Custodian: Uplift Ascend Preparatory

Uplift Education; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Uplift Ascend Preparatory is seeking a night custodian to maintain a clean, safe, and welcoming school environment. Responsibilities include routine cleaning, trash removal, and basic maintenance, with support for cafeteria setup and special cleaning tasks.

Strong attention to cleanliness and safety is essential. Qualifications include a high school diploma or GED (or 2 years in janitorial/building maintenance); experience in a school setting is a plus.

Qualifications

• Communication skills: read, analyze, and interpret instructions; respond to and resolve complaints; present information clearly.
• Bi-lingual skills required: none (explicitly).
• Technology: learn and use software to view work orders; operate basic office equipment; use smartphones for photos/texts; access custodial equipment displays.

Responsibilities

• Performs routine nightly cleaning: sweeping, mopping, wipe-downs, restrooms.
• Removes trash and waste; maintains campus buildings, grounds and equipment.
• Assist with cafeteria setup and morning use of dining area.
• Perform light maintenance and non-routine cleaning and high-level tasks as needed.
• Report emergencies and major repairs to appropriate supervisor; manage storage and inventory.

Skills

Communication Skills

Bi-lingual Skills

Technology Proficiency

Education

High School Diploma or GED

2 years janitorial/building maintenance experience

Job description

• Date Posted:
  11/3/2026
• Location:
  Uplift Ascend Preparatory

Mission Statement

Uplift's mission is to create and sustain public schools of excellence that empower each student to reach their highest potential in college and the global marketplace and that inspire in students a life-long love of learning, achievement, and service in order to positively change their world.

Primary Purpose

Performs nightly 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.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Performs routine nightly cleaning including, sweeping, mopping, wiping down furniture and cleaning restrooms
• Removes trash and waste and places it into a dumpster or trash compactor
• Maintains campus buildings, facilities, grounds and equipment by performing regular cleaning and maintenance
• Assist with cafeteria dining area set up, including arranging tables and chairs for morning use
• Routinely performs light maintenance tasks such as unclogging a toilet or drain, fixing restroom partitions, fixing furniture or performing maintenance on janitorial equipment
• Performs non-routine cleaning such as, but not limited to:
  • Cleaning waste receptacles
  • Washing windows, interior and exterior
  • Pressure washing and other cleaning of the building exterior
  • Dusting furniture
  • Cleaning vents, fans, walls and ceilings
  • Deep cleaning tile, grout, carpet, LVT, VCT and other flooring
  • Performs deep cleaning duties that require the use of a ladder or other lifting equipment such as, but not limited to, high window cleaning, high dusting, bulb replacement and replacement of ceiling tiles
• Performs non-routine maintenance such as, but not limited to:
  • Performing stripping and waxing operations
  • Moving furniture in preparation for stripping and waxing or for other reasons
  • Painting classrooms, hallways, offices and atriumsChange light bulbs Clean bodily fluids and disinfect surfaces
  • Notifies school administration of any needed major repairs or equipment failure
  • Maintains organization and cleanliness of storage, supply and maintenance areas; maintains a record of inventory and orders supplies as needed and requests re-supply
  • Responds to emergency situations in order to confine, resolve or prevent injurious or otherwise hazardous conditions
  • Report emergencies to the Operations Director
  • Additional duties as assigned

Qualifications

Education, Experience, and/or Certification(s)

Education Requirements

High School Diploma or GED equivalent OR minimum 2 years' experience in the janitorial service industry OR 2 years' experience in building maintenance. Experience working in a school environment preferred but not required.

Special Sills/Certifications

Experience with quality control checks.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Communication Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common technical instructions. Ability to respond to respond to and resolve common complaints. Ability to effectively present information to campus and central office management. Ability to read, write, speak and understand English effectively.
• Bi-lingual Sills: No bi-lingual skills are required.
• Technology: To perform this job successfully, an individual should possess the ability to learn and use computer software to view work orders for the day. Ability to use basic office equipment. This position will also require the ability to learn how to operate a burglar alarm. Applicant must also be able to use a smart phone to send and receive photos and text messages. Ability to use standard custodial equipment computerized displays and controls. Ability to use a computer to complete video or teleconference training.

Physical Demands/Environmental Factors

Physical Demands

• Sit and stand for extended periods of time
• Articulate wrists, hands and fingers
• Extensive walking
• Regularly required to reach, balance, stoop, kneel, twist, bend, climb and crawl
• Frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Frequently required to lift or move furniture or supplies such as, but not limited to cafe tables, office supplies and janitorial supplies
• Frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts and exposed electrical terminals
• Extended periods of being outside during extreme hot or cold weather
• Occasional exposure to fumes or airborne particles, extreme cold and extreme heat
• Vision: distance, color, depth perception and ability to adjust focus
• Occasional exposure to loud equipment

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level is moderate and may have frequent interruptions. Work in a wide variety of environments as found in all areas of the school(s) and construction site, continual walking and standing; frequent heavy lifting and carrying. Tasks are regularly performed with potential exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as strong odors, fumes, dusts, wetness, humidity, machinery, vibrations, temperature and noise extremes, disease, pathogenic substances and toxic/poisonous agents. There may be activity from other employees and students of a distracting nature.

Uplift Education is an equal employment opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state or local law.