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Posted: February 25, 2026 (1 day ago)

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Custodian

State of Iowa

282 Iowa Department of Education

Fresh

Location

Salary

$14.66 - $20.76

per hour

Closes

March 9, 2026

Job Description

Summary

This job is for a custodian who keeps a state education building clean and tidy by handling tasks like vacuuming floors, cleaning bathrooms, emptying trash, and maintaining supplies.

It also involves some outdoor work such as clearing snow from walkways and minor maintenance like moving furniture or reporting repairs.

A good fit would be someone reliable and physically fit who enjoys hands-on work and can follow instructions in a team setting.

Key Requirements

  • High school diploma, GED, or equivalent, or one year of full-time experience in commercial building maintenance or housekeeping
  • Ability to read, write, and follow instructions while communicating effectively
  • Knowledge of proper bending and lifting techniques, with ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds
  • Capacity to perform physical tasks including cleaning, scrubbing, climbing ladders up to 12 feet, and moving furniture
  • Ability to work in varied environments like crowded areas or extreme temperatures
  • Knowledge of safe use of chemical cleaning agents and environmental sanitation hazards

Full Job Description

Custodial Worker

Duties:

• Performs cleaning throughout building, including floors (vacuuming, shampooing, sweeping, mopping, striping, scrubbing, waxing, buffing), bathroom fixtures, light fixtures (including replacing light bulbs), windows, ceilings, walls. Use of a ladder up to 12 feet in height may be required

• Makes beds, handles clean and soiled linens. Cleans and disinfects bedroom furniture. Moves furniture, draperies, rugs for cleaning. Reports needed repairs

• Refills containers for soap, bathroom tissue, paper towels, etc. Collects and empties trash from receptacles.

• Delivers supplies to various areas.

• Locks/unlocks doors as required.

• Assists in unloading trucks, unpacking, assembling, and moving equipment and furniture.

• Performs duties in the immediate exterior of the building such as sweeping sidewalks, snow and ice removal at entrances, cleaning debris from grounds and window wells.

• Maintains inventory of linen and record of lined laundering; maintains inventory of custodial supplies, and keeps/prepares other records and reports as directed.

• Performs other duties as assigned The tasks listed are examples of the variety and general nature of duties performed by employees. It is not intended that any position include every duty listed nor is it intended that related duties cannot be required


Qualifications/Skills:

• Ability to read, write, and follow instructions; communicate effectively with others

• Knowledge of proper bending and lifting techniques and the ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds.

• Ability to perform physical tasks such as such as cleaning, lifting furniture, emptying trash receptacles, scrubbing, climbing up and down ladders, etc.

• Ability to work in a variety of environments including crowded public areas, and high/low temperature areas.

• Knowledge of the safe use of chemical cleaning agents and possible hazards relating to environmental sanitation.

Hours: Monday - Friday, 6:30 am-3:00 pm

E-Verify and Right to WorkThe State of Iowa participates in E-Verify, a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees.

Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States.

The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees’ rights to work without being required to join a labor organization.

For more information, please visit www.e-verify.gov.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements to qualify for positions in this job classification:

1) Graduation from high school, GED, or equivalency.
2) One year of full-time work experience in commercial building maintenance or housekeeping.

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Posted on NEOGOV: 2/25/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/26/2026

Source: NEOGOV | ID: neogov-iowa-5249942