Custodian Lead; Maintainer II 1st & 2nd Shift

Custodian Lead (Maintainer II) - 2 Openings (1st & 2nd Shift) - Holyoke, MA Overview

Job Number: AFSCME-26-107. Administration & Finance. Full-time. Opening Date: 01/23/2026. Closing Date: 02/13/2026 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada).

• Performs routine manual tasks involved in the maintenance, repair or beautification of campus grounds or roads, such as cutting grass, weeds or brush; cleaning culverts, gutters, catch-basins, drains or ditches; loading and unloading vehicles; moving and setting up furniture; spreading sand, gravel, loam or asphalt; digging ditches or post-holes; setting or pulling posts; repairing guardrails or fences; patching concrete or asphalt surfaces;
  
  maintaining, erecting or repairing signs; cleaning or marking roadways for parking lots; erecting or dismantling snow fences; painting fences, posts, guardrails or building exteriors.
• Performs routine laboring tasks to assist skilled tradespeople engaged in maintenance, repair or construction work using hand and electrical tools appropriate to craft, such as assisting with the dismantling, fabrication, alteration and construction of building structures and building systems.
• Plants, seeds, transplants, removes, prunes, trims, waters, sprays or fertilizes trees, shrubbery, grass, plants or flowers; participates in the propagation, growth and care of flowers, plant and shrubs; assists in planning and executing horticultural designs for grounds beautification.
• Sweeps sidewalks, rakes and collects leaves, collects and hauls debris or rubbish, shovels snow, sands roadways or walkways; performs other manual tasks involved with snow removal, control and disposal.
• Cleans campus property such as offices, classrooms, corridors, walls, floors, windows, furniture, woodwork, toilets, lavatories or fixtures by washing, waxing, buffing, sweeping, polishing, dusting, or vacuum cleaning; and empties and cleans waste barrels, garbage cans and other waste receptacles.
• Cleans, washes, refuels, oils or greases trucks or automobiles; performs other manual labor tasks in connection with the maintenance and operation of a garage or equipment depot.
• Performs manual labor in a stockroom, storeroom or warehouse, such as loading or unloading freight, materials or equipment; receiving, unpacking and storing goods, materials and equipment; checking item specifications against orders; assisting in taking inventories; restocking depleted stores; keeping records of goods received and issued; filling requisition orders; delivering goods to departments; weighing and packaging bulk materials; and cleaning and organizing the storeroom area.
• Locks or unlocks premises; reports hazardous and unusual situations to the appropriate authority.
• Makes general repairs of a simple nature, including minor repairs to groundskeeping equipment.
• Handles trunks, baggage and luggage arriving at, or departing from, a building.
• Operates wheel tractors, electric trimmers, buffers or other similar mechanical or power-driven equipment; drives a truck.
• Keeps simple records, such as vehicle maintenance logs or inventory counts.

• Must have at least one year of full-time, or equivalent part-time, experience in building custodial or institution housekeeping work; or in landscaping, groundskeeping, park maintenance or tree maintenance work.
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to understand and apply the laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, specifications, standards, and guidelines governing assigned unit activities.
• Ability to establish and maintain harmonious working relationships with others.
• Ability to stand or walk for prolonged periods of time.
• Ability to move heavy objects.
• Ability to climb and work on ladders or scaffolds.
• Physical stamina and endurance.
• Manual dexterity.
• Mechanical aptitude.

• High school diploma.
• Supervisory experience.
• Cleaning experience.
• Ability to work effectively with a diverse faculty, staff and student body.

Hours: 40 hrs/week.

1st

Shift: 6:00 a.m.

- 3:00 p.m., Monday - Friday.

2nd Shift: 3:00 p.m.

- 11:00 p.m., Monday - Friday.

Bi-Weekly Rate: $1,727.99 (Grade 11), plus a comprehensive State benefits package.

Funding Source: State.

Please submit a cover letter, resume, and 3 references.
In your cover letter, please note your shift preference.

Holyoke Community College is committed to the full inclusion of individuals with disabilities and will ensure the availability of reasonable accommodations. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact the Office of People and Talent at .

• Employment is contingent upon the successful completion and review of a background check which will include CORI (Criminal Offender Record Information) and SORI (Sex Offender Registry Information).
• All candidates must have legal authorization to work in the United States. HCC is not…