Position Type :
Maintenance / Custodial / Facilities Manager
Date Posted : 1 / 2 / 2025
Location :
Edgewater Park Twp School District
Closing Date : 01 / 27 / 2025
Director of Facilities - Edgewater Park Township Schools, Burlington County NJ
TITLE : DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS & GROUNDS
QUALIFICATIONS :
- Fireman's Black seal License and post-secondary training related to professional responsibilities.
- Minimum experience as determined by the Board.
- Ability to supervise and coordinate the activities of department staff.
- Demonstrated knowledge of architecture, school construction, engineering, plant operation, maintenance and management and school safety.
- Experience in project estimation of labor and supply needs and ability to supervise and coordinate the activities of department staff.
- Required criminal history background check and proof of U.s. citizenship or legal resident alien status.
REPORTS TO : School Business Administrator
SUPERVISES : All custodial, maintenance and groundskeeping staff.
JOB GOAL : To provide students and staff with a physical environment that is clean, safe and efficiently operated.
PERFORMANCE
RESPONSIBILITIES :
Assumes responsibility for the comprehensive overall planning and scheduling of maintenance and repair requirements of the district's schools, office facilities and grounds.Establishes appropriate maintenance, groundskeeping, security and custodial requirements for each school building and installation.Directs the maintenance of all buildings and grounds as to cleanliness and safety.Recruits, screens, recommends for hiring, assigns and supervises all custodial, maintenance and groundskeeping staff.Determines and establishes detailed specifications pertaining to supplies, materials, equipment and local contract work.Recommends for purchase necessary equipment and supplies and maintains an inventory of them.Maintains schedules of work for each individual building and sees to it that proper supplies are on hand in that building.Establishes and supervises summer cleaning programs and schedules.Establishes guidelines for the division of responsibility for minor in-school repairs and emergency repairs.Keeps abreast of new work methods, procedures and equipment.Ensures that the standards consistent with all applicable local, state and federal laws are maintained. Inspects all school buildings, grounds and installations on a regular basis to determine that high standards of workmanship, cleanliness, safety and security are maintained.Inspects all school buildings, grounds and installations on a regular basis to determine that high standards of workmanship, cleanliness, safety and security are maintained.Plans and implements a program of preventive maintenance.Organizes and implements an orientation program on proper operation and maintenance of school facilities for departmental personnel.Assumes responsibility for Right-to-Know data practices, procedures and record-keeping under the direction of the school business administrator.Ensures proper maintenance and operation of department equipment, including motorized vehicles, tools and machinery.Inspects and maintains fire alarm systems and fire extinguishers on a regularly scheduled basis.Prepares and administers the budget for maintenance, grounds, security and custodial supplies and equipment.Supervises and inspects the improvement and renovation work performed by outside contractors, and verifies that the terms of all such contracts have been fulfilled before authorizing final payments.Directs the preparation of playing fields, grounds and other necessary facilities for athletics and other school activities.Confers with school principals, landscape architects and other parties in making plans for landscaping , planning and maintenance of various school grounds.Maintains such records as are required by board policy or law.Interprets and enforces board policies regarding school maintenance, safety and security procedures.TERMS OF Work year and salary to be determined by the board
EMPLOYMENT :
EVALUATION : Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with state law
and the provisions of the Board's policy on evaluation of non-certified staff.
