Custodian - 2nd Shift (1:30 pm - 10:00 pm) - Temporary

Chicopee Public Schools•Chicopee, MA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Building Custodian is an essential member of the school staff, responsible for cleaning and maintaining the facility to ensure a sanitary, clean, attractive, and safe environment. This is a temporary six-month position, classified as contract per the Custodian Collective Bargaining Agreement. The proposed salary is set by the contract. The custodian performs janitorial work throughout assigned areas, the school facility, and/or its exterior; supports daily school operations; prepares school grounds and spaces for staff, students, meetings, classroom activities, and events; and helps maintain equipment and custodial facilities. The role also includes minor maintenance and repairs, groundskeeping, responding to emergencies and immediate safety or operational concerns, inspecting facilities, and securing school buildings and grounds. The position requires daily attendance and punctuality, effective communication and cooperation with custodians, school staff, students, parents, visitors, and other district employees, and the ability to perform physical work. Duties may include maintaining a pool and pool area, requiring a pool operators certification, and maintaining athletic fields. The custodian may be available for emergency calls and work as needed and may perform other related duties assigned by the Superintendent of Schools, Principal, and/or Director of Maintenance or designee.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Massachusetts Civil Service ADA and minimum qualifications to perform essential job functions.
Ability to operate custodial equipment, including a mop, buffer, snow blower, and shovel.
Ability to operate a motor vehicle.
Ability to lift up to 35 pounds unassisted; exert up to 15 pounds of force; and continually lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move small and large objects.
Ability to work at heights of up to 12 feet using ladders and/or scaffolding.
Ability to walk, stand, kneel, and squat to a significant degree.
Ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information, including giving instructions, assignments, or directions to staff, students, parents, and visitors.
Ability to read correspondence, reports, forms, newsletters, schedules, manuals, invoices, requisitions, menus, recipes, journals, and similar materials.
Ability to apply logical thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to deliver information, explain procedures, follow oral and written instructions, and communicate effectively and efficiently.
Ability to inspect items for proper length, width, and shape.
Ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately when using equipment.
Ability to handle office equipment and hand tools and demonstrate minimal eye/hand/foot coordination.
Ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions, adapt to work under stress, and respond when confronted with emergency situations.
Ability to talk and hear and communicate via telephone or radio.
Daily attendance and punctuality.

Nice To Haves

Pool operators certification may be required if assigned to maintain the pool and pool area.

Responsibilities

Perform janitorial work in assigned areas, throughout the school facility, and/or outside the facility to keep it neat, clean, sanitary, safe, and secure.
Pick up rubbish and debris; empty waste baskets; recycle; and dust visible and nonvisible surfaces.
Sweep and mop floors and clean walls, halls, rooms, and bathrooms.
Varnish, strip, and wax floors and steam-clean carpets when required; vacuum carpets.
Wash and disinfect floors, walls, high-traffic surfaces, toilets, stalls, sinks, tables, fountains, gyms, and locker rooms.
Wash windows and mirrors and replenish supplies such as tissues, paper towels, and soap.
Assist with daily school operations and prepare school grounds for staff and students.
Set up and arrange furnishings and equipment for meetings, classroom activities, special events, and other activities.
Keep equipment and custodial facilities clean, neat, and in good repair; perform minor maintenance and repairs as needed.
Maintain school grounds through groundskeeping and landscaping, including assigned athletic-field maintenance.
Shovel, snow-blow, and sand walks, driveways, parking areas, and steps as needed.
Assist appropriately in emergency situations and respond to immediate safety or operational concerns, such as facility damage or alarms.
Inspect school district facilities for safe operation and report repairs that may be necessary.
Work cooperatively with fellow custodians, staff, students, parents, the principal, guests, and other school district employees; be friendly and helpful to visitors.
Be available for emergency calls and emergency work as needed.
Attend in-service training, including training on blood-borne pathogens, cleaning solvents, floor care, and first aid.
Maintain daily attendance and punctuality.
Secure school district facilities and grounds to minimize property damage, equipment loss, and potential liability.
Maintain the pool and pool area and obtain or maintain pool operators certification if required.
Perform other related duties as assigned by the Superintendent of Schools, Principal, and/or Director of Maintenance or designee.