Custodial Training & Compliance Coordinator

Bates College; Lewiston (ME); On-site; USD 32,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental

Retirement plan

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Free parking

Library access

Athletic facilities

Job summary

Bates College seeks a Custodial Training & Compliance Coordinator to plan, develop, deliver, and monitor custodial trainings, ensuring adherence to OSHA and SDS standards. You will collaborate with the Custodial Services Manager to enhance building cleanliness and operation quality campus-wide.

The role focuses on onboarding, coaching, and auditing to raise service standards and safety across facilities, with a strong emphasis on equity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Minimum of three years experience in custodial maintenance.
• Custodial training experience desired; experience in training and professional development preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate development and implementation of quality assurance SOPs for each campus building.
• Organize onboarding and training programs for new hires per procedures and protocols.
• Train supervisors and leads to coach staff in safe maintenance methods and SOPs for uniform campus standards.
• Schedule regular custodial training events and ensure LMS course completion.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA and SDS standards for chemical usage and safety.
• Document inspection results and report corrective actions; generate regular reports.
• Audit staff quality and provide hands-on coaching, shadowing, and team-building as needed.

Skills

Custodial operations

Safety procedures

Effective communication

Technology for reporting

Equity & inclusion

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Title: Custodial Training & Compliance Coordinator

Position Purpose:

In collaboration with the Custodial Services Manager and CustodialSupervisors, this position is responsible for planning, developing,coordinating, delivering, and monitoring custodial servicestraining, while ensuring compliance with federal and statestandards, laws, and regulations. With guidance from FacilityServices leadership, develops and implements training programs forcleaning operations based on current industry standards. Conductsand documents field audits to ensure consistency and compliancewith cleaning operations and elevates the overall quality of campusfacilities.

Job Duties:

• Coordinating with the Custodial Services Manager, develop andimplement quality assurance and Standard of Operation Procedures(SOP) and protocols for each building on campus. Perform routinebuilding cleanliness inspections and quality assurance fieldaudits.
• Organize the training and onboarding of new department hires bydeveloping, implementing, and updating an onboarding and newemployee training program in accordance with established proceduresand protocols.
• Work with Custodial Supervisors and Leads to train their directreports in safe and effective maintenance and repair methods, usingestablished best practices and Standard of Operation Procedures(SOP) to ensure uniformity throughout the campus.
• Coordinate and schedule regular custodial training events.Ensure completion of assigned LMS training courses.
• Ensure compliance with established regulatory standardsconcerning the safe use and application of chemical supplies,including but not limited to, Occupational Safety and HealthAdministration (OSHA) and Safety Data Sheets (SDS).
• Document inspection results in a database format and recommendcorrective action where non-compliance or deficiencies are found.Produce regular reporting based on inspection results.
• Audit staff to ensure quality standards are being achieved andprovide additional training such as weekly hands-on coaching,shadowing, one-on-one sessions, and team-building when needed.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education

High school diploma or equivalent required.

Experience

• Minimum of three years experience in custodialmaintenance.
• Custodial training experience desired.
• Experience in training and building professional developmentprograms preferred.

Skills and Knowledge

• Commitment to equity and inclusion, and serving the needs of aculturally and educationally diverse community.
• Working knowledge of custodial operations including, but notlimited to, chemical usage and safety.
• Ability to share and implement best practices for cleaningoperations, and hold staff accountable to departmentstandards.
• Review and assess work being performed with the goal ofdeveloping methods for improving efficiency and quality ofwork.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences,orally and in writing, including electronic media.
• Experience leveraging technology for organization andreporting.

Benefits:

Bates College offers competitive salaries, excellent benefits(health, dental, 9% retirement contribution with potential for anadditional 3% match, 10 days of vacation*, 13 paid holidays, freeparking, access to library and athletic facilities & more), anda supportive, collegial environment in a drug- and smoke-freeworkplace.

Hiring Range:

The hiring range for this position is $23.00to $26.00. Placement within the range depends on experience andother factors.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

Bates College is committed to the principle of equal opportunityand providing an educational and work environment free fromdiscrimination. The college prohibits discrimination on the basisof race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexualorientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, disability,genetic information or veteran status and other legally protectedstatuses in the recruitment and admission of its students, in theadministration of its education policies and programs, or in therecruitment of its faculty and staff. Bates College adheres to allapplicable state and federal equal opportunity laws andregulations. All college faculty, staff, students, contractors,visitors, and volunteers are responsible for understanding andcomplying with the Non-Discrimination Policy.

Inquiries concerning the college’s policies, compliance with applicable laws, statutes, and regulations (such as Title VII,Title IX, and ADA/Section 504), and complaints may be directed toGwen Lexow, Title IX Officer, 207-786-6445 or via email at [e-mail] .

About Bates:

Bates is internationally recognized as a leading liberal artscollege, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and aroundthe world.

Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole personthrough creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborativeresidential community. Committed to opportunity and excellence,Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender, race,religion, or national origin.

Cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action, Batesprepares leaders sustained by a love of learning and zeal forresponsible stewardship of the wider world. Bates engages theforces — intellectual trends, demographic changes, and technology —that are transforming higher education and the world into which ourstudents graduate.

Bates has highly competitive admissions, graduates over 90 percentof its entering students, and more than half of its alumni earngraduate degrees. Bates employs 200 faculty members and 550staff.

The college is proud of deep roots in the Lewiston/Auburncommunity, Maine’s second-largest urban area with a populationofapproximately 65,000. Bates is located on a beautiful, 133-acre,traditional New England campus in Lewiston, an emerging city withan entrepreneurial climate, a lively arts scene, and a dynamicbusiness community. Bates is 35 miles north of Portland, 140 milesnorth of Boston, and 350 miles north of New York City.

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