Position Type:
Custodial/Maintenance/Substitute Maintenance
Date Posted:
12/5/2024
Location:
HCS Maintenance Department
County:
Hancock County Schools
HANCOCK COUNTY SCHOOLS
NEW CUMBERLAND, WV 26047
THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE CLASSIFICATION AND THEREFORE A SUBSTITUTE POSITION .
Job Posting #1981
Bid Closes 12/19/24
Position: Substitute GM/Groundsman
Location: Maintenance Department (countywide)
Employment Terms: As Needed
Hours Per Day: Varies
Salary Range: D
GENERAL MAINTENANCE
TITLE: General Maintenance - means personnel employed as helpers to skilled maintenance employees and to perform minor repairs to equipment and buildings of a county school system.
QUALIFICATIONS: Must be able to understand written and/or verbal instructions and trained to perform minor repairs to equipment and buildings. Should have three (3) years of experience as custodian. High school diploma or a general educational development certificate (GED) is required.
REPORTS TO: Director of Facilities and Maintenance and/or Principal
JOB GOALS: Maintains the school system's equipment and buildings in a clean, safe, attractive and comfortable manner to provide a pleasant and functional educational environment for the student and faculty.
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Performs duties efficiently and productively.

• Help skilled maintenance employees and perform minor repairs to equipment and buildings.
• Does minor carpentry, cement repair, painting, plumbing, electrical and other building maintenance.
• Assembles, repairs and tears down bleachers, replaces furnace filters and may perform minor repairs and maintenance to boilers.
• Oils and cleans pumps and motors.
• Works on custodial crews in cleaning of building.
• Uses a variety of tools and equipment.
• May operate motor vehicles, grading, landscaping and ditching equipment.
• Stripes and waxes floors and shampoo rugs.
• Sweeps and mops classrooms, rest rooms, shower rooms, offices, halls, auditoriums, and other areas.
• Moves furniture, books and other objects and sets up equipment as directed.
• Washes windows, blackboards and walls.
• Checks security of building.
• Collects, dumps and burns trash.
• May cut grass, pick up papers and other objects.
• Shovel snow
• Routine building maintenance to include repairing of faucets, sink traps, flush meters, repair or replacement of door closures, repair hinges.
• Do minor electrical work such as replacing emergency battery packs in exit lights, replace broken switches, light bulbs.
• Repair furniture, hand railings
• Repair concrete patching, do painting and repair of small areas of damaged plaster.
• Other routine general maintenance as necessary or assigned.
• May direct parking at events.
• May act as a leadsman of a crew of custodial workers as assigned.
• To perform other related duties as assigned by supervisor.
• Push and pull minimum of 100 lbs.
• Lift and move minimum of 100 lbs.
• Kneeling, bending and crawling required in duties.
• Climbing stairs and ladder when necessary.

B. Maintains and/or upgrades skills.

• Participates in required in-service training.

C. Maintains positive work habits .

• Have the ability to develop and maintain an effective working relationship with others.
• Maintains positive work attitude and habits.
• Maintains a professional appearance.
• Is punctual and minimizes absences
• Takes initiative in performing assigned tasks

EVALUATION: Performance of this job will be evaluated twice a year for employees with a continuing contract and three times a year for employees with a probationary contract. This is in accordance with provisions of the Hancock County Board of Education Policy on Evaluation of Service Personnel.
POSITION: Groundsman/Handyman
CHARACTERISTICS OF POSITION: Under general supervision, performs a variety of unskilled and semi-skilled tasks in generalized building and grounds maintenance; some skilled work may be done as a trades helper in assisting a craftsman in work; and performs related work as required.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES: Cuts grass; trims shrubs and trees; fertilizes and feeds plants; rakes leaves and polices grounds; digs ditches; cuts down trees; erects snow fences; moves snow; snow plowing and driving snow plowing vehicle; salts and sands walkways, steps, driveways and roads; hauls furniture and other objects; burns trash; does minor carpentry, cement repair, painting, plumbing, electrical and other building maintenance work and assists skilled craftsmen in performing skilled tasks; assembles, repairs and tears down bleachers; replaces furnace filters and may perform minor repair and maintenance to boilers; oils and cleans pumps and motors; may work on custodial crews in the cleaning of buildings; uses a variety of tools and equipment; and may operate motor vehicles.

1. To follow county policy and procedures
2. To maintain positive work habits and attitudes
3. To perform duties efficiently and productively
4. To maintain and/or upgrade skills
5. To promote positive public communications
6. To maintain professional appearance.

DESIRABLE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Training and Experience: Completion of a high school diploma or its equivalent and two years of general building and grounds labor experience; or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Good knowledge of general building and grounds maintenance work, including use and care of the more common tolls and equipment. Ability to perform a variety of unskilled and semi-skilled building and grounds maintenance tasks; ability to do heavy manual labor; ability to follow written and oral instructions. Skill in the use of common maintenance tools and equipment.
STATE DESCRIPTION: Handyman (B) - means personnel employed to perform routine manual tasks in any operation of the county school system.