Event Setup Custodian

Phillips Exeter Academy; Brentwood (NH); On-site; USD 34,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire seeks an Event Setup Custodian to maintain clean, safe, and welcoming campus spaces. The role includes custodial duties, delivering and setting up for events, and assisting with furniture moves and logistics for academy activities.

Schedule is Monday–Friday, 40 hours weekly, 7:00am–3:30pm, with occasional variations. Lifting up to 50 lbs and clean-room responsibilities are required, with essential personnel duties during emergencies.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Valid driver’s license required.
• Experience in custodial work and institutional settings preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform custodial duties to maintain clean, safe environments.
• Dust surfaces, sweep/mop floors, and clean restrooms and common areas.
• Identify and report facility deficiencies; operate cleaning equipment.
• Assist with deliveries and campus event setups, moving furniture as needed.
• Load/unload trucks using forklift and pallet jack; coordinate with supervisors.

Skills

Custodial work

Event setup

Safety awareness

Communication

Lifting 50 lbs

Time management

Education

High school diploma or GED

Driver's license

Tools

Forklift operation

Pallet jack

Job description

Title

Event Setup Custodian

Reports To

Senior Manager of Events and Custodial Services

Schedule

Monday – Friday, 40 hours per week, 7am-3:30pm. Schedule may vary according to Academy needs. This position Isconsidered *Essential Personnel.

Wage Range

$24.40 - $25.60 based on relevant experience

Position Purpose

Ensures that the assigned buildings and surrounding areas provide comfort, safety and a homelike atmosphere through effective cleanliness, sanitation, and maintenance. Provides delivery and set-up duties for the Academy community and a variety of campus functional areas in the planning and execution of events.

Job Responsibilities

Custodial

• Identify and report facility condition deficiencies.
• Dusts surfaces.
• Sweeps, mops, vacuums, and cleans and shampoosfloors/carpets.
• Strips, washes, and buffs floor areas.
• Replaces light bulbs.
• Washes walls, glass partitions, and accessible windows (insideand out).
• Cleans toilets, bathrooms, and common areas.
• Observes building mechanical equipment and reportsrepairs/failures to supervisor.
• Uses work order system to report deficiencies and follow up onopen orders.
• Makes minor repairs to fixtures and furnishings with simplehand tools.
• Locks/unlocks public buildings as required.
• Removes rubbish and cleans containers.
• Operates power cleaning equipment such as polishing machinesand wet/dry vacuums.
• Cleans entrances, shovels snow, and performs general yard careto maintain appearance of entrances.
• Requisitions and receives supplies.
• Maintains equipment including changing filters, checking safetyand cleanliness of machines.
• Maintains good communications with dorm or departments headsand brings attention to issues.

Delivery and Set-up

• Work in close collaboration with Senior Manager of Events andCustodial Services to achieve goals in events, moving, and specialset-ups.
• Coordinate and perform campus deliveries using box truck withliftgate.
• Coordinate and perform event and furniture set-ups.
• Load and unload truck using forklift and pallet jack.
• Check work order system daily for requests for moving ordersreceived.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Competencies

• Ability to work independently and achieve high results withminimal supervision.
• Ability to operate commercial floor care equipment and climbladders.
• Respect for diversity of identities and experiences, anorientation toward equity and inclusion, and cultural competency inall aspects of Academy life.
• Knowledge of commercial cleaning methods, materials, equipmentand repairs.
• Ability to perform duties using medium to heavy physicalexertion on a regularly recurring basis.
• Ability to learn and apply new skills and techniques.
• Maintain updated knowledge of the schedules, procedures and useof equipment and supplies used in custodial work.
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to develop andmaintain collegial relationships.
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work with students by building trustand credibility.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills as well as astrong customer focus.
• A strict adherence to confidential policies is required.
• Technology needed to perform job responsibilities including butnot limited to mobile phone, laptop, tablet or other similarelectronic equipment to check company emails, calendar and workorder system.
• Willingness and ability to learn additional applications asneeded.
• High degree of organizational skills with the ability to beflexible and multi-task with accuracy.
• Ability to follow verbal and written directions, maintain aprofessional demeanor and restraint at all times, includingstressful situations.

Direct/Indirect Reports

None.

Position Requirements

Education

• High school diploma or GED. Associates degree preferred.
• Valid driver’s license required.

Experience

• Must be at least 21 years old.
• Previous custodial experience preferred.
• Experience in an institutional or campus setting
• Experience working with adolescents in an educational settingis preferred.

Physical Requirements

1. Physical demands are in excess of those for sedentary work andwill require the ability to remain standing for extended periods oftime, go up and down flights of steps, lift and push heavy objectsas well as stoop, squat, bend, kneel, crouch, and lift.
2. Ability to lift and transport a minimum of 50lbs withoutassistance.
3. Ability to withstand exposure to inclement weather (rain, snow,sleet, freezing temperatures, etc.)

Additional Requirements

1. Successfully complete a criminal background check (reviewedevery 5 years).
2. Clean Driving record (reviewed annually).
3. *Essential personnel are required to report to or remain atwork if instructed directly by designated personnel duringemergency events or inclement weather.