Custodian

University of California

San Bernardino (CA)

On-site

USD 32,000 - 52,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

University of California is seeking a Custodian to maintain cleanliness and safety of campus facilities. You will perform cleaning, minor repairs, and setup for meetings and events, ensuring sanitary standards are met.

The role requires custodial experience, a valid driver’s license, and availability for evenings, nights, and weekends. You will work within diverse teams to support campus operations.

Qualifications

Six (6) months of custodial experience including building and equipment maintenance.
Possession of a valid driver’s license.
Ability to work evenings, nights, and weekends per staffing needs.

Responsibilities

Maintains buildings, furniture, and equipment in a clean, sanitary, and safe condition during an assigned shift.
Sweeps, scrubs, mops rooms, halls, and offices; operates custodial equipment.
Empties and sanitizes waste receptacles; restocks classrooms and restrooms.
Dusts and polishes furniture and fixtures; cleans walls and windows.
Moves heavy furniture or equipment for events; performs minor repairs.
Cleans and disinfects restrooms; reports hazards and needed repairs.
Operates campus vehicles as required; performs additional duties as needed.

Skills

Environmental tolerance

Safety focus

General physical ability

Mechanical insight

Adaptability

Innovation

Critical thinking

Informing

Customer focus

Attention to detail

Using technology

Valuing diversity

Job description

Class specifications are intended to present a descriptive list of the range of duties performed by employees in the class. Specifications are not intended to reflect all duties performed within the job; however, any additional duties will be reasonably related to this class.

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

Maintains buildings, furniture, and equipment in a clean, sanitary, and safe, condition sets up for meetings and special events.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED

Receives general direction from appropriate supervisor; checks with supervisor regarding non-routine assignments. May provide technical and functional direction to assigned student workers.

REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES

The following duties are typical for this classification.

Maintains buildings and furniture in a clean, sanitary, safe, and secure condition during an assigned shift; cleans and performs minor maintenance repairs on assigned equipment.
Sweeps, scrubs, and mops rooms, halls, stairway, and offices; strips, sands, refinishes, waxes, or buffs floors; vacuums and shampoos rugs and carpets; operates custodial equipment, including buffers, floor scrubbers, carpet extractors, and vacuum cleaners.
Empties, cleans, moves, and sanitizes waste receptacles and ashtrays; picks up papers and other debris; empties pencil sharpeners as necessary.
Dusts, cleans, and polishes furniture, woodwork, fixtures and equipment; removes cobwebs; cleans desks and countertops
May change light bulbs and fluorescent tubes.
Cleans whiteboards, trays, and erasers; arranges classroom furniture and equipment; restocks classrooms with necessary supplies.
Cleans and disinfects restrooms, floor mats, doors, drinking fountains and fixtures; restocks and may order supplies as needed; ensures specified sanitary standards are maintained; may perform minor pest control tasks in buildings.
Washes walls; removes markings on walls, restroom stalls, countertops, and desks; washes windows, mirrors, and blinds; cleans filters and kitchen hoods.
Moves furniture, equipment, or other heavy objects on request or for set-up of campus functions, meetings, and special events utilizing pallet jacks, hand trucks, or similar equipment; makes minor repairs and adjustments to building fixtures and equipment.
Perform the opening and closing of campus by unlocking and locking building entry points; external restroom doors and turn-on elevators; raises, lowers, and replaces flags.
Secures internal and external entry and exit doors at the close of the workday or after evening classes, ensuring that windows and lights are locked and off in assigned area; maintain the security of assigned areas; turn the alarm system on and off.
Reports fire, sanitary, safety, or security hazards in buildings; reports needed maintenance or repair to the appropriate authority.
Operates campus vehicles as required.
Performs other duties related to the primary job duties.

The following generally describes the knowledge and ability required to enter the job and/or be learned within a short period of time in order to successfully perform the assigned duties.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Environmental Exposure Tolerance

Performing under physically demanding conditions
Accepts and endures the necessity of working in unpleasant or physically demanding conditions
Shows established adaptation and performance under unpleasant or physically demanding conditions

Safety Focus

Showing vigilance and care in identifying and addressing health risks and safety hazards
Maintains high level of conscientious safety practice

General Physical Ability

Using strength, endurance, flexibility, balance and coordination
Applying motor and perceptual abilities requiring no specific technique, training or conditioning

Professional and Technical Expertise

Applying technical subject matter to the job **
Knows the rudimentary concepts of performing the essential technical operations

Adaptability

Responding positively to change and modifying behavior as the situation requires**
Accept and adjust to changes and the unfamiliar

Innovation

Imagining and devising new and better ways of doing things**
Fix what is broken; find solutions and fixes with resources at hand
Finds new approaches to performing familiar tasks
Create and invent new ideas; envision the unexpected, unexplored, untried**

Critical Thinking

Analytically and logically evaluates information to resolve problems
Follow guide, SOP or other step by step procedures for locating the source of a problem and fixing it
May detect ambiguous, incomplete, or conflicting information or instructions**

Informing

Proactively obtaining and sharing information

Mechanical Insight

Chooses the right tool for the job
Applies principles of mechanical advantage to get the work done
Follows step-by-step assembly procedures, troubleshooting guides, and simple diagrams

Customer Focus

Attending to the needs and expectations of customer
Seeks information about the immediate and longer term needs of the customer
Anticipates what the customer may want or expect in a product or service
Works across organizational boundaries to meet customer needs **

Attention to Detail

Focusing on the details of work content
Shows care and thoroughness in adhering to process and procedures that assure quality
Applies knowledge and skill in recognizing and evaluating details of work**
Applies skilled final touches on products

Using Technology

Working with electronic hardware and software applications
Using basic features and functions of software and hardware

Valuing Diversity

Shows acceptance of individual differences
Welcomes input and inclusion of others who may be different from oneself
Shows understanding and empathy for the challenges of groups seeking inclusion or dealing with perceived discrimination

**Lead, Advanced or Senior Level Positions

Education/Training: Formal or informal education or training that ensures the ability to read and write at a level necessary for successful job performance.

Experience: Six (6) months of custodial experience that includes minor building and equipment maintenance.

License or Certificate: Possession of a valid driver’s license.

Desired Experience

Two (2) years of custodial experience that includes minor building and equipment maintenance.
Experience in custodial duties in a school environment/setting.

The conditions herein 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 job functions.

Environment: Work is performed in both indoor and outdoor environments; travel from site to site; exposure to noise, dust, grease, smoke, fumes, noxious odors and gases; work and/or walk on various types of surfaces including slippery or uneven surfaces. Incumbents may be required to work evenings, nights, and weekends.

Physical: Primary functions require sufficient physical ability and mobility to perform moderately strenuous manual labor; to frequently stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, reach, and twist; to frequently lift, carry, push, and/or pull light to moderate amounts of weight up to 40 pounds; to occasionally lift, carry, push, and/or pull heavier weight with or without assistance; dexterity of hands and fingers to operate specialized hand and power tools and equipment; operate assigned equipment; and to verbally communicate to exchange information.

Vision: See in the normal visual range with or without correction; vision sufficient to read printed documents; and to operate assigned equipment.

Hearing: Hear in the normal audio range with or without correction.

The person selected for hire will be required to complete the following pre‑employment requirements:

Submit to and successfully pass DOJ live scan/fingerprinting. Cost of live‑scan services to be borne by candidate.
Tuberculosis (TB) risk assessment
Other pre‑employment requirements may be required depending on the position (i.e. certifications or licenses; see job posting qualifications section for details).

Successful completion of all pre‑employment requirements is mandatory to be eligible for employment. These requirements are in accordance with the San Bernardino Community College District’s Administrative Procedures and Board Policies.

Forecasted Recruitment Timeline (please note that delays may cause adjustments to this timeline)