Substitute Custodian Job at New London Public Schools in New London

Position Type:
Maintenance/Custodial/Custodian

Date Posted:
9/9/2025

Location:
District Wide JOB GOAL: To help clean and maintain the physical school properties, in order to provide a safe and clean environment for students, staff, and the community.

TYPICAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Cleans and monitors designated spaces and equipment in the building, including sweeping, dusting, moping, vacuuming, and waxing and rubbish removal.
• Assists in the upkeep of seasonal grounds work, such as snow and ice removal, leaves and other debris.
• Unlocks and locks premises, secures windows and activates and deactivates the alarm systems.
• Cleans and maintains custodial equipment daily after each use.
• Takes monthly fuel readings and forwards results to the Business Office when applicable.
• Restocks consumable items and provides an inventory of supplies to the lead custodian at the high school, middle school and the principals of the elementary schools.
• Helps in unloading of freight, checks and distributes freight to respective areas.
• Works as a team with all custodians in thoroughly cleaning and maintaining buildings during school breaks and in the summer.
• Collects Material Safety Data Sheets for all cleaning products and submits them to the Chief of Operations.
• Assists visiting public utilizing the facilities with directions within the building and in obtaining and setting up needed equipment.
• Performs such other related duties as may be assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School Diploma or general education degree (GED).
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
• Knowledge of basic math functions.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff and the community.
• Ability to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and Board of Education Policies.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• While performing the duties of this job.
• The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, and talk or hear.
• The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms.
• The employee continuously uses hand strength to grasp tools and climb on to ladders.
• The employee will frequently bend or twist at the neck and trunk more than the average person while performing the duties of this job.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds such as cleaning supplies, pails, and unloading trucks.
• The employee will sometimes push/pull items such as, tables, bleachers, and/or cleaning equipment.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics describe here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works indoors and will occasionally work outdoors.
• The employee will work near or with moving mechanical equipment.
• The employee may be required to work on ladders, scaffolding, and bucket lifter equipment or in confined spaces.
• The employee may occasionally work with chemicals.
• The employee must be able to meet deadlines with severe time constraints.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

New London Public School District is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
Candidates from diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds are encouraged to apply.