Custodian 2 (Night Shift)

lsu; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

Louisiana State University (LSU) is seeking a Custodian 2 for the night shift to maintain the LSU Student Union facility. The role requires moving throughout the 305,000-square-foot building to clean ballrooms, meeting rooms, lobbies, offices, and exterior spaces.

You will perform set-ups, clean floors, reset spaces after events, operate cleaning equipment, and support safety and cleanliness standards on a nightly schedule.

Qualifications

• Six months of experience in custodial, housekeeping, grounds keeping, or food service work.

Responsibilities

• Cleans lobbies, bathrooms, hallways, meeting rooms, billiards area, and administrative area of the union by sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, dusting, and polishing.
• Responsible for set-ups and break downs associated with daily events in meeting rooms, lobbies, ballrooms and exterior grounds.
• Cleans, strips, waxes and polishes floors using industrial size mops and commercial type floor machines.
• Cleans floor machines and checks and recharges batteries; operates floor/power equipment as required for cleaning carpets.
• Empties trash and recycling containers and transports waste to proper containers; decontaminates and deodorizes containers.
• Performs other duties as assigned by Building Services supervisors or staff.

Job description

Job Posting Title

Custodian 2 (Night Shift)

Position Type

Classified

Department

LSUAM AUX - EP - Operations (Jasiah Arceneaux (00057111))

Work Location

0130 LSU Student Union

Job Description

Job Summary

This position is responsible for cleaning and maintaining the LSU Student Union facility. This person must be capable of moving about in a 305,000 square foot building multiple times daily to clean and prepare ballrooms, meeting/conference rooms, lobbies, office space, and exterior sidewalks, patios, and balconies.

Responsibilities

• Cleans lobbies, bathrooms, hallways, meeting rooms, billiards area, and administrative area of the union by sweeping, mopping, scrubbing dusting, and polishing. Mixes or blends cleaning solutions to proper concentrations as necessary - 30%
• Responsible for set-ups and break downs associated with daily events in meeting rooms, lobbies, ballrooms and exterior grounds - 25%
• Cleans, strips, waxes and polishes floors using industrial size mops and commercial type floor machines. Fills commercial floor machines with cleaning solutions of proper concentration, empties unused solution into appropriate container - 20%
• Cleans floor machines and checks and recharges batteries. Washes, rinses and dries industrial size wet mops, dust mops, and commercial floor pads. Operates wet dry vacuuming carpet extraction equipment and other commercial equipment as requires for cleaning and shampooing carpets - 10%
• Empties (exterior and interior ) trash and recycling containers, transports waste material to outdoor refuse containers or recycling containers as needed. Cleans, decontaminates, and deodorizes waste containers using proper materials according to label directions - 10%
• Performs other duties as may be assigned by Building Services supervisors, Managers, or other administrative personnel within the department - 5%

Minimum Qualifications

• No Test Score Required
• Six months of experience in custodial, housekeeping, grounds keeping, or food service work.

Special/Physical requirements

This position works Sunday through Thursday evenings 3 pm -11:30 pm. A satisfactory pre-employment background check and physical are required for hire. In accordance with University Policy Statement 18, this position is considered essential and may be required to report or stay on campus in the event of an emergency or closure.

This person must be capable of moving about in a 305,000-square-foot building multiple times daily to clean and prepare ballrooms, meeting/conference rooms, lobbies, office space, and exterior sidewalks, patios, and balconies. The person must also be able to ascend and descend the stairs of a 4-story building multiple times daily and stand for extended periods during cleaning processes. They must be capable to stoop, kneel, and crouch to pick up litter, retrieve equipment, and clean restrooms, offices, lobbies, and maintain floors. This person should be capable of moving furniture that weighs 20-40 lbs. or more and transporting tables and chairs weighing 60-80 lbs. to set up for events throughout the building. Will use arms/hands to operate floor/power equipment used in preparing and maintaining floors. The person will work with and be exposed to common cleaning products.

Competencies

None

Special Instructions

Special Instructions

An offer of employment is contingent on a satisfactory pre-employment background check.

Please provide three professional references including name, title, phone number, and email address.

A permanent or probationary internal employee who is appointed to another position following certification from an open competitive eligible list is considered a new employee in the new position and shall serve a probationary period for twelve months.

Preferred Skills

A permanent or probationary internal employee who is appointed to another position following certification from an open competitive eligible list is considered a new employee in the new position and shall serve a probationary period of six months.

Posting Date

September 9, 2026

Closing Date (Open Until Filled if No Date Specified)

September 20, 2026

Additional Position Information

Background Check - An offer of employment is contingent on a satisfactory pre-employment background check.

Benefits

• Benefits - LSU offers outstanding benefits to eligible employees and their dependents including health, life, dental, and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement options; various leave option