Custodian – Grounds and Maintenance

Job Description

Position: Custodian – Grounds and Maintenance

Location: Nashoba Regional School District, Bolton, Massachusetts

Pay: Unit C Bargained Scale

Hours: 40 hrs per week – Mon – Fri, 6:00am-2:30pm

The Nashoba Regional School District inspires and challenges all learners to realize their unique potential and become active contributors to their community.

Custodian – Grounds and Maintenance are employed without regard to age, physical, mental or psychiatric disability, genetics, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, or military status. NRSD welcomes employees with diverse racial, cultural, religious, class, and/or gender background and experiences.

Reporting directly to the Building Principal and Director of Facilities, the Building Custodian is assigned to perform routine manual work cleaning and maintaining the building.

• Scrubs, dusts, sweeps, mops, vacuums, waxes, polishes floors, rooms, hallways and closets
• Dusts and arranges furniture
• Washes windows, woodwork, walls and other surfaces
• Scrubs and cleans restroom fixtures
• Replenishes tissue, towels, and soap in restrooms, kitchens, and classroom facilities
• Empties wastebaskets and other trash receptacles
• Locks and unlocks doors
• Sorts and stores materials for recycling programs
• Reports to Facilities Director and Principal on damage and/or needed repairs
• Picks up paper and other trash in buildings and/or on school grounds
• Checks heating and air conditioning equipment to ensure proper working order and reports any failures to Principal or Facilities Director
• Works directly with outside rental groups
• Performs minor repairs under direction of Facilities Director and/or Principal
• Other duties as assigned

Must have custodial experience and have some knowledge of cleaning methods, materials and equipment, and skill in the use of small equipment used in routine cleaning. Must be able to understand and follow oral and written instructions. Must be able to assist in the protection of students and school property, assist the principal in fire and other emergency drills as required by law and School Committee policy.

Must be able to walk and stand on tile flooring for up to 1-2 miles per day, lift up to 50 pounds, move furniture weighing up to 50 pounds, bend and twist regularly at the waist, knees and neck.