Custodial Services Supervisor

Company Description

Colby Community College is located in northwest Kansas, approximately 50 miles from the Nebraska and Colorado borders. From a humble beginning of the 99 students in 1964, CCC now serves more than 2,000 students annually. 

In addition to a 57-acre main campus, CCC has a 60-acre farm used as a hands-on laboratory and training facility. The college also accommodates hundreds of off-campus students through face-to-face, online, and hybrid courses.

A number of studies conclude CCC is a solid educational investment. Colby has a strong history of student performance, including the highest graduation and retention rates among all Kansas community colleges. 

Job Description

The Custodial Services Supervisor supervises the day-to-day custodial services operations on the college campus. The Custodial Services Supervisor supervises custodial staff, including student employees, to ensure a clean and safe environment for students and staff and compliance with applicable college policies, standards, and regulatory agency codes. This position reports to the Director of Maintenance.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Ensures compliance with College standards and applicable regulatory codes to maintain a safe environment for students, staff, and faculty.
• Supervises all custodial staff, including student employees, for the college campus. Hires, trains, evaluates, disciplines, and recommends dismissal of student employees as necessary.
• Identifies employee resources and expertise and utilizes employee experiences and skills to plan, schedule, assign, and perform custodial and other activities.
• Meets with staff regularly. Conducts ongoing training and custodial inspections.
• Maintains an accurate record of attendance and ensures that all employee and student employee electronic timecards are accurate before electronically approving for payroll.
• Works with campus to coordinate essential support at special events, athletic activities, banquets, department moves or changes, and/or other applicable events that affect the assigned staffing.
• Participates in identifying, recommending, and implementing opportunities for improved custodial services.
• Requisitions services, supplies, equipment, and materials to ensure efficient operations of campus or center; monitors and maintains inventories.
• Utilizes a computerized maintenance system for communication, tracking work orders, etc.
• Ensures that service requests are completed in an appropriate and timely manner and closed or referred according to department procedures.
• Designated as “essential” personnel and required to respond to calls/messages from assigned employees at all hours.
• Effectively communicates with, cooperates with, advises with, coordinates with, and supports all custodial staff;
• Conducts monthly building inspections for repairs and cleanliness.
• Maintains positive relationships with faculty and staff.
• Coordinates and communicates frequently with the Director of Maintenance as required to ensure maintenance and custodial responsibilities are completed as a team effort.
• Assists in examining every building for safety hazards; reports deficiencies to the Director of Maintenance and/or Director of Compliance.
• Conducts employee performance evaluations that are timely and constructive. 
• Handles employee discipline as needed and per policy. 

Duties/Responsibilities

• Performs skilled and semi-skilled custodial activities to include, but not limited to, vacuuming, dust mopping, and/or wet mopping, emptying trash containers, restroom cleaning, wiping whiteboards and chalkboards, painting, changing light bulbs, washing windows, and other various cleaning tasks in all buildings;
• Assists in cleaning and sanitizing restrooms and other high-trafficked areas; 
• Maintains safe and efficient working conditions of equipment;
• Performs minor repairs and maintenance such as replacing light fixtures or unclogging pipes;
• Reports preventative maintenance needs to maintenance personnel when needed;
• Performs tasks supporting grounds maintenance during periods of inclement weather, specifically spreading ice melt near building entrances and on campus sidewalks;
• Accurately records data related to cleaning chemicals, cleaning supplies, electrical supplies, and paper goods on inventory control sheets;
• Operates job-related equipment including but not limited to an auto scrubber, industrial-size vacuum, and wet/dry vacuum;
• Supports the daily operation of the custodial team;
• Ensures and maintains a neat and orderly custodial room for each building; ensures cleaning and maintenance supplies are stocked;
• Effectively communicates with, cooperates with, and supports