Senior Custodian Night SY 2025-26 (NBOE)

About the role

The Superintendent invites qualified and interested persons to apply for the position of Senior Custodian Night at the various locations. This title is governed by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission; a candidate will be placed as a provisional employee and later required to take an examination administered by the Civil Service Commission. Candidates must score and rank high enough on this examination to remain in the position as a permanent employee.

Responsibilities

• Supervises and works with custodial personnel engaged in cleaning and maintenance of a school building and grounds.
• Inspects, analyzes, and determines cleaning work to be done and materials needed.
• Establishes, maintains, and develops work plans for subordinates.
• Takes the lead in cleaning, maintenance, and care of buildings and grounds.
• Supervises cleaning and maintenance of desks, chairs, rugs, lighting fixtures, windows, and other furniture and fixtures.
• Supervises sweeping, washing, and sanding floors.
• Supervises applying wax and polish to wood, linoleum, and composition floors.
• Supervises application of paint remover, turpentine, or other cleaning agents to furniture.
• Supervises sanding rough and discolored areas.
• Supervises applying linseed oil, varnish, stain, lacquer, enamel, and paint to furniture.
• Supervises reconditioning, care, and maintenance of grounds and parking area.
• Supervises operating heating and ventilating equipment.
• May supervise the work of an elevator operator.
• Makes inspections of buildings and grounds to note significant conditions and ensure needed work is done.
• Obtains, stores, safeguards, distributes, and supervises the use of equipment, materials, and supplies.
• Establishes and maintains records of personnel, equipment, materials, supplies, work done, and time spent.
• Reports necessary repairs to the authorities.
• Keeps order among children in the building and on the grounds.
• Learns to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency.
• Performs other duties and tasks assigned by supervisor.

Requirements

• Graduation from High School or Vocational School or possession of an approved High School Equivalent Certificate.
• Two (2) years of experience in work involving the heating, inspection, cleaning, and maintenance of furniture, fixtures, offices and buildings, and the reconditioning, care, and maintenance of grounds.
• One (1) year of the required experience must have been in a supervisory capacity.
• Appointees will be required to possess a current, valid Black Seal Boiler Operator License of the appropriate type (high or low pressure) issued by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
• Applicants will be required to possess a driver’s license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.

Knowledge and Abilities

• Knowledge of problems, procedures, and operations involved in inspecting, analyzing, and planning building and ground maintenance and heating and ventilating work.
• Knowledge of methods used in establishing, maintaining, and developing work procedures.
• Knowledge of methods used in obtaining, storing, safeguarding, distributing, and supervising use of equipment, materials, and supplies.
• Knowledge of the establishment and maintenance of records and files of personnel, equipment, materials, supplies, work done, time spent, and cost.
• Ability to analyze building, heating, and ground maintenance problems.
• Ability to organize assigned work and develop effective work methods.
• Ability to give assignments and instructions.
• Ability to associate with children and school staff.
• Ability to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency.
• Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position.
• Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations.

Pay

Salary: $52,405 – $76,180

Schedule

Employment Period: Twelve (12) Month

Benefits

Offerings include Medical and Prescription Drug plans, employer-paid Dental and Vision coverage, an array of Wellness and Voluntary benefits programs, and paid time off; all employees receive paid Personal and Sick days, as well as Vacation days for 12-month employees.