Custodian- Cole Middle School

Custodian - Cole Middle School

East Greenwich, Rhode Island.

Job : 5809428

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Re-Posted: Jul 08, 2026 12:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

Position Type: Full-time

Job Category: Support Staff >
Custodian

East Greenwich Public Schools seeks to hire a nighttime Custodian. In this role the Custodian follows a complex schedule for custodial duties, maintains areas and equipment in a clean, orderly and secure manner, performs special cleaning and semi‑skilled building maintenance, and carries out routine specialized cleaning tasks during student recesses. The Custodian also facilitates any other duties assigned by administration necessary for school operation.

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• Keeps buildings and premises, including sidewalks, driveways and play areas, neat and clean at all times.
• Maintains areas adjacent to buildings in clean, safe and sanitary condition.
• Keeps the grounds free from rubbish.
• Shovels, plows (as required by DPW), and sands walks, driveways, parking areas and steps as appropriate.
• Reports immediately to the principal any damage to school property.
• Regulates heat, ventilation, and air conditioning systems to provide temperatures appropriate to the season and to ensure economical usage of fuel, water, and electricity.
• Raises the United States flag at or before 8 AM on each school day, and lowers it at or after 3:30 PM.
• Moves, arranges, and sets up furniture and equipment for athletics, special events, and meetings.
• Stacks, assembles and stores furniture, equipment and supplies.
• Conducts an ongoing program of general maintenance, upkeep, and repair.
• Maintains on a regular schedule some motors and other mechanical equipment requiring scheduled servicing.
• Performs routine non‑technical maintenance duties with the use of household hand tools.
• Makes such minor building repairs to the best of their ability.
• Replace some mechanical unit filters.
• May prepare and paint interior and exterior walls.
• Reports major repairs needed promptly to the principal.
• Assumes responsibility for the opening and closing of the buildings each school day and for the determining, before leaving, that all doors and windows are secured, and all lights except those left on for safety reasons, are turned off.
• Checks daily to ensure that all exit doors are open and all panic bars are functioning properly during the hours of building occupancy.
• Assumes responsibility for building security during non‑school hours.
• Requests, receives, stores and distributes supplies.
• Keeps an inventory of supplies, equipment, and fuel on hand, and requisitions such replacements from the principal far enough in advance so that they may be delivered in such time as will not hinder the custodian in his duties.
• Available for call‑back in emergency situations.
• Performs immediate emergency cleanup resulting from vandalism, breakage, spilling or illness.
• Confers with supervisors regarding care and cleaning programs at the building.
• Participates in thorough cleaning of school plant during summer vacation, including, but not limited to, washing walls, cleaning light fixtures, thoroughly cleaning furniture, stripping and waxing floors.
• Washes windows, walls, sinks, fountains, walls, heaters, switch plates, and vents, at least twice per year, and more frequently if necessary.
• Sweeps classrooms daily and dusts furniture.
• Sweeps, mops, scrubs and waxes floors.
• Vacuum rugs and carpets.
• Dusts, washes and polishes furniture, woodwork.
• Replaces burnt out light bulbs.
• Scrapes and cleans baseboards.
• Scrub and disinfect restrooms, replenish supplies and fill dispensers daily.
• Scrubs, hoses down, and disinfects toilet floors daily, and cleans all sanitary fixtures and drinking fountains daily.
• Cleans corridors after school each day, and during the day when their condition requires it.
• Picks up trash and litter, empties and cleans trash and garbage receptacles.
• Washes cafeteria tables, and cleans eating and food preparation areas.
• Cleans chalkboards and trays twice per week.
• Keeps all the floors in a clean and attractive condition and in a good state of…