Substitute Building & Grounds Technician

Albanyschools; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The City School District of Albany is seeking substitutes for Building Maintenance Workers to support districtwide groundskeeping and cleaning duties. The role involves operating grounds-keeping equipment, performing heavy cleaning, and assisting in building maintenance across multiple sites.

Responsibilities include mowing, trimming, snow removal, waxing floors with heavy machinery, and unloading deliveries.

Qualifications

• Two years of full-time paid work experience in manual labor or maintenance.
• Experience operating grounds-keeping equipment and power tools.
• Ability to perform heavy manual cleaning and snow removal tasks.

Responsibilities

• Mows laws, trims shrubs, rakes leaves and performs a variety of other grounds keeping tasks as assigned.
• This is manual work calling for the efficient performance of school building cleaning, grounds keeping and snow removal tasks.
• Clears snow and ice from school sidewalks, doors, entryways and parking lots
• Maintains the school grounds by picking up trash and debris.
• This position is distinguished from that of a Cleaner by the heavier nature of the work performed and because of involvement in outside grounds maintenance activities.
• Strips and waxes floors and halls using heavy machinery.
• Operates heavy rug shampoo equipment.
• Cleaning tasks are performed according to a well-established procedure and involve some heavy work requiring physical strength and ability.
• The work is performed under supervision of a higher level custodial employee.
• Supervision over the work of others is not a responsibility of employees in this class.
• Sweeps and mops floors, stairs and halls including classrooms, cafeterias, gyms, auditoriums and locker rooms.
• Performs general cleaning of school rooms involving dusting furniture and washing and cleaning walls, blackboards, desks, windows, sinks, showers, toilets and locker rooms.
• Empties wastepaper baskets and disposes of school rubbish from large barrels into removable truck containers.
• Arranges chairs, tables and other equipment for special use of school buildings, such as PTA meetings, assemblies, graduation, etc.
• May unload truck deliveries, stock shelves and perform other heavy lifting and moving tasks
• May deliver packages and messages.

Skills

Groundskeeping experience

Cleaning and janitorial skills

Heavy manual task ability

Job description

The City School District of Albany is seeking substitutes for Building Maintenance Workers to support districtwide groundskeeping and cleaning duties. The role involves operating grounds-keeping equipment, performing heavy cleaning, and assisting in building maintenance across multiple sites.

Responsibilities include mowing, trimming, snow removal, waxing floors with heavy machinery, and unloading deliveries.