CUSTODIAN or ; Night Floor Care

Overview

CUSTODIAN 1 or 2 (Over Night Floor Care)

Please see Special Instructions for more details.

• This is a Civil Service Position. This position does not require applicants to take a Civil Service test.
• Pre-employment Drug testing, Criminal Background check, and Physical are required.
• This position will require selected applicant to be in a probationary status for at least 6 months.

Posting Summary

System

Job Title:

CUSTODIAN 1 or 2 (Over Night Floor Care)

Position Number:

Appointment Type:
Location-City

Location-City:
New Orleans

School/Division: PHYSICAL PLANT SERVICES

Department: CUSTODIAL AND GROUNDS

OVERNIGHT SHIFT: MONDAY EVENING TO SATURDAY MORNING FROM 9:00PM – 5:30AM.

This is work mainly performing floor care and maintenance duties in buildings on the Downtown Campus. Also, may include performing general housekeeping responsibilities.

Other requirements of the position:

• This position may be asked to respond to campus emergencies after normal business hours and during campus closures.
• The employee may be assigned to the emergency team that remains on campus and/or evacuates to an off-site location during emergency events.
• Knowledge of complex floor care machines.
• Knowledge of complex commercial floor care products.
• Knowledge of disinfecting procedures.
• Skill in safely operating complex floor cleaning and maintenance machines.
• Skill in safely mixing and using complex chemical cleaners.
• Skill in safely performing disinfecting procedures.
• Ability to operate and maneuver complex floor care machines.
• Ability to safely mix and use complex commercial floor care products.
• Ability to understand and apply LSUHSC rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Ability to apply safety policy and procedures for personal protection and the safety of the campus community.
• Ability to communicate information effectively, in English, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Ability to perform efficiently within a group as well as independently.
• Ability to perform tasks requiring standing, bending, stooping, kneeling and walking significant distances between and within buildings.
• Ability to push, pull, lift, or move loads of at least 35 pounds (bags of trash, cleaning carts, buffers and scrubbers, cleaning supplies and the like).
• Ability to perform duties within extreme temperature ranges between the interiors and exteriors of the buildings.
• Visual ability, corrected, to observe dangerous situations in the work area (re: wet floors) in order to redirect others to avoid injury.

Starting rate of pay: Custodian 1 is $10.00 per hour;
Custodian 2 is $10.70 per hour. There is also an additional $1 Shift Differential and $1 Longevity pay for hours worked only. Rate may be increased depending on applicants’ qualifications.

Comprehensive benefits are available to eligible employees and their dependents including health, life, dental, and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement plans; generous annual and sick leave; 14 paid holidays per year; and an employee health primary care clinic. See following link for more details on our benefits offerings:
LSUHSC, New Orleans – Benefits

Other employee benefits include a full-service credit union, wellness benefits featuring complimentary fitness center membership for employees and their spouses, employee assistance program, campus assistance program, and pet insurance option. More information about these benefits can be found on this webpage:
Additional Benefits

Please list all relevant work experience and education in the “Work History” section of your application, resumes will not be accepted, and experience not listed on application will not be considered which impacts your application and potential starting rate of pay.

Posting Number: C00773P

Number of Vacancies: 2

Posting Close Date: 02/05/2026

Open Until Filled:
No

• This is a Civil Service Position. This position does not require applicants to take a Civil Service test.
• Pre-employment Drug testing, Criminal Background check, and Physical are required.
• This position will require…