Athletic Custodian

Park View High School; Sterling (VA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Park View High School is seeking an Athletic Custodian to maintain outdoor and indoor athletic spaces, ensuring clean, safe, and ready conditions for events. Responsibilities include field maintenance, equipment setup, and supporting custodial staff during weather events and vacations.

The role requires flex hours to cover athletic seasons, with duties from field prep to locker room cleaning, and adherence to safety standards for bleachers and gym spaces.

Qualifications

• Ability to operate a range of custodial equipment and cleaning tools.
• Willingness to work flexible hours to meet athletic seasons.
• Ability to handle physical tasks and lift up to ~50 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Maintain outdoor athletic facilities, fields, and spectator areas by cleaning and performing routine maintenance.
• Prepare competition and practice fields for events, including marking and field prep.
• Set up for indoor events, assist with equipment placement, and operate bleachers and backboards.
• Perform safety checks on grandstands, tighten bolts, and touch up rust spots.
• Clean gym floors, locker rooms, training rooms, and officials spaces.
• Restock restrooms with paper products and soap.

Skills

Operate custodial equipment

Snow removal

Flexible schedule

Teamwork

Tools

Backpack vacuum

Wet/dry vacuum

Push mower

Snow blower

Hedge trimmer

Floor scrubber

Buffers

Job description

Starting Date: Immediately

Job Description

Job Overview

This assignment will ensure that all competition fields, practice fields, and spectator areas are maintained in a neat appearance and interior athletic spaces are maintained in a clean, sanitary condition and are properly prepared for athletic events. During school vacations and weather emergencies this employee assists the custodial staff in removing snow or cleaning the school.

Roles and Responsibilities

The following information is intended to describe the overall nature and scope of the work being performed. This is not a comprehensive listing of all responsibilities or tasks; work may differ and other work may be assigned when deemed appropriate.

• Maintains the outdoor athletic facilities including competition fields, practice fields, and along fence lines and in spectator areas by picking up trash, cutting grass, and trimming. Performs routine preventive maintenance on field equipment.
• Prepares competition fields for all athletic events including marking fields, dragging infields, replacing infield soil mix, removing transitions between infield and outfield of baseball and softball fields, and watering fields.
• Responsible for setting up for all indoor sporting events, but will be helped by other custodians or student volunteers if the items to be set in place are too heavy for one person. Authorized to open and close bleachers and to raise and lower basketball backboards.
• Performs routine checks for grandstand safety, tightens loose bolts, and paints small rust areas.
• Dust mops gym floors at least twice a day and before practices in the gyms. Responsible for cleaning the team locker rooms, training rooms, weight rooms, athletic offices, and officials spaces during the school day and after athletic competitions.
• Checks and refills toilet paper, paper towel, and soap dispensers.

Qualifications

Below are the minimum qualifications for this job. Equivalent combinations of education and experience are also acceptable.

Education

NA

Experience

NA

Licenses and Certifications

NA

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to operate a backpack vacuum, wet/dry vacuum, push mower, snow blower, backpack blower, hedge trimmer, floor scrubbing equipment and buffers
• Ability to shovel snow and rake leaves
• Working knowledge of methods, materials, and practices used in custodian work including the proper use and care of custodial equipment
• Knowledge of safe and efficient procedures for operating custodial equipment and conducting custodial operations
• Ability to work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of specific athletic seasons to include daytime, afternoon, and evening hours
• Good human relations and communications skills

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand and walk for extended periods of time; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects or tools; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is regularly required to see, talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit; stoop, kneel, crouch or bend, climb a ladder, and may be required to lift up to approximately 50 pounds. May be exposed to extreme temperatures or other inclement weather, and loud noises.

Reports to :Principal

FLSA Status : Non-Exempt

Months/Days/Hours : 12 months/ 254 says/ 8 hours

Salary Level : Scale B/ Universal - Non-Exempt Level 1

Employees who perform the responsibilities of this job are considered essential personnel. Essential personnel are designated employees who must report for work during a delay or emergency situations. A workplace emergency is an unforeseen situation that threatens the staff, pupils, or the public; disrupts or shuts down business operations; or causes physical or environmental damage. Emergencies may be natural or manmade. It is incumbent upon the supervisor to inform and confirm which essential personnel are required to work during emergency closings. Notification and confirmation of the expectation of essential personnel to report to work, or maintain as-needed status, will be executed with as much advanced notice as possible via in-person communication or email.

Athletic Custodian

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Job Details

Starting Date: Immediately

Position Type: Full-Time

Job Categories: Support Staff > Custodian

Salary Scale: https://www.lcps.org/compensation

Remote Work Eligible: No

Union Designation: Non-certified

Job Requirements

• Citizenship, residency or work visa required

Contact Information

• SUP-07C, SUP-07G, SUP-02B, SUP-07E, SUP-06E, SUP-07I
• Email: [e-mail]