Custodian - School- Long Term Substitute Job Glocester area,Rhode Island USA,Maintenance/Cleaning

Position: Custodian - Ponaganset High School- Long Term Substitute

Custodian - Ponaganset High School
- Long Term Substitute

Foster-Glocester Regional Schools Ponaganset High - Glocester, Rhode Island Open in Google Maps

This job is also posted in Rhode Island State DOE Consortium Job Board

Job Details

Job : 5605672

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Re-Posted: Aug 26, 2026 12:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

Job Description

Foster-Glocester Regional School District is currently accepting applications for a highly effective Custodian to work as a collaborative member of a team that ensures our schools are clean, attractive, comfortable, clean, and safe places. Our school district's learning community of educators, students, and parents is one of the best kept secrets in RI. Located in scenic Northwest Rhode Island our regional school district serves approximately 1,300 students in grades 6-12 for the communities of Foster and Glocester Rhode Island.

The district engages in multi-year budgeting and forecasting. Through sound fiscal management our school district has been able to reallocate resources to meet student needs.

Ponaganset High School serves approximately 900 students. The school sits on more than 140 acres of a living campus that supports learning in and out of school. Our comprehensive high school has strong art, music, elective, and sport programs.

For information about our schools and community visit our website .k12.ri.us. Hopefully you’ll be the next addition to our amazing school staff!

TITLE:

Custodian – Full Time 40 Hours a Week

(Hours and days scheduled to meet the needs of the district Sunday-Saturday)

SALARY:
As per custodian 1st shift hourly rate and 2nd shift hourly rate in the Education Support Personnel Contract for the hours worked.

FUNCTIONS:
Directly responsible to the Principal and Director of Building and Grounds for providing services that will afford students a clean, attractive, comfortable, clean and efficient place This is an important role in the functioning of our schools as the custodian prepares the school for learning and the custodian interacts with students, staff, and the community.

Responsibilities and Duties

Responsible for all general cleaning and maintenance of the building in accordance with job tasks as assigned by the Director of Building and Grounds or Principal.

All custodians must be familiar with the provisions and regulations of the life safety code, and understand the use, operation and maintenance of all equipment specified by the code within their building(s) prior to using the equipment.

Cleaning of classrooms, offices, corridors, stairwells, toilet facilities, shower rooms, gymnasiums, dining facilities, foyers, auditoriums, special use rooms, entrances, teachers’ rooms and medical facilities according to schedules. Cleaning includes but is not limited to, the following:

Sweeps floors, empties waste paper baskets, dusts ledges, window sills, bookcases.
Cleans chalk boards and sets up for and breaks down after activities.
Washes walls, woodwork and windows, and cleans and polishes metal surfaces.
Cleans and maintains hard and soft surface floors.
Wet mops and spot cleans hard and soft surface floors.
Cleans, sanitizes and deodorizes restrooms and locker rooms.
Cleans glass partitions, sinks and lavatories.

Periodic scheduled cleaning of boiler rooms, storage areas, service equipment rooms, custodial closets and storage areas as prescribed.

Periodic scheduled cleaning of lighting fixtures, walls, windows, furnishings, appliances, chalkboards, bulletin boards, life-safety code equipment as prescribed.

Washes, waxes and seals floor according to prescribed procedures and schedules.

Scheduled preventative maintenance procedures and/or minor repairs to systems and / or components within assigned areas which may include:

Lighting: changing bulbs, replace defective switch.
Plumbing: clearing drains, tightening leaking joints, changing washers, etc.
Sewerage: clearing plugged toilets, periodic treatment of sewer lines and floor drains.

Operates heating, A/C, ventilation, electrical and mechanical systems. Operations will be limited to turning equipment on/off and/or setting day/night cycles.

Requisition s and receives cleaning supplies and equipment and maintains necessary inventory under the direction of the director of building and grounds or designee.

Snow removal, as required using hand tools, power equipment such as snowblowers and garden type tractors with attachments, and/or heavy equipment such as truck plow or tractor plow combinations.

Administrative services such as mail pick-up/delivery, driving school vehicles, receiving of school supplies and/or equipment, shipping as required, transporting special equipment, proper display and storage of flags, setting up and removing furniture or equipment for special school events, clean up and sanitation of areas involving sick students, and assisting administration with student or visitor traffic control.

Performs minor furniture repairs, minor repair maintenance, and minor…