Custodian SCMS

Full-time Custodian (10 AM - 6:30 PM) (SCMS)

• Position Type:
  Maintenance/Custodial/Custodian FT
• Date Posted: 1/5/2026
• Date Available:
  
  02/20/2026
• Closing Date: 01/15/2026

WAYNE TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Wayne, New Jersey

Title
: F-022 - Custodian

• Possession of a high school diploma or general equivalency diploma (GED).
• Two years of skilled custodial experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the position.
• Must possess and maintain a valid New Jersey driver’s license and a satisfactory driving record.
• Required criminal background check.
• Low Pressure Boiler License Required within one year of employment.

Custodial Supervisor, Director of Facilities Management or designee.

Under supervision of the Custodial Supervisor, in consultation with the School Principal, the Custodian completes daily custodial duties and responsibilities for district facilities. All custodians are expected to provide a healthy, safe and efficiently operated school environment.

Specific duties and responsibilities of a day (1st shift) and night (2nd shift) custodian will be assigned by the Custodial Supervisor(s) in coordination with the Head Custodian, Building Principal or designee.

• Daily
  :
  Removes paper, cans, and trash from the grounds. Keeps the playground equipment in safe condition. Performs proper grounds maintenance such as mowing, trimming, edging, trimming trees and shrubs, weeding planters and flower beds, and other related duties.
• Lights
  :
  Replaces burned out bulbs and tubes, turns lights off and computers in unoccupied rooms, turns out all lights, except for security lights and checks that outside lights are on before leaving the school ws the location of all light switches, fuse boxes, and breaker boxes, clean fixtures and lens annually.

• Daily
  :
  Empties waste receptacles, remove debris, leaves, and litter, dust mop floors, pick up soil from floor with dustpan, spot mop floors as necessary to remove soil. Vacuums carpet areas and mats, remove gum and soil spots. Disinfects drinking fountains. Cleans the entrance door glass.
• Weekly
  :
  Dusts the tops of lockers, fire closets, extinguishers and window casings. Cleans glass partitions, display cases, and interior door glass. Spot-cleans finger marks and smudges on walls, door facings, and doors. Dusts furniture. Restores floor finish on non-carpeted floors.
• Monthly
  :
  High dusts vents, lights, pipes, venetian blinds, over doorways, hanging light fixtures and connecting and horizontal wall surfaces. (High dusting above 5 feet). For stairways, cleans out the corners and the edges of each step. Removes gum, etc., with a putty knife. Damp mops or spot clean as necessary.

• Daily
  :
  Empties waste receptacles and replace liners. Cleans marker boards, chalkboards and chalk trays. Vacuums traffic patterns on carpets, floors, remove gum and soil spots. Dust mops and wet mop tiled floors. Cleans glass in doors and partitions. Locks all windows when you clean the sills. Cleans drinking fountains.
• Weekly
  :
  Dusts furniture surfaces, damp clean desk and tabletops (low dusting, below 5 feet). Empties pencil sharpeners, vacuum carpeted areas thoroughly, clean door surfaces.
• Twice Monthly
  :
  Restores floor finish on no-carpeted floors.
• Monthly
  :
  High dusts vents, lights, pipes, Venetian blinds, and connecting vertical and horizontal wall floors (high dusting, above 5 feet). Vacuums upholstered furniture.

• Daily
  :
  Empties waste receptacles and damp clean. Cleans chalkboards and chalk trays and dry erase marker boards. Vacuums traffic patterns on carpeted floors and remove gum and soil spots. Dust mops and wet mop tiled floors. Cleans glass in doors and partitions.
• Weekly
  :
  Dusts furniture surfaces and damp clean tabletops (low dust, below 5 feet). Empties pencil sharpeners. Vacuums carpeted areas thoroughly. Cleans door surfaces.
• Monthly
  :
  Restores floor finish on non-carpeted floors. High dusts vents, lights, pipes,…