At Westminster College, we believe in immersive and enriching experiences that inspire creative thinking and problem solving. We believe in creating opportunities for several different paths to success over a lifetime and the potential to make an impact from wherever you are. For our students, we do this by providing real-world, hands-on learning opportunities, small class sizes, and talented professors dedicated to the individual. Our employees often remark that our tight-knit community creates an atmosphere fostering campus involvement that adapts to all interests. As a result, Westminster continues to be recognized for its excellence in higher education as one of the best small liberal arts colleges in the Midwest.

Reporting to the Executive Director of Plant Operations and Security, the Assistant Director of Maintenance and Custodial Services is responsible for delivering high quality and reliable custodial services, event support, and emergency response services. This position leads, supervises, monitors, and evaluates the day-to-day activities of assigned staff to ensure the provision of custodial services consistently meet high quality standards of appearance and efficiency on a sustained basis. This position will also work closely with the Assistant Director of Plant Operations and Compliance for matters related to safety and other compliance-related matters. The Assistant Director must be available to work major college events, occasional weekends or holidays, and weather-related emergencies. Occasional shift flex time may be required.

Essential Functions:

• Reviews and revises work methods and procedures of custodial staff when necessary to ensure efficiency, cost effectiveness and compliance with regulations, policies and standards.
• Develops and prepares work schedules, prioritizes and coordinates service deliveries to ensure effective workflow and operations; coordinates and adjusts schedules to accommodate supporting services for campus events and activities. Supporting services include, but are not limited to: Setting up tables and chairs, shoveling sidewalks, and painting residential housing rooms.
• Ensure custodial service quality and task frequencies; coordinate services needed outside of typical scope when warranted.
• Perform routine inspections of college facilities and grounds to evaluate levels of service and identify deficiencies for follow-up action.
• Assist in the management of the work order system and assignment of work orders.
• Follow-up on completed work orders to ensure the system maintains it’s integrity.
• Work with the Director of Procurement/Project Manager to manage the purchasing of supplies.
• Develop and manage a landscaping plan for the entire campus.
• Quality inspections preformed periodically on day, night, and weekend shift, to ensure quality service in all college facilities.
• Supervise the custodial services operations and staff to ensure employees have appropriate equipment, resources, and training to perform their jobs and meet goals and deadlines. May also supervise other employees in the department.
• Maintain employee training records.

Job Requirements:

Education: High School Diploma or equivalent required; bachelor’s degree preferred.

Experience: Proven management of supporting service operations experience required. Minimum of 2-3 years of experience preferred.

Skills:

• Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide constituency, whether in person, over the phone, or electronically
• Sincere dedication to exceptional customer service
• Ability to produce high quality, accurate work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to successfully plan, design, and implement organized custodial programs
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of cleaning, disinfecting, safety procedures, and experience in the operation of commercial custodial equipment
• Ability to organize and prioritize
• Ability to lead a team in a professional manner through establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with others
• Experience with and ability to handle sensitive and/or confidential information
• Ability to use a computerized work management and event scheduling system to efficiently allocate resources
• A valid driver’s license is required

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled or the search is closed.

Westminster College encourages and gives full consideration to all applicants for admission, financial aid, and employment. The College is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. The College does not discriminate in access to, treatment of, or employment in, its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, veteran status, marital status, disability, or genetic information.

Inquiries about compliance with this prohibition should be directed to:

Associate Vice President & Chief HR Officer/Title IX Coordinator

501 Westminster Ave, Washington West, 2nd floor

Fulton, MO 65251

HR@Westminster-mo.edu

573-592-5226