About This Role

Kansas State University is seeking a dynamic and dedicated Assistant Director of Custodial Services to help lead and elevate our Facilities Services team. This key leadership role supports the Director of Facility Services in overseeing the daily operations of custodial services across campus, ensuring a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for students, faculty, staff, and visitors.

As Assistant Director, you will help lead a team of approximately 100 custodial professionals, fostering a culture of excellence, accountability, and gold-standard customer service. Your leadership will directly support K-State’s mission of learning, discovery, and engagement by ensuring our facilities reflect the pride and purpose of our Wildcat community.

The ideal candidate will bring strong operational expertise, a commitment to continuous improvement, and the ability to inspire and guide a large, diverse team.

About Us

The Division of Facilities is an action-oriented service organization within the K-State family. We plan, budget, build, operate, maintain, clean, supply and transport. We are custodians, landscapers, carpenters, plumbers, electricians, mechanics, project managers, engineers, architects, accountants, and administrative professionals — all stewards and leaders of an inspiring campus shared by many.

Worksite Option

This position is on-site. 

What You'll Need to Succeed

Minimum Qualifications:

• Requires a bachelor's degree.
• Three years of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5+ years of leadership experience in a large high-paced complex operation demonstrating high levels of customer service and operational leadership.
• Demonstrated examples of working within a team delivering a high level of organizational effectiveness.
• Possess an ability to communicate at the executive level with internal/external partners.
• Demonstrated examples of leading organizational change management.
• Management experience with service industry.
• Demonstrated experience in increasingly progressive leadership roles with a drive for continued progression.
• Demonstrated experience in assisting with budget development and managing within the confines of a budget.
• Experience with seeking and implementing best practices.
• Express a strong self-drive with an eagerness to learn and advance.
• Demonstrated experience leading and continually improving all key business attributes to include cost, quality, service and people.
• Possess a high level of professionalism and executive maturity.
• Ability to work independently and cross-functionally.
• Possess a high degree for attention to detail.
• Demonstrated experience coaching and developing others toward finding self-directed solutions.
• Demonstrated history of leading positive change (change management experience).

Sponsorship eligibility:

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. on an ongoing basis without sponsorship.

How to Apply

Please submit the following documents:

1. Cover Letter

2. Resume

Screening of Applications Begins

Immediately and continues until position is filled.

Anticipated Hiring Pay Range

$61,591.00 - $84,000.00