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SUPERVISOR OF CUSTODIANS

Code: 03998 Local Competitive

Career Family: SUPERVISOR

Supervisor of Custodians is a competitive local-government title, the kind you test for: the exam result, not a hiring manager's pick, decides where you land in line.

It expects 5 years of relevant experience and a professional license.

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Where this title is used

Supervisor of Custodians is a local service title. It is filled by the counties, municipalities, authorities and other employers that have adopted civil service under Title 11A, not by State departments. Those employers set pay by ordinance or contract rather than from a State salary schedule, which is why most local titles carry no salary range here.

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Official job specification

The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.

Definition

Under direction, supervises all custodial personnel employed by a local school district; does other related work.

Examples of work

  • Inspects, analyzes, and determines the cleaning work to be done.
  • Provides instructions and assignments to personnel.
  • Makes arrangements for replacement of absent personnel at various schools.
  • Establishes, maintains, and develops work plans and procedures.
  • Supervises operation of heating and ventilating equipment.
  • May fire up furnaces.
  • Supervises the work involved in cleaning and maintenance of school buildings, grounds, heating and ventilating systems.
  • Supervises subordinate staff who guides and oversees the work performed by other custodial personnel.
  • Visits schools to inspect cleaning and maintenance of school buildings and grounds.
  • Provides advice to operating managers on custodial matters, reports problems.
  • Requisitions supplies and equipment.
  • Supervises storing of equipment and supplies.
  • Takes steps to eliminate fire and other hazards.
  • Prepares reports and correspondence.
  • Supervises the establishment of records and files.
  • Participates in the hiring, promoting and disciplinary process.
  • Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.

Experience

Five (5) years of experience in work involving the cleaning of buildings and the maintenance of grounds in a large institution or agency, two (2) years of which shall have been in a supervisory capacity.

License

Appointees must possess a current, valid Black Seal Boiler Operator License of the appropriate type (high or low pressure) issued by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

  • Knowledge of methods and operation involved in inspecting, analyzing, and planning building and ground maintenance work.
  • Knowledge of the methods used to establish, maintain, and develop effective work procedures used to obtain, store, safeguard, distribute and supervise use of equipment, supplies, and materials.
  • Knowledge of the establishment and maintenance of records and files of personnel, equipment, materials, supplies, work done, time spent, and cost.
  • Knowledge of supervisory techniques.
  • Ability to analyze building, heating, and ground maintenance problems.
  • Ability to organize assigned work and develop work methods.
  • Ability to provide assignments and instructions.
  • Ability to deal with people.
  • Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
  • Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication,
  • Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.

Note

The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.