Anticipated Vacancy - Full Time Custodian 3 pm - 11 pm

Grove City Area School District; Grove City (Mercer County); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Grove City Area School District is seeking a Custodian for the Grove City Hillview Elementary School. The role supports the daily cleaning and upkeep of classrooms, hallways, cafeterias, and outdoor spaces to ensure a safe, orderly learning environment.

Responsibilities include assisting staff and students, coordinating with the Director of Buildings and Grounds on maintenance needs, and performing summer cleaning tasks as assigned.

Qualifications

• Must meet state and district background clearances.
• Valid driver’s license required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain clean and safe buildings, sidewalks, driveways, and play areas using appropriate methods and equipment.
• Assist students and staff to ensure smooth instructional events and perform assigned duties.
• Identify supply needs and report equipment issues or repairs.
• Perform summer cleaning and facility maintenance as directed.

Skills

Driver's License

Safety awareness

Education

Valid Driver's License

Tools

Cleaning equipment

Job description

Anticipated Vacancy - Full Time Custodian 3 pm - 11 pm JobID: 451

• Position Type: Maintenance/Custodial/ Custodian
• Date Posted: 8/11/2026
• Location: Grove City Hillview Elementary School

Title: Custodian

Reports To: Director of Buildings and Grounds

Job Summary

To provide necessary cleaning services; assist students, staff, and the overall facility to insure the occurrence of instructional events; and complete the tasks assigned under essential duties and responsibilities.

Essential Functions

• Keeps buildings and premises, including sidewalks, driveways and play areas clean, safe, and neat at all times using appropriate methods and equipment.
• Familiarizes self with and complies with District policies and administrative regulations related to position. Complies with all requirements and procedures for use, storage and disposal of waste, cleaners, chemicals, and all other products and materials used in performing required duties.
• Notifies appropriate personnel of need to secure additional supplies to ensure sufficient inventory. Notifies appropriate personnel of any equipment failure or missing equipment.
• Notifies appropriate personnel of needed repairs to building maintenance concerns.
• Sweeps and wet mops Main Lobby, as needed and any/all areas during inclement weather where salt and other debris was tracked in at all times.
• Inspects all indoor common areas or other areas as assigned and as needed dusts, dry or wet mops, spot cleans, vacuums, removes trash and debris, changes lightbulbs, cleans boards or disinfects. Preforms grounds keeping duties as assigned.
• Checks hall walls, lavatories, lockers, and removes all graffiti on a daily basis.
• Inspects grounds for debris daily and empties outdoor trash receptacles as needed.
• Cleans and disinfects fountains.
• Checks Lobby, office glass, and showcases daily and cleans all surfaces as needed. Cleans other glass indoors and out as assigned.
• Prepares the cafeteria daily to include, setting-up cafeteria tables, staging the mop and bucket, broom and dust pan for spills in Cafeterias, taking out garbage in the cafeteria and kitchen during lunches, assisting lunchroom aides as needed and, cleaning and mopping cafeterias.
• Arranges designated facilities for all assemblies, programs and plays during the school day including seating, lighting, audio-visual needs, and anything else needed.
• Checks rest rooms on a daily basis for supplies and refills as needed. Cleans out refrigerators in faculty lounge, semi-annually.
• Responsible for summer cleaning including but not limited to stripping and waxing floors in the assigned areas. Cleaning of all assigned areas including lights, washing walls, cleaning faculty refrigerators.
• Distribute all school supplies and maintain exterior grounds as directed.
• Removes snow, spreads ice melt, and cleans up leaves.
• Responds to emergency situations, vandalism, power failures, storm damage, and water pipe failures.
• Unloads materials, supplies, and equipment when received.
• Performs all work in professional, timely, and safe manner; uses appropriate safety equipment; and maintains tools and equipment in a safe and operating condition.
• Directs student, bus, and/or car traffic as required.

Qualifications

• Compliance with all legal requirements relating to submission of current child abuse history clearance and state and federal criminal history checks.
• Valid Driver's License

Standard ADA Settings

• Other (to include Physically Demanding Positions)

Physical Demands

• Driving/Operating Mobile Equipment
• Use of Hand Tools (power or manual)
• Use of Personal Protective Equipment
• Use of Office Equipment (computer, printer, telephone, etc.)
• Standing for extended periods of time
• Walking for extended periods of time
• Climbing
• Repeated Bending
• Gripping/Holding
• Reaching (above shoulder/at waist/below waist level)
• Hearing (person to person, on the phone, in group settings)
• Vision (near, midrange, far, peripheral, depth and color)

Working Conditions

• Subject to inside environmental conditions
• Subject to outside environmental conditions
• Subject to extreme hot areas (near ovens, etc.) and cold areas (freezers)
• Typical athletic training office/facility/environment
• May be exposed to hazardous materials, body fluids, or disease
• Subject to physical hazards, including conditions that may affect the respiratory system and/or skin