Substitute Maintenance Custodian

Position Type:
Substitute Classified/Substitute Maintenance or Custodian

Date Posted:
5/12/2026

Location:
District

Date Available:
05/12/2026

Closing Date:
Until Filled
Position: Substitute Maintenance Custodian
Reports to: Maintenance Supervisor or Designee
Employment Status: Seasonal/Summer Substitute

Employment Status: Classified

Description: Provide temporary summer maintenance and custodial support throughout the district. Assist with building maintenance, cleaning, groundskeeping, repairs, and summer operational needs to ensure safe, clean, and functional school facilities.

NOTE: The below lists are not ranked in order of importance


Essential Functions:

• Ensure safety of students, staff, and facilities
• Perform general custodial and maintenance duties as assigned
• Assist with minor repairs, maintenance, and building upkeep
• Perform summer cleaning projects and building preparation
• Perform landscaping, mowing, grounds maintenance, and field preparation
• Remove trash and maintain clean work areas
• Assist with moving furniture, equipment, and supplies
• Operate and maintain tools, equipment, and vehicles safely
• Respond to service calls and building needs as directed
• Assist in maintaining district buildings, grounds, and equipment
• Follow district maintenance procedures and safety practices
• Work cooperatively with staff and administration
• Maintain inventory and proper use of tools and supplies
• Support building security and safety procedures
• Complete required paperwork and documentation
• Perform other duties assigned by the Superintendent or designee

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ability to operate various equipment associated with duties


• Receive freight from carriers and check shipments against purchase orders

• Perform other duties as assigned


About You:

• High school diploma


• Mechanical and carpentry skills

• Current State of Ohio driver's license

• Clean FBI and BCI reports


• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Superintendent and/or Board of Education may find appropriate

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