Lead Custodian - Downtown Campus

State of South Carolina; South Carolina; On-site; USD 32,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The Lead Custodian at Spartanburg Community College Downtown campus reports to the campus administrator and coordinates assignments for all custodial staff, ensuring cleaning tasks, inspections, and facility upkeep meet standards.

This role provides supervision, training, and daily guidance, oversees events and special cleaning projects, maintains supplies, and communicates needs to leadership while supporting operations during staffing shortages.

Qualifications

• Experience in custodial, housekeeping, groundskeeping, or pest control.
• Experience in standard custodial and floor care practices/equipment.
• Ability to lead and train employees.

Responsibilities

• Schedule assignments for all custodial personnel on the Downtown campus.
• Provide leadership, training, and daily work direction to custodial staff.
• Perform and oversee routine custodial services, including cleaning, sanitizing, floor care, restroom maintenance, and waste removal.

Skills

Leadership

Training

Team supervision

Event coordination

Inventory management

Hands-on labor

Job description

The Lead Custodian of the Downtown campus, serves under the supervision of the campus administrator. Responsible for the scheduling of assignments for all custodial personnel on the Downtown campus. Performs all assigned cleaning and housekeeping duties.

Provides leadership, training, and daily work direction to custodial staff, ensuring assigned cleaning tasks, inspections, and facility maintenance activities are completed in accordance with established standards and schedules.

Performs and oversees routine custodial services, including cleaning, sanitizing, floor care, restroom maintenance, waste removal, and maintaining assigned facilities in a clean, safe, and orderly condition.

Coordinates, inspects, and supports special event setups, room arrangements, event breakdowns, and special cleaning projects to ensure facilities are prepared and restored appropriately.

Maintains inventory levels of custodial supplies and equipment, assists with ordering materials, and ensures custodial equipment is properly maintained, inspected, and documented. Monitors facility conditions and communicates maintenance, safety, operational, and custodial needs to supervisors and campus leadership while responding to daily assignments and special requests.

Provides custodial coverage during staffing shortages and high-demand periods by performing cleaning duties, supporting team operations, and ensuring uninterrupted facility services across assigned areas.

Experience in custodial, housekeeping, groundskeeping, or pest control work that is directly related to the area of employment.

Experience in standard custodial and floor care practices/equipment. Experience in leading and training employees.

Must be able to perform hands-on labor and be capable of lifting weights up to 50 lbs. on a daily basis. Must be flexible to work days, evenings, and weekends depending on campus activities.

Spartanburg Community College is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer for all qualified persons regardless of race, color, sex, including the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, national origin, age, religion, or disability.