Position: Custodial Support Technician
Department: Facilities
Reports To: Area Supervisor (Custodial)
FTE: 1.0
Days/Year: 260
Salary Schedule: 2026–2027 Educational Support Professional (Group B- School Based)
Paygrade: A15
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Why You Will Love Working Here
Join a team dedicated to maintaining safe, clean, and well-maintained school facilities that support students, staff, and the broader community. As a Custodial Support Technician, you play an essential role in ensuring that school environments are clean, safe, and ready to support teaching and learning each day.
This position offers the opportunity to apply your skills in a collaborative environment while taking pride in the day-to-day care of District buildings. You will work alongside a team to support custodial and basic maintenance functions, helping to ensure facilities are welcoming and operational. Employees in this role take pride in work that has a direct and meaningful impact on the school environment and overall District operations.
Position Summary
Performs general custodial, maintenance, and minor repair duties for District facilities, ensuring buildings are clean, safe, functional, and properly secured. Serves as the building custodial point of contact for evening events and supports daily operations, maintenance, and facility readiness.
Essential Job Functions
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Conducts general cleaning, maintenance, and minor repairs of building facilities
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Sweeps, mops, buffs floors, vacuums carpeted areas, and cleans restrooms
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Cleans tables, sets up and breaks down lunchroom and event spaces, removes trash
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Assists with lunchroom setup and cleaning as needed
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Unlocks and secures building(s) and ensures facilities are properly closed at the end of the shift
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Serves as the building custodial point of contact for evening events, including unlocking spaces, setting up furniture, and ensuring facilities are ready for use
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Monitors building areas during evening use to support safe and appropriate facility access
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Checks for needed repairs and performs minor maintenance as appropriate
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Inspects building mechanical systems (e.g., boilers, HVAC, ventilation) and reports issues to appropriate personnel
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Responds to special requests from building administration, staff, and facility users
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Maintains tools, equipment, and custodial supplies in proper working order
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Assists with maintaining adequate inventory of supplies
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Performs outdoor maintenance including mowing, watering, snow removal, and playground/equipment checks as needed
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Assists with community school activities as required
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Documents and communicates facility concerns, maintenance needs, or issues observed during the shift
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
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Knowledge of custodial and basic building maintenance practices
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Ability to perform custodial duties and minor repairs
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Ability to inspect facilities and identify maintenance needs
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Ability to communicate effectively and follow directions
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Ability to work cooperatively with others
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Skill in using tools, equipment, and materials of the trade
Qualifications
Required: High school diploma or equivalent.
Working Conditions and Physical Demands
Work is performed primarily in District facilities, including school buildings and occasionally outdoors. The position may involve exposure to cleaning chemicals, dust, noise, and varying temperatures, including outdoor weather conditions during seasonal maintenance activities such as snow removal and mowing. Work may occur during evening hours and in support of school or community events, and may require travel between District sites as needed.
This position requires regular physical activity with occasional heavy exertion. Employees must be able to alternate between sitting, standing, and walking for extended periods throughout the shift. The role requires the ability to lift, carry, push, and pull up to 100 pounds on an occasional basis and lighter weights more frequently.
Frequent movements include bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching at or above shoulder level, and climbing stairs or ladders. The position requires manual dexterity to operate tools, equipment, and cleaning machinery, as well as the ability to grasp, hold, and manipulate objects of varying size and weight.
The employee must be able to receive, process, and communicate information through vision, hearing, and other assisted means, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Employees in this category will also receive the following for the 2025-2026 school year:
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Non-Recurring Pay: 7% of base salary in Non-Recurring Pay (distributed as 3.5% on November paycheck and 3.5 % on May paycheck).
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Staffing Stability Incentive (Adams Elementary, Galileo Middle School and Mitchell High School): ESP employees will receive the equivalent of one salary step divided over 12 pay periods.
Base Salary Setting: Employment, assignment and salary placement, is in accordance with job description requirements. A work history is required to demonstrate job title, job duties and time worked in the position. Grade placement for ESP positions is determined by the Salary Schedule by Job Title resource. Reference the linked How Your Compensation Is Determined for more details.
Salary Setting (New Hires): Any newly-employed Education Support Professional will be placed on the twenty-five (25) step system. Each step represents two years of experience, based upon equivalent experience. The maximum number of years of experience granted is 19-20 years, which is equivalent to placement on step ten (10). Steps are determined by experience listed on the application and resume.
Salary Setting (Rehires): Returning employees who have previously resigned or separated from the District will be rehired at the same step they were on at the time of resignation/separation plus any new experience gained in the same job, provided step increases were approved by the Board during the years in question.
Employees with experience in the District who have left the District and then returned to the same position shall be hired at the same pay grade (refers to the ESP placement on salary schedule by job title) and step at time of resignation. Additional relevant experience gained after resignation may be evaluated from the employee’s application and updated resume.
See Employee Handbook (located on the D11 website) for information on salary setting for rehires (after retirement), promotions and lateral transfers.
School District 11 is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination in relation to disability, need for special education services (whether actual or perceived), race, creed, color, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, religion, ancestry, age, genetic information, or protected activity in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. Any harassment/discrimination of students and/or staff, based on the aforementioned protected areas, will not be tolerated and must be brought to the immediate attention of the school principal, D11 administrator/supervisor or D11 nondiscrimination compliance/grievance coordinator.
NONDISCRIMINATION COMPLIANCE COORDINATOR, the Office of Equal Opportunity Programs and Ombudservices, has been designated to coordinate compliance with: Equal Pay Act of 1963, Civil Rights Act of 1964, as Amended, Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, Title IX – Education Amendments Act of 1972, Section 504 of Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978, and Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. For additional information, please contact the District 11 Office of Equal Opportunity Programs & Ombudservices at 1115 North El Paso Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80903-2599, Phone: 719-520-2288, FAX: 719-520-2442
The following Board policies address nondiscrimination in District 11: AC, AC-R, GBA, GBAA, JBB, JBB-R
