Custodian - Evenings

Position Type

Maintenance/Custodial/Custodian

12/1/2025

All Schools

12/10/2025

Until Filled

Director of Building and Grounds and Site Principal

Nonexempt

Works the day or night shift at an assigned school site and performs custodial and light general work with minimum supervision.

• Disinfects sinks, toilets, urinals, walls, partitions, etc.
• Performs a variety of custodial duties such as mopping, dusting, vacuuming, sweeping, disinfecting, etc.
• Sets up and takes down furniture and equipment for meetings and other events.
• Performs simpler ongoing preventive maintenance.
• Makes simple general maintenance repairs.
• Works with staff to maintain a safe and secure environment in the school building and on the school grounds.
• Responds to burglar and fire alarms.
• Empties trash and garbage containers.
• Maintains inventory of custodial and maintenance supplies, tools and equipment.
• Shovels and plows snow.
• Performs basic Groundskeeper duties.
• Maintains simple work-related records and prepares various reports as directed.
• Must be able to lift and move up to 50 pounds, such as cleaning supplies, pails and unloading trucks.
• Must be able to work overtime on short notice or when scheduled work is required. This will include the need, if required, for snow removal.
• Assists maintenance personnel.
• Assists with on the job training of new custodians and substitute custodians.
• Must have a valid driver's license.
• Performs related work as required.

• Operation of various light equipment (wet/dry vacuum, buffing machine, stripper)
• Operation of various hand tools (brooms, mops, dusters)
• Cleaning supplies and equipment
• Groundskeeping practices
• Building practices and procedures
• Simple maintenance
• Email systems and usage
• Basic computer skills and software knowledge

• Understand and follow oral and written directions
• Print, speak and understand English
• Operate various light equipment (wet/dry vacuum, buffing machine, stripper)
• Operate various hand cleaning tools (brooms, mops, dusters)
• Operate various hand tools for light maintenance (hammer, screwdriver, wrenches)
• Perform or contact supervisor for repairs when needed
• Maintain inventory and simple records
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships
• Interact with students, staff and the community
• Ability to perform duties with a minimum of supervision

Equivalent to graduation from high school and two years prior experience as custodian or worker preferred.

Ability to read a limited number of two- and three-syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers. Ability to print and speak and understand English language.

Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions. Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.

Regularly required to stand, walk, use hands and fingers to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; talk or hear; frequently reach with hands and arms; occasionally sit; frequently squat, stoop, kneel, reach above the head, reach forward; continuously use hand strength to grasp tools and climb ladders; frequently bend or twist at the neck and trunk. Must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds;

occasionally up to 90 pounds; sometimes push/pull items such as tables, bleachers, scrubbing machines. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Regularly works indoors and occasionally outdoors. May work near or with moving mechanical equipment. May work with toxic or caustic chemicals such as petroleum products, degreasers, and sprays. Noise level usually moderate to loud.

Per Custodial and Maintenance Employees Collective Bargaining Agreement, Benefits and Benefit Premiums. See attachments.

July 1, 2025