Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, LES is customer-owned and is one of the nation’s leading utility companies. We are recognized for low costs, unmatched reliability, financial stability, cutting-edge innovation, environmental stewardship, and community engagement. We pride ourselves on delivering exceptional customer service while fostering a culture that celebrates passion, talent, and high standards. If you're not just looking for a job but a fulfilling career in a workplace that values excellence, the environment, and the community we call home, LES might just be the perfect fit for you. Join us and power a brighter future!

• LES is interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States.
• LES is unable to sponsor employment-based immigrant or non-immigrant visas.
• This is not a remote position and requires residency within a reasonable commuting distance to LES in Lincoln, Nebraska.

We are seeking a dependable, hardworking, and detail-oriented experienced Custodial Operations Lead to oversee custodial services across our LES facilities, ensuring clean, safe, and efficient work environments that support critical energy operations. This leadership role requires a strong focus on operational excellence, team coordination, and adherence to environmental and safety standards. Join us and be a key player in delivering reliable support that empowers our team every day.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND CORE COMPETENCIES

Performs a variety of duties, requiring skill in operations, maintenance, and cleaning of LES owned buildings in accordance with LES policies, safety rules, procedures and practices to maintain efficient and functional buildings. Specific duties include supervision of custodial staff, leading training initiatives, prioritizing tasks, engaging in continuous process improvement to gain efficiencies, working independently on requested tasks to meet facility goals, and responding to after-hour facility needs as needed. Consistent and reliable attendance is an essential function of this position. 

• Assigns, supervises, inspects, and evaluates the work of the custodial personnel assigned to the facility daily.
• Acquaints new employees with their work procedure, schedules, rules, and regulations, and answers all questions which enable the employee to work more effectively.
• Creates, implements, and leads training programs for contracted and regular custodial staff.
• Coordinates custodial staff schedule to facility and activity needs. Revises schedule as necessary during emergency periods, absence of employees, and secures assistance from other areas as the need may arise.
• Ensures that custodial facility equipment is operational by performing routine and preventative maintenance and cleaning of tools, equipment, and machines within reasonable capabilities.
• Orders and maintains inventory, and delivers supplies, materials, and equipment between facilities.
• Monitors and inspects custodial services daily to verify successful completion of work and recommends corrective action to management.

Leading/Facilitating Teams - Helps team develop a vision, objectives, and goals consistent with the organization’s mission while encouraging personal ownership, anticipating and resolving conflicts, and fostering an environment where team members are motivated to do their best work.

Decision Making - Moves quickly to make good decisions and commit to a clear course of action; comfortable making sound decisions based on partial information; willing to take appropriate risks in order to maintain momentum; shows a strong bias toward action.

Communication - Expresses ideas and information in a clear and concise manner whether verbally, written, or other means; tailors message to fit the interests and needs of the audience; delivers information in a manner that is interesting and compelling.

Customer Focus - Putting customers, both internal and external, at the center of business decisions in order to identify and respond to current and future customer needs. Builds customer confidence, is committed to increasing customer satisfaction, sets achievable customer expectations, assumes responsibility for solving customer problems, ensures commitments to customers are met, solicits opinions and ideas from customers, responds to internal customers.

Accountability - Holds self and others responsible for goals, outcomes, deadlines, and objectives and follows through on commitments. Takes accountability for delivering on commitments; owns mistakes and uses them as opportunities for learning and development.

Job Technical Skills - Keeps their technical skills current; effectively applies specialized knowledge and skills to perform work tasks; understands and masters the technical skills, knowledge, and tasks associated with his/her job; shares technical expertise with others.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES 

• Proficient knowledge of custodial trades and the associated tools, equipment, and chemicals to complete the essential duties of the job effectively.
• Basic computer knowledge to include word processing and spreadsheets.
• Ability to create floor maintenance schedules and assigned cleaning areas.
• Proficient knowledge of materials, methods, and skills used in floor care and maintenance including strip/wax, buff, and carpet extraction.
• Ability to identify and properly use cleaning chemicals by following product directions and safety guidelines.
• Bilingual in Spanish is preferred.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• High school diploma or G.E.D., and
• At least three to five years of related experience, or
• An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

• Valid driver’s license.
• ISSA Custodial Supervisor Certification preferred.

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