Head Custodian

Head Custodian JobID:

1666

Position Type:

Maintenance/Custodial/Custodian

Date Posted:

5/12/2026

Location:

Garfield Heights Middle School

Date Available:

05/18/2026

Closing Date:

Until Filled

Position:

Head Custodian (5D) Reports to: Principal

Employment Status:

Regular/Full-time

Status:

Classified

Contract Days:

260

Description:

The Head Custodian is responsible for overseeing the cleanliness, safety, maintenance, and daily operations of the assigned school building and grounds. This position supervises custodial operations, ensures the facility is maintained in a safe and efficient manner, coordinates building upkeep, and assists with preventative maintenance and repair needs. The Head Custodian serves as the lead custodial employee within the building and works collaboratively with administration, staff, students, and maintenance personnel to maintain a clean and welcoming educational environment.

NOTE:

The below lists are not ranked in order of importance

Essential Functions:

Perform routine building repairs and maintenance Promote and follow safety procedures Maintain daily work schedules and records Assist with plumbing, electrical, carpentry, painting, and mechanical repairs Maintain furnaces, air conditioners, and other building systems Assist with remodeling, renovation, and maintenance projects Maintain inventory and proper storage of custodial supplies and equipment Secure the building and support energy conservation efforts Maintain clean, safe, and orderly work and storage areas Work cooperatively with administration, staff, students, and parents Receive, store, and unload building supplies and equipment Remove snow and ice from entrances, sidewalks, and walkways as needed Ensure floors and surfaces are clean and free of safety hazards Assist with inspections and cooperate with fire, boiler, and safety officials Complete annual custodial supply inventories Assist with summer cleaning, groundskeeping, and building preparation Oversee daily cleaning and sanitation of classrooms, offices, hallways, restrooms, locker rooms, cafeterias, gymnasiums, and common areas Assist with floor care including mopping, buffing, waxing, and refinishing Conduct routine inspections of the building and grounds Maintain safe playground and outdoor conditions Perform other duties assigned by the Superintendent, Principal, or designee

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

• Clean up when students are ill
• Assist administration with tasks as requested

About You:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred
• One to two years related experience
• Holds building boiler operator license requirements and other certification mandates to satisfy government, board, administrative and contract regulations
• Must be able to demonstrate a basic knowledge of electrical, plumbing, painting
• Must be able to demonstrate the ability to use most common hand tools
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Superintendent and/or Board of Education may find appropriate

Equipment Operated:

• Various hand and plumbing tools
• Vacuum cleaners
• Wet and dry vac
• Floor waxing machine
• Ladders
• Lawn equipment
• Snowblower
• Floor scrubbers
• Various power tools
• Snow removal and landscaping equipment
• Scrubbers and buffers
• Power washer
• Stripping machine
• Portable air compressor

About Our District:

The Garfield Heights City Schools collaboratively and cooperatively serve students and families of the City of Garfield Heights. Located in Cuyahoga County and bordered on the north by the City of Cleveland proper, and on all other sides by the first ring communities of Northeast Ohio. Our District proudly serves approximately 3,500 students in three Kindergarten through Grade 5 schools, one middle school, and one high school. The district also provides an award-winning Preschool program to educate the youngest students in our community at William Foster Elementary. All those who seek academic, co-curricular, student leadership, diversity, and community engagement success, can find these things and more in the Garfield Heights City Schools. As a product of our community-based strategic planning process completed in 2021, our district's mission is: As the heart of the community, Garfield Heights City Schools fully prepares students to pursue their dreams and give back as engaged citizens and future leaders.

Our vision is:

to become a premier educational institution, recognized throughout Ohio as fully preparing students to be leaders equipped with real-world skills to contribute to a global society. The Garfield Heights City School prides itself on providing a rigorous and comprehensive pre-k through 12th-grade educational curriculum that clearly focuses on student success through college and career readiness. To that end, Garfield Heights High School offers a variety of Advanced Placement courses, including AP English, AP Government, AP American History, Honors Chemistry, Honors Calculus, Honors Physical Science, and more. While the District offers these high-level academic courses, the GHCS also proudly sends more than 225 students on an annual basis to the Cuyahoga Valley Career Center for those individuals deeply interested in learning a skilled profession or hands-on expertise in one of the trades. Middle School students have increasingly greater opportunities to prepare themselves for high school and parents are readily encouraged to be involved. Elementary School students in the GHCS also participate in such valuable literacy programs as LETRs and social/emotional initiatives as the Zones of Regulation. The GHCS places a great deal of emphasis at all levels of education on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (P.B.I.S.) and each school has won awards from the State of Ohio for encouraging and promoting positive behavior. A wide variety of co-curricular offerings are available to students of all ages in the Garfield Heights City Schools as well. Such opportunities include more than 18 varsity sports, the district's show choir, Music Express, Marching Band, Theater, A 'Capella Choir, National Honor Society, Student Council, Glass Ceiling, Future Engineers, and more. These co-curricular offerings are award-winning on the state, regional and local levels. Students can expect success when they become involved in the various academic, co-curricular, and student leadership organizations in this District. Garfield Heights City Schools is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, genetic information, race, color, age, religion, disabilities, military status, sexual orientation, or national origin in its programs and activities, including employment opportunities.

Application Deadline:

Until position has been filled.

To Apply:

On-line