Custodian

• Position Type: Maintenance/Custodial/Custodian
• Date Posted: 5/14/2026
• Location: Warren L Miller Elementary School
• Date Available: ASAP

Reports to: Director of Maintenance and Facilities/Building Principal

Classification: 12 Month Support Staff

Status: Non-Exempt

Provide a safe, orderly, sanitary environment, conducive to learning, for all students and faculty.

• Maintain all school buildings, ensuring a clean and orderly condition by sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, and vacuuming classrooms, library, hallways, stairs, cafeteria, gymnasium, and office space.
• Assist with maintenance projects as needed; perform minor maintenance repairs and/or upkeep such as painting, replacing light bulbs, air conditioner filters and other related maintenance duties.
• Maintain personal access to the buildings.
• Perform carpentry duties including furniture assembly and repair.
• Maintain floors including stripping, waxing, and refinishing; shampoo rugs and carpets.
• Clean snow and debris from sidewalks and parking lots using a snow blower or snowplow; mow lawn, trim shrubbery and perform other landscaping duties as needed or required.
• Open and close building, secure all doors and windows; promptly report major repairs as needed to supervisors.
• Remove trash from the building, cafeteria, and outside trashcans; dispose in appropriate location.
• Oversee the set up of all gym events, such as basketball, wrestling, volleyball, and others.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Director of Maintenance and Facilities and Building Principal.

• Some experience in custodial work preferred.
• High school diploma necessary.
• Knowledge and understanding of various cleaning chemicals is necessary.
• Submission of pre-employment medical examination (Section 148 of the Pennsylvania School Code).
• Submission of a report of criminal history record from the Pennsylvania State Police (Section 111 of the Pennsylvania School Code).
• Submission of a clearance report from the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare in accordance with Act 151 of 1994.
• Submission of Federal Criminal History Record in accordance with Act 114 of 2006.
• Submission of the Arrest/Conviction Report and Certification Form as required under Act 24 of 2011.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

• Ability to reach above and below the waist.
• Ability to use fingers to pick, feel and grasp objects.
• Ability to use both hands for repetitive motion.
• Ability to bend, twist, kneel, stoop, climb, and crawl.
• Ability to lift and/or carry supplies weighing no more than 75 lbs.
• Ability to mostly stand, walk or move throughout the workday.

• Visual acuity.
• Auditory acuity.

• Subject to inside and outside environmental conditions.
• Must be able to work in extreme cold (32 degrees or less) and extreme heat (90 degrees or more).
• Subject to physical hazards, including conditions that may affect the respiratory system and/or skin.

• Must be able to work in an environment with frequent interruptions.
• Able to receive oral communication and convey details or important instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

• Ability to follow written and verbal directions.
• Ability to read and write.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to organize tasks.
• Ability to exercise good judgment.

Ability to use/operate custodial equipment. (Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable a qualified individual with a disability or disabilities to perform the primary duties and responsibilities of the job.)