Custodian - (Head) Elementary School

CARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; Macon (GA); On-site; USD 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Employee assistance program

Paid leave

State retirement system

Job summary

Bibb County Public Schools are seeking a Custodian (Head) for Carter Elementary School in Macon, GA. The role supports a safe, clean, and welcoming school environment and reports to the Principal/Custodian Coordinator.

The position requires supervisory experience, safety and custodial equipment skills, and the ability to fulfill physical duties across a 239-day work year with competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or State Approved High School Equivalency.
• Four years of supervisory experience operating custodial equipment and completing Custodial Maintenance Program.
• Ability to fulfill physical requirements and train staff.

Responsibilities

• Operate electrical cleaning equipment during shifts.
• Safely use chemicals and cleaners per instructions and regulations.
• Open and secure assigned areas daily.
• Perform custodial tasks such as cleaning, washing windows, dusting furniture.
• Sanitize restrooms, kitchens and cafeterias.
• Perform heavy custodial tasks like mopping, stripping, waxing, floor buffing.
• Respond to emergencies to confine or resolve hazards.
• Move furniture and equipment as needed.
• Clean equipment and maintain storage areas.
• Report maintenance needs to supervisor.
• Perform routine maintenance on custodial equipment.
• Perform non-cleaning tasks such as changing bulbs and supplies.
• Work independently or with crew on major projects.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Supervisory skills

Communication skills

Operate custodial equipment

Safety awareness

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Electrical cleaning equipment

Job description

Custodian - (Head) Elementary School

Bibb County Public Schools CARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - Macon, Georgia Open in Google Maps

This job is also posted in Bibb County School District

Job Details

Job ID: 5868042

Application Deadline: Posted until filled

Posted: Aug 04, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: To Be Determined

Job Description

Department: Maintenance and Grounds

Length of Work Year: 239 Days

Grade: 110 FLSA

Status: Non - Exempt

Evaluation: BEI

Reports To: Principal/Custodian Coordinator

JOB SUMMARY

This position performs custodial tasks for an assigned school of the district. Employees in this class are responsible for accomplishing a daily routine of custodial tasks that provide school personnel, students, and the public with an environmentally safe, attractive, comfortable, clean, and efficient place in which to work and conduct school activities. Performs related work as directed.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS

This job has supervisory responsibilities.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Uses electrical cleaning equipment in the cleaning of the assigned facility during hours assigned, i.e., vacuum cleaners, shampoo machines, high speed buffers.
• Uses appropriate chemicals and cleaners safely and productively according to instructions and established State Department of Education regulatory to ensure personal, student, public, and staff safety.
• Ensures assigned areas are properly opened daily, and fully secured upon completion of daily tasks, i.e., locking doors and windows, turning off electrical units.
• Performs custodial tasks, i.e., emptying and cleaning waste receptacles; washing windows; dusting furniture; cleaning vents, fans, walls.
• Performs sanitizing tasks in various facility areas, i.e., restrooms, kitchen and food areas, cafeterias.
• Performs physically demanding tasks requiring use of heavy custodial equipment, i.e., mopping, stripping, waxing, floor buffing.
• Responds to emergency situations in order to confine, resolve, or prevent injurious or otherwise hazardous conditions, i.e., spills, broken windows, broken locks.
• Moves furniture and other equipment in the performance of duties.
• Cleans equipment and tools after use and maintains cleanliness and order in storage areas.
• Reports equipment malfunctions and facility maintenance needs to immediate supervisor.
• Performs routine maintenance on facility custodial equipment, such as changing vacuum cleaner belts and bags, and changing buffer machine pads.
• Performs non-cleaning tasks in general facility maintenance, i.e., changing light bulbs, filling paper and soap dispensers, assisting in setting up for meeting/conferences.
• Functions independently, or as part of a custodial crew depending on the nature of the task, such as in seasonal facility preparations, or other major custodial projects.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

High School Diploma or State Approved High School Equivalency. Four (4) years of supervisory skills and experience demonstrating ability to safely and effectively operate standard facility custodial equipment; ability to successfully complete the Custodial Maintenance Program, as well as train staff members; and ability to fulfill the physical requirements. Or an equivalent combination of education, experience, and/or training that provides the required knowledge and abilities.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Knowledge of custodial equipment and cleaning procedures.
• Skill in the use of equipment related to the essential functions of the job.
• Skill in effective communication, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to arrange, compare, count, differentiate, measure and/or sort data and/or information. Includes judging whether readily observable functional, structural or compositional characteristics are similar to or divergent from prescribed standards, procedures or routines.
• Ability to exchange information for the purpose of obtaining information or clarifying details. Performs such within well-established policies, procedures, and standards.
• Ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of electrically powered custodial equipment, hand-held supplies, and cleaning tools.
• Ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, and advisory data and information.
• Ability to perform addition and subtraction.
• Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form.
• Ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness, and creativity in situations involving a variety of generally pre-defined duties which are often characterized by frequent change.

CERTIFICATION, LICENSE AND SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

N/A

Salary/Terms/Benefits:

• 239 day work year;8 hours per day
• Salary: Grade 110- Placement on salary schedule based on years of experience. Up to ten (10) years allowed. The stated salary range reflects the opportunity for pay over the course of the employee’s tenure. The top pay is not a potential starting salary.
• Excellent benefits package (including health, dental, vision, and life insurance; employee assistance program); annual, personal and sick leave; membership in State Retirement System.

BIBB COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The Bibb County School District will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to allow them to perform the essential functions of the job when such individuals request an accommodation so long as the accommodation does not create an undue financial hardship for the district. A complete list of physical demands associated with the position can be obtained from HR.

Position Type: Full-Time

Salary: $26,334 to $29,682 Per Year

Contact Information

• Bibb County School District
• Human Resources Department
• 484 Mulberry Street, Suite 501
• Macon, Georgia 31216
• Phone: [phone]

Map

The content you submit, offer, contribute, attach, post, or display (each a "Submission") will be viewed by other users of the service who may or may not be accurately representing who they are or who they represent. Do not include any sensitive data in your submissions. Any submission or any use or reliance on any content or materials posted via the service or obtained by you through the use of the service is at your own risk. “Sensitive data” for purposes of this section means social security or other government-issued identification numbers, medical or health information, account security information, individual financial account information, credit/debit/gift or other payment card information, account passwords, individual credit and income information or any other sensitive personal data as defined under applicable laws.