Substitute Building Maintenance Worker - Continuous Recruitment -87788

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

Building Maintenance Worker- Districtwide

The City School District of Albany announces a continuous posting for Substitute Building Maintenance Workers vacancies throughout the district.

Start date will be based on district need.

General Statement:

The Building Maintenance Worker performs semi-skilled work in the maintenance, care, and modification of school district grounds and landscapes. Experience needed in the operation of electrically-powered and gasoline-powered grounds-keeping equipment, machines, and the use of small hand and power tools. Performs outside grounds maintenance and routine building cleaning tasks in a school district; does related work as required.

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.

Full Performance, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Personal Characteristics:

• Working knowledge of building cleaning practices, supplies and equipment and ability to use them economically ad efficiently.


• Ability to follow oral and written directions.


• Ability to perform heavy manual cleaning, lifting and minor grounds maintenance tasks.


• Willingness to perform routine cleaning and other manual tasks.


• Ability to get along with others; physical strength, and good physical condition.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Two (2) years of full-time paid work experience as a helper or laborer in one or more of the mechanical or construction trades; OR


2. Two (2) years of full-time paid experience as a maintenance laborer; OR


3. Any equivalent combination of training and experience as defined by the limits of (a) and (b) above.