Custodian Lead

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Position Title:

Custodian Lead (1st Shift)

Job Category:

University Staff

Employment Type:

Regular

Job Profile:

Custodian Lead

Job Duties:

At the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, we are dedicated to providing access to higher education for all in Northeast Wisconsin who want to learn by maintaining safe, vibrant, and welcoming living spaces. As a Lead Custodian in Housing and Residential Education, you will play a vital operational role to build community across campus housing, ensuring student rooms, apartments, and common spaces remain clean, safe, and orderly. Embracing our spirit to advance fearlessly, you will tackle daily facility needs, walkway maintenance, and emergency responses head-on to protect and uplift our campus living environment.

In this collaborative leadership role, you will empower success by hiring, training, and mentoring student staff, as well as coordinating contract cleaning operations during major move-in and departure periods. Working closely with custodial colleagues and campus partners, you will manage key administrative duties—including inventory, ordering, and work order tracking—while taking pride to express gratitude for our shared journey. If you are ready to make a lasting impact in a supportive, growth-oriented community where Together, We Rise, we welcome your application to join our Phoenix family.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Utilizes basic equipment and supplies to clean assigned facility areas and remove waste and recyclables

• Maintains organization of supply areas and equipment, documents inventory, and requests additional supplies as needed

• Responds to facility emergency and hazardous situations, and escalates incidents according to established policies and procedures

• Maintains clean and clear walkways to ensure they are free of debris, litter, snow, and ice

• Schedules, monitors, and communicates with staff and assists with basic training

• Monitors and secures facility interior and exterior entrances and reports issues to appropriate entities

• Documents and reports repairs, violations, and pest control needs

• Administrative Duties: Each lead will have primary administrative duties that they will be responsible to manage.  Leads will also be cross trained in all areas. 
  • Inventory and ordering 
  • Recruitment, hiring, training coordination and supervising student staff  
  • Scheduling and managing departure/arrival cleans and oversee all areas of managing contract cleaners 
  • Management, review, and follow up of work orders

Department:

Facilities Management

Compensation:

Compensation range of $19.00 - $19.75.

This position will earn an additional $0.80 per hour for all weekend hours worked, as well as for all hours worked between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.

This position is not exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

Required Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent at time of application
• Possession of or eligibility to obtain a valid drivers license upon appointment
• Basic Computer skills including the ability to use e-mail and internet

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bilingual, preferably in Spanish, Hmong, Somali, or Oneida
• Knowledge of the proper methods, materials, and equipment for a wide range of general custodian work
• Ability to operate cleaning equipment such as a vacuum cleaner or a floor scrubber
• Knowledge of basic safety precautions including the safe and proper use of toxic chemicals, and knowledge of heaving lifting methods to ensure safety
• Must have the ability to maintain high standards of cleanliness
• Ability to tolerate temperature extremes when performing snow removal activities

Physical Qualifications:

• Physical abilities to lift 50 lbs. from the floor to waist occasionally
• Physical abilities to lift 30 lbs. from the floor to overhead occasionally
• Physical abilities to stand and walk continuously throughout an eight hour shift
• Ability to push, pull, reach, bend, twist, stoop, kneel, move furniture, perform repetitive motions, overhead work, frequent stair and ladder climbing

Conditions of Appointment:

Occasional evening and and/or weekend work is expected and will be assigned by supervisor as needed. This position will be required to tolerate temperature extremes.

Position is a full-time University Staff appointment.  The work hours for this position will be 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday on the Green Bay campus. 

A criminal conviction investigation and pre-work screen examination will be conducted on the finalist(s).  In addition, if the final selected candidate has prior work history within the last 7 years with Universities of Wisconsin, a personnel file review check for employee misconduct will be completed. A [six/twelve]-month probationary period is required for this position. In compliance with the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act, the University does not discriminate on the basis of arrest or conviction record.

The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay does not offer H-1B or other work authorization visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire and maintain work authorization throughout the employment term. If you have questions regarding this, please contact Human Resources.

How to Apply:

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Please be sure to complete all required fields, and include all required documents before submitting your application. Once submitted, you will not be able to edit or attach any application materials. Files must be complete to be considered. Please include the following documents:

• Resume

Application Deadline

To ensure consideration, please submit application materials by Sunday, November 29, 2026.

Contact Information:

If you have any questions, need accommodations, or submitted your application with missing materials, call or email:

Human Resources

Phone: (920) 465-2390

Email:[email protected]

The Successful Candidate

The successful candidate will be expected to work inclusively and respectfully within a diverse campus community and practice civility in the workplace.  The University welcomes applicants who are dedicated to the appreciation and promotion of inclusivity and equity as crucial components in the pursuit of organizational excellence.  

In addition, the successful candidate will have strong oral, written, interpersonal, and organizational skills, demonstrated integrity and strong leadership, and the willingness to work independently and as part of a collaborative team. The University invites applicants who are dedicated to enriching the quality of life for students and the community by embracing the educational value of diversity, promoting environmental sustainability, encouraging engaged citizenship, and serving as an intellectual, cultural, and economic resource. 

Benefit Details 

The Universities of Wisconsin provides an excellent benefits package to meet the diverse needs of its employees. For benefits eligible positions, this includes several health insurance options, with annual deductibles as low as $250/individual and $500/family. Our benefits package also includes dental, vision, several life insurance options, AD&D and Accident insurance and Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts. We participate in the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS), where employer contributions begin immediately, and employees are fully vested after 5 years of service. The Universities of Wisconsin also provides supplemental retirement savings programs including a 403(b) and Deferred Compensation. 

In addition, eligible employees receive several types of paid leave benefits, which are prorated for employees working less than 100%. This includes 9 legal holidays, 36 hours of personal holiday and between 96-130 hours of sick leave annually and paid parental leave. Eligible employees earn 13-27 days of vacation each year, depending on years of service and employment type. 

For more details, please review the benefit quick guide linked below. 

• UW System Employee Benefits Brochure 

• Total Compensation Estimator 

Employee Misconduct 

All final candidates will be asked to provide names, email contact information, and/or phone numbers for three (3) references, with at least one being from a manager or supervisor, during the interview process. All final candidates must be asked, prior to hire, whether they have been found to have engaged in, are currently under investigation for, or left employment during an active investigation in which they were accused of employee misconduct, sexual violence or sexual harassment. When obtaining employment reference checks, these same misconduct, sexual violence or sexual harassment questions must also be asked. 

Confidentiality Statement  

The University of Wisconsin System will not reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing, except that the identity of the successful candidate will be released. See Wis.Stat. sec. 19.36(7).  

Annual Security Report

For more information regarding the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and the surrounding area, see our Campus and Community section. For Campus Safety information see our University Police website and our Annual Security Report (for a paper copy please contact the Office of Human Resources at (920) 465-2390). This report includes statistics about reported crimes, as well as information about crime prevention and campus security policies and procedures. 

UW is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other bases protected by applicable federal or State law and UW System policies. We are committed to building a workforce that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills, and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.