Maintenance – Lead Custodian

Seward County Community College; Liberal (KS); On-site; USD 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Benefits

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Tuition reimbursement for employee and

dependents

Annual leave

Sick leave

Matching annuity

Job summary

Seward County Community College in Kansas is seeking a Lead Custodian to oversee daily custodial operations, ensure clean, safe, and well-maintained facilities, and provide guidance to the custodial team on scheduling, training, and supplies.

The role includes hands-on cleaning as needed, supervising staff, and ensuring fair hiring and promotion practices. Start date ASAP; full-time position with a competitive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Six months to two years of similar or related experience.
• Successful applicant will be required to pass a criminal background check prior to employment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily custodial operations and supervise the custodial crew to ensure safety, cleanliness and timely completion of tasks.

Job description

Seward County Community College is a two-year institution offering 45 programs of study, including Adult Basic Education, certificate programs and Associate of Arts, Science, General Studies and Applied Sciences degrees. Ranked in the top 5% of more than 1,100 accredited community colleges in the U.S. by the Aspen Institute, SCCC serves a student body of 2,500+ students ranging in age from 15 to 85, in a county with the highest foreign-born percentage population in the U.S., and a rural service area of about 50,997 in seven Southwest Kansas counties as well as neighboring counties in southeastern Colorado, the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles.

Responsibilities

The Lead Custodian oversees daily custodial operations, ensuring that buildings and facilities are clean, safe, and well-maintained. This position provides direction and support to the custodial team, monitors work quality, and assists with scheduling, training, and supply management. The Lead Custodian also performs hands‑on cleaning and maintenance duties as needed. Helps supervise and review the work of a custodial crew, ensuring equal employment opportunity in hiring and promotion. Directs the day to day activities and operations of custodial department for the purpose of ensuring that assignments are completed in a safe, proper, and timely manner.

Qualifications

Six months to two years of similar or related experience.

Salary/Benefits

Competitive salary. Participation in college Flexible Benefits program which includes options for single and family health and dental coverage, optional insurances, and reimbursement accounts. Other benefits include: income protection insurance; matching annuity; SCCC tuition reimbursement for employee and dependents; annual and sick leave allowances and participation in social security (FICA) and state retirement programs (KPERS).

• Successful applicant will be required to pass a criminal background check prior to employment.

Position Status: Full-time

Application Deadline: Open until filled

Start Date: ASAP

EOE/Drug Free Campus

Selection Process

The search committee will conduct all minimum qualification appraisals as set forth on the position announcement and job description and reserve the right to limit the number of interviews granted. Meeting the minimum qualifications for a position does not assure the applicant an interview. Applicants selected for an interview will be notified of the time and place of the interview. Interviews are usually conducted on campus by the search committee. Additional interviews and/or teaching demonstrations may be required.

Other information

• Clery Act Campus Safety and Security Report
• FMLA English
• FMLA Spanish