Lycoming College is hiring a Custodial Supervisor to join our Buildings and Grounds team.

This is a key member of the Buildings & Grounds team that supervisors a group of custodians and also performs routine and non-routine custodial maintenance as part of a team assigned to specific buildings or areas on campus. The custodial supervisor position plays an important role in helping keep campus beautiful.

This position is a full-time position that works primarily Monday through Friday 4am-12pm with overtime available for certain weekends and evenings for specific activities.

Who We Are:
Founded in 1812, Lycoming College is one of the nation’s oldest and most respected liberal arts colleges. Today, our community of 1,200 active learners from 26 states and territories and 13 countries comprises a student body that is 31 percent domestic students of the global majority or international, all of whom work with our renowned scholars to craft customized combinations of market-driven majors, minors and concentrations across our 52+ academic programs. Students compete in 20 NCAA Division III sports, participate in faculty-driven research, thrive in a robust program of internship experiences, and study abroad in more than two dozen countries. Lycoming College has one of the highest endowment-per-student ratios in the country. The institution is a member of the Annapolis Group of Liberal Arts Colleges and is recognized by U.S. News as a top 100 National Liberal Arts College and the No. 21 Best Value School. Lycoming College is dedicated to providing a high-quality liberal arts and sciences education for all students. Learn more at https://www.lycoming.edu.

The College proudly celebrates and values the principles of inclusive excellence. In its 2021 Strategic Plan, Lycoming College committed to recruiting more faculty and staff from historically underrepresented groups.  The community works to foster an inclusive campus community and to support the success of all faculty, staff and students. The College recognizes that a community formed of a wide range of backgrounds and experiences benefits all its members and serves to advance Lycoming’s goal of preparing graduates to become ethical, informed, and engaged individuals

Lycoming College is an equal opportunity employer.

What will I do in this role?
A Custodial Supervisor is responsible for supervising a group of custodians and facilitating custodial shift operations to ensure a clean, orderly and safe environment for students, faculty/staff, and visitors on campus.  Under the oversight of the Assistant Director of Physical Plant, this position implements and maintains planned and established priorities and departmental policies and procedures, trains and orients new staff, maintains departmental records such as daily attendance and reviewing and approving timesheets and time off requests, work assignments, maintenance/cleaning/service schedules, and work orders for repair or maintenance.

Additionally, a Custodial Supervisor manages the custodial supply inventory, facilitates conference and event set-ups and arrangements as planned, and handles employee performance situations/implements corrective actions as needed for Custodians this position supervises. 

A Custodial Supervisor arranges appropriate custodial team staffing based upon needs and absenteeism.  A Custodial Supervisor may be involved in the hiring of new Custodians.

This is a working supervisor position where this position is also responsible for performing custodial and general maintenance duties in and around campus facilities, responding to emergency calls for service, implementing setups and teardowns for a wide variety of campus and community events, working closely with employees and students to meet the custodial needs of their designated areas, and resolving custodial-related problems to ensure efficient and safe operations. 

Custodial Services is one of several campus departments designated as “emergency-on-call” for emergency situations (e.g. inclement weather snow and ice removal or emergency clean-up/other urgent situations).

What are we looking for?

• High school diploma or G.E.D. required. 
•  At least 2 years of industrial or commercial cleaning preferred
• 1-3 years of prior supervisory or lead experience is strongly preferred.
• Must be energetic, a positive team player, and able to follow oral and written instructions.
• Physical requirements include the ability to frequently bend, kneel, stoop, push / pull, reach above and below shoulder height, climb ladders and stairs, and routinely lift and carry objects up to 25 lbs. unassisted and move objects up to 50 lbs. with assistance as needed.

• Health insurance – with a wide variety of health plan options available
• Dental insurance, including orthodontia coverage.
• Vision insurance
• Flexible spending accounts for medical expenses and dependent care expenses
• Life & accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Cancer insurance
• Personal accident insurance
• Wellness program
• Employee assistance program

• 403(b) retirement plan with up to 8% contributions from the College

• Free tuition for employees, spouses, and eligible dependents at Lycoming College
• Free tuition for eligible dependents at over 600 colleges nationwide through Tuition Exchange, Inc.
• Free tuition for employees, spouses, and eligible dependents at the Pennsylvania College of Technology

• Generous paid time off (PTO)
• Paid Parental Leave
• 14 holidays per year
• Summer hours

• 15% discount at the campus bookstore, excluding textbooks and snacks.
• Reduced rates for meal packages for on-campus dining facilities.
• Use of the campus recreations center and gym facilities for employees.
• Use of the campus Library.