Custodian employee cleaning the grounds at the Memorial Union Terrace

Custodial Positions

The University of Wisconsin–Madison has a large and diverse custodial operation that impacts thousands of students and staff every day. We are always looking for talented professionals who want to make a difference to join our Facilities Planning & Management, University Housing and Wisconsin Union teams! You can learn more about each hiring team below. 

These exciting opportunities may be full-time, part-time, or temporary and are in a variety of locations across campus.

Enjoy these amazing perks:

  • Great starting pay
  • Consistent, set work schedules
  • Work in fun, rewarding and engaging atmospheres
  • Growth opportunities


Full-time employees will enjoy a benefits package that includes:

  • Excellent health and dental insurance options
  • Paid vacation, sick and personal days


Ready to view open jobs and apply? Click the “Custodial Positions” button now!

 

Custodial Positions

University Housing

At University Housing, we’re home for UW-Madison’s students and families. As part of the University Housing team, you’ll help provide exceptional living and dining options to the UW-Madison community—including students, staff, families, and visitors to campus.

University Housing Facilities staff ensure the safety and comfort of all residents and visitors to the University Housing residential and dining spaces on campus. Our talented staff supports the cleanliness, infrastructure, and maintenance of a variety of spaces, including residence halls and apartments, classrooms and offices, commercial kitchens, and an on-site childcare center.

In addition to excellent paid time off and insurance benefits, we also provide an environment focused on continued learning and competitive wages. This includes hiring bonuses, extra pay for working nights and weekends, referral bonuses, on-site training, and promotional opportunities.

Custodian shaking hands with Bucky Badger
Memorial Hall inside the Wisconsin Union

Wisconsin Union

Be part of the fun, collaborative team that maintains some of campus’s favorite gathering spaces, including Memorial Union and Union South. On the shores of Lake Mendota overlooking the outdoor destination the Memorial Union Terrace, Memorial Union is a historic 1928 beaux arts building that houses restaurants, meeting rooms and gathering spaces. On the other end of campus, Union South, built in 2011, is a prairie-style building with a design influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright. Our custodial team plays a vital role in making the Union’s spaces ready and inviting for patrons. 

Full-time positions with the Wisconsin Union come with a host of benefits including a Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) pension, paid vacation days and paid sick leave, and 30% off food and non-alcoholic beverages at our many locations. Learn more.

Facilities Planning & Management

Be a caretaker of beautiful and historic buildings as a part of the Custodial team at Facilities Planning & Management (FP&M)!  Our custodians are the people behind the scenes that keep our university a great place where students can learn, faculty can teach, and staff can work. At FP&M we encourage and celebrate personal and professional fulfillment. When you join us you can choose from one of three shifts to fit your life. Earn an additional $2.50/hour night differential pay during time worked between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.

Our custodians work closely with their supervisors and crews. Enjoy getting to know FP&M coworkers of diverse backgrounds from around the world and those from the Madison area. Take advantage of several ways to advance in your position. Training, classes, and constructive feedback allow you to develop new skills, improve abilities and take part in new roles and experiences. You can take online leadership or technical courses, learn English at class during paid work time, and pursue career growth and progression opportunities when you work with us. Positions include custodians, custodian leads, custodial assistant supervisors, custodial supervisors, and more.

FP&M is responsible for everything from the building projects that change the face of campus to the flowers that beautify the grounds at UW-Madison. Our service organization builds, maintains, and operates the physical environment of UW-Madison in support of its education, research, and outreach activities. FP&M custodial crews are a big part of making campus a wonderful place to be! Be a part of a supportive and inclusive workforce where you are encouraged, valued, and welcomed. 

Smiling custodian employee

Disability Accommodations

For disability accommodations please contact Disability Accommodations.

 

Translation Services

English

If you have questions please contact the Office of Human Resources at 608-265-2257 or uwjobs@wisc.edu. Please call Cultural Linguistic Services if you need assistance in Spanish (Español 608-265-1489 o 608-265-0838), Hmong (Hmoob 608-263-2217), Tibetan (བོད་ཡིག 608-890-2545), Chinese (汉语 608-890-2628), or Nepali (नेपाली 608-262-7521).

Español / Spanish

Si tiene preguntas por favor póngase en contacto con la Oficina de Recursos Humanos llamando al 608-265-2257 o mande un correo electrónico a: uwjobs@wisc.edu. Si necesita ayuda en español llame a Servicios Lingüísticos y Culturales al teléfono 608-265-1489 o al 608-265-0838.

Hmoob / Hmong

Yog koj muaj lus nug thov hu rau Office of Human Resources 608-265-2257 los uwjobs@wisc.edu. Yog koj xav tau kev pab rau lus Hmoob, thov hu rau Cultural Linguistic Services 608-263-2217.

བོད་ཡིག / Tibetan

དྲི་བ་ཡོད ་ཚེ། ལས་བྱེད་བདག་གཉེར་ཡིག་ཚང་ལ་ཁ་པར་ ༦༠༨ ༢༦༥ ༢༢༥༧ དང་ཡང་ན་གློག་འཕྲིན་ uwjobs@wisc.edu ཐོག་འབྲེལ་བ་གནང་རོགས། གལ་སྲིད་ཁྱེད་ལ་བོད་སྐད་ཀྱི་སྐད་སྒྱུར་རོགས་རམ་དགོས་ཚེ། རིག་གཞུང་སྐད་ཡིག་ཞབས་ཞུ་ཁང་གི་ཁ་པར་ ༦༠༨ ༨༩༠ ༢༥༤༥ ལ་འབྲེལ་བ་ གནང་རོགས་ཞུ།།

中文 / Chinese

如果您有问题,请联系人力资源办公室(608-265-2257 或 uwjobs@wisc.edu)。如果您需要汉语服务,请联系文化语言服务中心,电话 608-890-2628。

नेपाली / Nepali

यदि तपाईंसँग प्रश्नहरू छन् भने कृपया मानव संसाधनको कार्यालयलाई 608-265-2257 मा फोन वा uwjobs@wisc.edu मा ईमेल मार्फत सम्पर्क गर्नुहोला । यदि तपाईंलाई नेपाली भाषामा सहयोगको आवश्यकता छ भने कृपया सांस्कृतिक भाषागत सेवा (Cultural Linguistic Services) 608-262-7521 मा फोन गर्नुहोला ।