Wisconsin
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Custodian 2nd shift

Pay
$18 per hour
Location
University of Wisconsin Madison
Listed
2 days ago

About the role

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  • Job Category: University Staff
  • Employment Type: Regular
  • Job Profile: Custodian

Job Overview

The custodian position will complete daily cleaning tasks such as cleaning bathrooms, taking out trash and recycling, vacuuming hallways, offices, and meeting/event spaces, and taking radio calls for cleaning assistance needed throughout the building. Tasks are also assigned on a weekly basis that include: scrubbing kitchen and entrances with an auto-scrubber, changing lightbulbs, and miscellaneous deep cleaning tasks. This position would also include maintaining outdoor entrances year-round, and snow/ice removal in the colder seasons.

Custodians at Pyle center will be assisting with some production tasks dependent on events happening in the building. These tasks would include assisting in setting up classroom, dining, and event spaces based on guidance from setup and event planning staff, as well as take down and clean up after events end.

Schedule: Tuesday - Saturday

1pm - 9:30pm

Key Job Responsibilities

  • Maintains organization of supply areas and equipment, documents inventory, and requests additional supplies as needed
  • Utilizes basic equipment and supplies to clean assigned facility areas and remove waste and recyclables
  • Monitors and secures facility interior and exterior entrances and reports issues to appropriate entities
  • Maintains clean and clear walkways to ensure they are free of debris, litter, snow, and ice
  • Documents and reports repairs, violations, and pest control needs

Job Qualifications And Additional Details For Job Posting

Department: Wisconsin Union - Pyle Center

Compensation

$17.51 per hour

  • Plus an additional $2.50 per hour for night hours worked (6pm-6am).
  • Plus an additional $0.80 per hour for weekend hours worked.
  • Plus Time and a half per hour for hours worked on designated legal holidays.

Required Qualifications

  • Ability to walk, stand, lift, carry, bend, stoop and climb for the majority of the shift, including extended periods of continuous physical activities with or without an accommodation.
  • Ability to lift and move supplies, equipment and material regularly up to 50 lbs. and occasionally up to 100 lbs.
  • Ability to remove snow and ice outside during cold weather.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working at same position for 3 months or more- Preferred

Education: High School Diploma preferred

How to Apply

  • Click the "Apply" button to start the application process. Please add a resume.
  • Contact Information: Rod Rotar
  • Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1.
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Institutional Statement on Diversity

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

  • The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.
  • The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

We promote excellence by acknowledging skills and expertise from all backgrounds and encourage all qualified individuals to apply. For more information regarding applicant and employee rights and to view federal and state required postings, visit the Human Resources Workplace Poster website.

To request a disability or pregnancy-related accommodation for any step in the hiring process (e.g., application, interview, pre-employment testing, etc.), please contact the Divisional Disability Representative (DDR) in the division you are applying to. Please make your request as soon as possible to help the university respond most effectively to you.

  • Employment may require a criminal background check. It may also require your references to answer questions regarding misconduct, including sexual violence and sexual harassment.
  • The University of Wisconsin System will not reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing, except that the identity of the successful candidate will be released. See Wis. Stat. sec. 19.36(7).

The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report contains current campus safety and disciplinary policies, crime statistics for the previous 3 calendar years, and on-campus student housing fire safety policies and fire statistics for the previous 3 calendar years. UW-Madison will provide a paper copy upon request; please contact the University of Wisconsin Police Department.

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From Wisconsin's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on November 8, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.

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