Substitute Custodians

Substitute Custodians

Date Posted: 5/14/2026

Position Type:
Maintenance/Custodial/ Substitute Custodian

Mostly After School & Evenings – Typically 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm or as needed. Varied number of days – on call.

• Ability to understand and perform simple oral and written instructions such as chemical labels.
• Sufficient physical strength to perform routine custodial tasks.

• Dusting and wet mopping floors using treated dust mops, wet mops, buckets, and ringers.
• Washing walls and windows using supplied chemicals and a variety of tools.
• Daily disinfecting and cleaning of all bathroom fixtures and surfaces using school supplied chemicals and tools.
• Vacuuming, shampooing, and extracting of carpets.
• Daily removal of garbage and trash from the buildings and placing into dumpsters outside.
• Clean and maintain custodial equipment.
• Use acid and alkaline based chemicals.
• Occasionally exposed to bodily fluids and blood spills.
• Employees are expected to wear gloves, eye protection and any PPE required for job tasks.
• Employees are expected to spend 80% of their time on their feet performing job tasks.
• Frequent bending, stooping, twisting and reaching is required.
• Lifting objects weighing 50 lbs and pushing or pulling objects weighing 50 lbs or more may be required.

Rate of Pay: $18.00 per hour

Complete our online application accessed through (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). and attach cover letter, resume, 3 letters of recommendation, transcripts, certification (or proof of eligibility). All documents must be attached using the online application system.

INTERNAL APPLICANTS: A letter of interest and internal application are required which can be accessed through  A resume, 3 letters of recommendation, transcripts and certification are only required to be attached to your application if they are not already on file. Please attach new documentation to update your application.

It is the policy of the Plainville Board of Education that no persons shall be excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or otherwise discriminated against under any program including employment, on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, genetic predisposition or carrier status, or veteran status.

Any complaint should be brought to the attention of the building principal or our Title IX Coordinator, Mr. David Levenduski, Assistant Superintendent, .