Custodian - Corcoran High School & Center
Listed on 2026-01-14
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Maintenance/Cleaning
Facility Maintenance, Building Maintenance, Cleaning Services, Maintenance Worker
Location: City of Syracuse
Custodian I - Corcoran High School & Welcome Center
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Job DescriptionABOUT OUR DISTRICT
The Syracuse City School District is undergoing a new phase of innovation and transformation with the goal of ensuring that all students graduate high school with the skills needed to be ready for college and career. For Syracuse, all means all - including students who fall behind academically or have been considered "hard to support" for a host of reasons. The School Board and Syracuse community have charged the Superintendent with improving student achievement, and he is seeking a dedicated and diverse team of school leaders and teachers to partner with him in moving the district toward its goals.
The Syracuse City School District represents 34 schools and 4 alternative education programs, serving 19,000+ students Pre‑K‑12 of whom 77% qualify for free or reduced‑price lunch, 18% are served by the Office of Special Education and 78% are students of color.
Locations:
- Corcoran High School - hours 2:30pm - 10:30pm
- Welcome Center - hours 2:30pm - 10:30pm
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS
The work involves responsibility for the cleaning and semi‑skilled maintenance of a school or other municipal building or for an assigned section of a school building. Work includes both routine and specialized cleaning activities as well as semi‑skilled repair and maintenance tasks. Work is performed under the direct supervision of a higher‑level custodian or an administrative superior. Supervision may be exercised over the work of a small number of subordinate custodial employees.
When in charge of a building, responsibility is carried on a 24 hour a day basis. Work is reviewed through conference, reports and on‑the‑job inspection. Does related work as required.
TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES
- Maintains floors by dust mopping, wet mopping, stripping, vacuuming, waxing, buffing and refinishing including all types, i.e., hard wood, tile of all kinds, terrazzo, concrete, marble and carpeted.
- Maintains and makes basic repair to equipment used in all phases of maintenance and cleaning activities.
- Performs semi‑skilled maintenance and repairs on doors, locks, light fixtures, outlets, sinks, toilets, drinking fountains, windows and related equipment.
- Performs a variety of inside and outside building and cleaning activities, including but not limited to cleaning walls, chalkboards, windows, lavatories and associate fixtures, kitchens and related equipment, dusting and waxing furniture, shoveling snow, mowing lawns, minor landscape maintenance and removing trash.
- Performs maintenance tasks on low pressure boilers, air compressors and air conditioning equipment which includes but is not limited to makingoperational checks, reading gauges, turning on and off, routine cleaning, minor repair, testing blow down devices and assisting in major repairs.
- Performs maintenance tasks on fan and ventilation systems, sump pumps, emergency generators and hot water heaters which includes but is not limited to making minor adjustments of controls, belts, replacement of filters, pit cleaning, routine test operation and routine blow down per manufacturer recommendation.
- Receives and handles requests and complaints from building occupants.
- May perform some scheduled basic preventative maintenance as directed by supervisor.
- May perform routine inspections of school building property, belongings or inventory as directed by supervisor; reports on findings.
- May supervise the work of subordinate custodial employees.
- May be responsible for scheduling and ensuring that custodial shifts and operations are covered during absences.
FULL PERFORMANCE KNOWLEDGES, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND PERSONAL CRARACTERISTICS
- Good knowledge of building cleaning practices, supplies and equipment and their efficient use.
- Working knowledge of the methods used in building maintenance and the ability to make semi‑skilled plumbing, electrical, carpentry, and mechanical repairs.
- Working knowledge of safety and emergency procedures for public buildings.
- Skill in the operation of power tools, hand tools and mechanized cleaning equipment.
- Ability to understand and follow written and oral instructions.
- Ability…
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