• Job Description

  Req#: 2187
  Position Type:
  Maintenance/Custodial/ Yards and Grounds Custodian
  
  
  Date Posted:
  6/3/2025
  
  
  Location:
  Branch County
  
  
  Date Available:
  ASAP
  
  
  Education and/or certification:
  • High school graduate
  High school graduate
  Experience:
  • 1 year experience in custodial, Maintenance, or grounds work or,
  • 2 years satisfactory work experience (self-employed, industry, government, etc.) beyond high school
  1 year experience in custodial, Maintenance, or grounds work or,
  2 years satisfactory work experience (self-employed, industry, government, etc.) beyond high school
  Other skills:
  • good physical health, unrestricted use of hands and feet, and good eyesight and hearing (corrected), as needed for specific requirements
  • able to work variable hours and shifts, as assigned
  • able to plan work for self and others
  • able to operate tractors, snowblowers, and other power equipment
  • able to read and understand written instructions
  good physical health, unrestricted use of hands and feet, and good eyesight and hearing (corrected), as needed for specific requirements
  able to work variable hours and shifts, as assigned
  able to plan work for self and others
  able to operate tractors, snowblowers, and other power equipment
  able to read and understand written instructions
  Perform routine work, repair, or service tasks in the following, general kinds of work:
  • lawn mowing
  • landscaping; including flowers, shrubbery, and trees
  • blacktop/concrete
  • curbing
  • traffic/building signs
  • security fence(s)
  • playground equipment
  • fuel storage tanks, piping, and pumps
  • gravel drives and parking lots
  lawn mowing
  landscaping; including flowers, shrubbery, and trees
  blacktop/concrete
  curbing
  traffic/building signs
  security fence(s)
  playground equipment
  fuel storage tanks, piping, and pumps
  gravel drives and parking lots
  Maintain grounds, including playgrounds, and equipment to state and local standards.
  Assist in preparing BISD buildings in early morning as may be requested by administration or custodial/maintenance staff
  Assist with “inside work” during inclement weather, as may be necessary or requested by Maintenance Team Members.
  Upgrade skills by attending technical classes, as directed
  Perform safety inspections of yard and ground areas.
  Make arrangements, per district requirements and procedures, for contracted services as needed for yard and ground repair and/or service; in particular, snow removal and blacktop/concrete maintenance
  Communicate equipment and supply requirements to immediate supervisor on a timely basis to allow for as much long-range planning as possible.
  Keep records of maintenance activities.
  Obtain and maintain a forklift operator license and registered pesticide applicator certificate.
  Other specific duties as assigned:
  • operate hand/power equipment
  • snow removal and salting
  • light, daily maintenance on yard and ground equipment
  • woodworking – build or repair wooden items
  operate hand/power equipment
  snow removal and salting
  light, daily maintenance on yard and ground equipment
  woodworking – build or repair wooden items
  Maintain proper chemical treatment of water for boiler and chiller system at the Branch Area Careers Center.
  Emergency building custodial work, as per supervisor’s request
  Cover Shipping/Receiving Department during clerk’s absence from the department, when possible.
  Job Description
  Branch ISD operates Branch Area Careers Center, Special Education, Adult Education, Head Start, Early Head Start, Great Start School Readiness, Early On and the Family Success Program to three constituent school districts and one public school academy.
  
  Our mission is to ensure life-long learning opportunities to students and citizens in our constituent districts. We will provide leadership in cooperation with other local, regional, and state educational service agencies, as well as the private sector, to facilitate the effective and efficient delivery of high quality programs and services
  
  This is a Part Time position.
  
  Qualification requirements which the yards and grounds member must possess:
  1. Education and/or certification:
     • High school graduate
  2. Experience:
     • 1 year experience in custodial, Maintenance, or grounds work or,
     • 2 years satisfactory work experience (self-employed, industry, government, etc.) beyond high school
  3. Other skills:
     • good physical health, unrestricted use of hands and feet, and good eyesight and hearing (corrected), as needed for specific requirements
     • able to work variable hours and shifts, as assigned
     • able to plan work for self and others
     • able to operate tractors, snowblowers, and other power equipment
     • able to read and understand written instructions
  Job duties include, but not limited to:
  1. Perform routine work, repair, or service tasks in the following, general kinds of work:
     • lawn mowing
     • landscaping; including flowers, shrubbery, and trees
     • blacktop/concrete
     • curbing
     • traffic/building signs
     • security fence(s)
     • playground equipment
     • fuel storage tanks, piping, and pumps
     • gravel drives and parking lots
  2. Maintain grounds, including playgrounds, and equipment to state and local standards.
  3. Assist in preparing BISD buildings in early morning as may be requested by administration or custodial/maintenance staff
  4. Assist with “inside work” during inclement weather, as may be necessary or requested by Maintenance Team Members.
  5. Upgrade skills by attending technical classes, as directed
  6. Perform safety inspections of yard and ground areas.
  7. Make arrangements, per district requirements and procedures, for contracted services as needed for yard and ground repair and/or service; in particular, snow removal and blacktop/concrete maintenance
  8. Communicate equipment and supply requirements to immediate supervisor on a timely basis to allow for as much long-range planning as possible.
  9. Keep records of maintenance activities.
  10. Obtain and maintain a forklift operator license and registered pesticide applicator certificate.
  11. Other specific duties as assigned:
      • operate hand/power equipment
      • snow removal and salting
      • light, daily maintenance on yard and ground equipment
      • woodworking – build or repair wooden items
  12. Maintain proper chemical treatment of water for boiler and chiller system at the Branch Area Careers Center.
  13. Emergency building custodial work, as per supervisor’s request
  14. Cover Shipping/Receiving Department during clerk’s absence from the department, when possible.
  Please see the attached job description for more details.
  
  
  

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