experience:
  • Associate’s degree
  • Experience working in a high school setting
  • Bilingual (English-Spanish)
  
  Reporting to this position: Custodians
  
  Physical demands and work environment: The physical demands and work environment characteristics 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.
  • Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 pounds and climb ladders. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Work environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
  
  Terms of Employment:
  • Starting annual salary between $53,000 and $58,000 depending upon education and experience;
  • 12-month work year;
  • IMRF pension;
  • Paid 30-minute lunch and two paid 15-minute breaks;
  • Sick, personal, and vacation days;
  • 15+ paid holidays;
  • Generous fringe benefits as provided by the current Work Rules & Regulations Handbook
  • Annual performance evaluation in accordance with the current Work Rules & Regulations Handbook and Board policy.
  
  
  
  
  

• About the company

  Thornton Fractional North High School is a public secondary school in Calumet City, Illinois.

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