Custodial Maintenance Service Worker

Kenai Peninsula College is seeking a dedicated and skilled Custodial Maintenance Service Worker to join our team in Soldotna. This 40-hour per week position plays a vital role in helping to maintain our campus facilities to ensure a clean, safe and welcoming environment for students, faculty, staff and visitors. This position offers competitive pay and provides an opportunity to contribute to the success of our educational community through your facilities maintenance expertise.

The Custodial Maintenance Service Worker III role within the Kenai Peninsula College Facilities Services department is essential for upholding the cleanliness, safety, and operational efficiency of campus facilities. This position involves a blend of custodial duties, grounds maintenance, and general labor to support a vibrant academic environment, ensuring that students, faculty, staff, and visitors experience well-maintained spaces that foster learning and community.

To succeed in this position, candidates should demonstrate strong customer service, interpersonal, and communication skills to engage effectively with a diverse campus population, while showing reliability through punctuality, commitment to tasks, and openness to supervisory feedback. Hands-on experience with commercial cleaning techniques—such as sanitizing bathrooms, operating power equipment like floor scrubbers and vacuums, and handling grounds tasks including snow removal and lawn care—will be key. A proven track record in roles requiring trust and responsibility, coupled with comfort working around chemicals and biohazards, will enable you to contribute proactively to a safe and organized facilities team.

Minimum Qualifications:

Certificate of Completion from technical school and a minimum of three years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. 

Physical capability to lift up to 70 pounds with or without a reasonable accommodation.

The ability to adapt to flexible schedules encompassing early mornings, evenings, and weekends.

Applicant must possess a current, unrestricted Alaska driver's license, or be able to obtain an unrestricted Alaska driver's license within 60 days of accepting the job.

In addition, the applicant must meet UAA's safe driving criteria as posted at http://ehsrms.uaa.alaska.edu/TransportationSafetyPro10.pdf and starting on page three.

Position Details:

This position is located on the Kenai Peninsula College campus in Soldotna, AK. This is a full-time, non-exempt staff position complete with both a competitive salary and full employee benefits package. UA provides a generous compensation package that includes retirement options, annual leave, 12 paid holidays per year, tuition waivers for employees and family members, and affordable medical, dental and vision care coverage.  

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until a successful candidate is identified. 

Local 6070 Generic Union Job Description

**All APPLICANTS **

Current University of Alaska Local 6070 employees will be provided priority employment considerations for the first 5 days, when they meet the minimum qualifications for the posted position. Current University of Alaska Local 6070 employees who meet the minimum qualifications for the posting should apply before the review date.  However, there is no requirement to be a Bargaining Unit Member in order to apply.  

• If an adequate pool of applicants is not received at that time, applications will be reviewed by date received until the position is filled.

• This recruitment is Open Until Filled and successful submission of an application does not guarantee employment.

Salary Information: Facilities Maintenance M3 /Step 1 $20.25/hr.  (See Article 9.2 in the L6070 Collective Bargaining Agreement, Wage Grade Schedule).

This position is represented by the Alaska Higher Education Crafts & Trades Employees (L6070).

This position is a term-funded position and is reviewed annually for contract renewal at the University's discretion.

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☎️If you have any questions regarding this position, please contact Katy Koetitz, KPC HR Coordinator, at kmkoetitz@alaska.edu or 907-262-0317.

*To be eligible for this position, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.  Applicants who now or may in the future require visa sponsorship to work in the United States are not eligible.

This position is a term-funded position and is reviewed annually for contract renewal at the University's discretion.

The University of Alaska (UA) is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the applicant screening process. If you need assistance in completing this application or during any phase of the interview process, please contact UA Human Resources by phone at 907-450-8200.

The University of Alaska (www.alaska.edu) is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access Employer and Educational Institution.  The University is committed to a policy of non-discrimination (www.alaska.edu/nondiscrimination) against individuals on the basis of any legally protected status.

The successful applicant is required to complete a background check. Any offer of employment is contingent on the background check.

Your application for employment with the University of Alaska is subject to public disclosure under the Alaska Public Records Act.

All employees at the University of Alaska are expected to uphold the highest standards of ethics and professionalism when conducting or engaged in university business.

*Each university within the University of Alaska system publishes an Annual Security and Fire Safety Report which contains information regarding campus safety and security including topics such as: campus law enforcement authority; crime reporting policies; campus alerts (Timely Warnings and Emergency Notifications); fire safety policies and procedures; programs to prevent dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking; the procedures the University will follow when one of these crimes is reported; and other matters of importance related to security on campus. The report also contains information about crime statistics for the three most recent calendar years concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus; in On-Campus Student Housing Facilities; in Noncampus buildings or property owned or controlled by the University or a recognized student organization; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus.  The report also contains fire statistics for any fires occurring in an On-Campus Student Housing Facility during the three most recent calendar years.  

Access to the reports is available at:

UAA: (Addresses Anchorage campus, Aviation Technology Complex, JBER - Elmendorf Extension, JBER - Richardson Extension, Kenai Peninsula College - Kachemak Bay campus, Kenai Peninsula College - Kenai River campus, Kodiak College, Kodiak High School Extension, Matanuska-Susitna College, Prince William Sound College, and Prince William Sound College - Cordova Extension) Online: https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/students/safety. Request a paper copy in person: UAA Police Department Office at Room 114 of Eugene Short Hall on the Anchorage campus / UAA Dean of Students Office at Room 122 of Rasmuson Hall on the Anchorage campus. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-786-1120 or police@uaa.alaska.edu / 907-786-1214 or uaa_deanofstudents@alaska.edu. 

UAF: (Addresses Fairbanks Campus, Bristol Bay Campus, Chukchi Campus, Community and Technical College, Kasitsna Bay Campus, Seward Marine Center, Tok Campus, Kuskokwim Campus, and Northwest Campus) Online: https://www.uaf.edu/orca/files/ASFSR.pdf. Request a paper copy in person: UAF Office of Rights, Compliance and Accountability on the 3rd Floor of Constitution Hall. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-474-7300 or uaf-orca@alaska.edu.

UAS: (Addresses the Juneau Auke Bay Campus, Juneau Technical Education Center, Sitka Campus, & Ketchikan Campus) Online: https://uas.alaska.edu/equity-and-compliance/docs/clery/UAS_ASFSR.pdf. Request a paper copy in person: Hendrickson Building, Suite 202 on the Juneau campus. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-796-6371 or emailing uas.clery@alaska.edu.