What are the responsibilities and job description for the Full-Time Custodian position at Palmyra Area School District?
Palmyra Area School District is seeking applicants for our open full-time Custodian position at the Middle School.
If offered a position, upon completion of all required employment paperwork, you may begin to work immediately so that you are trained and ready. You will be guaranteed full-time work during your training.
Qualifications For Our Full-time Custodian Position
Submit your application at https://www.applitrack.com/palmyra/onlineapp/ OR email your cover letter and resume to HR (listed below.) All applicants are required to submit a letter of interest and resume. If hired, a PA Child Abuse Clearance, PA Criminal Record Check, and FBI Background Check will be required.
Mrs. Angela Hepner, Director of Human Resources
Palmyra Area School District, District Office
1125 Park Drive, Palmyra, PA 17078
angela_hepner@pasd.us (preferred)
(717) 838-3144, Option 9
If offered a position, upon completion of all required employment paperwork, you may begin to work immediately so that you are trained and ready. You will be guaranteed full-time work during your training.
Qualifications For Our Full-time Custodian Position
- Must be at least 18 years of age or older
- Must be able to provide the required clearances for Pennsylvania - and they are paid for by Palmyra Area School District!
- PA Child Abuse Clearance
- PA Criminal Clearance
- FBI Clearance
- Must be able to work independently with or without supervision
- Minimum starting rate of $15.40 - $18.69 per hour; credit may be given for relevant experience
- Working hours:
- During the school year will be primarily 3:00 PM - 11:00 PM; In-Service days may have the opportunity to work day-shift
- Summer hours will be primarily Monday - Thursday working 10-hours during the daytime (6:00 AM - 4:00 PM) with Fridays off.
- Paid holidays OFF!
- Overtime hours available
- Must be able to report for snow removal
- Must possess a positive attitude, be energetic, be a team player and take pride in your work
- Cleaning classrooms, offices, bathrooms, hallways/stairwells, multi-purpose rooms, windows, etc.
- Daily trash removal
- Event set-up and tear down
- Minor maintenance fixes
- Transferring items to different locations within the buildings, including lifting boxes
- Summer cleaning as assigned
- All required clearances are paid for by Palmyra Area School District, including renewals every five (5) years
- PAID holidays - you do not have to work on holidays!
- Receive 10 paid sick days annually, which can accumulate from year-to-year if they are not used
- Paid vacation time
- A $20,000 life insurance policy provided at no cost to the employee
- Amazing family benefits - medical, dental, vision, and prescription benefits - are provided by PASD with two (2) medical plans for employees to choose from!
- Our PPO medical plan has a $500 (individual) or $1,000 (family) deductible
- Our High Deductible medical plan has a $2,000 (individual) or $4,000 (family) deductible - and PASD contributes $1,500 (individual) or $3,000 (family) into your Health Savings Account annually
- If you do not need benefits, a paid waiver is provided annually!
- Palmyra Area School District will pay the full cost of tuition and any reasonable expenses for courses, workshops, seminars, conferences, or in-service training sessions (up to $1,200/year)
- After five (5) years of service to PASD, a full-time support staff employee will be moved the midpoint if they have not reached it by that time
- Employees will have a pension through the Pennsylvania School Employee Retirement System (PSERS)
- Employees are eligible to participate in 403(b) and Roth 403(b) programs
Submit your application at https://www.applitrack.com/palmyra/onlineapp/ OR email your cover letter and resume to HR (listed below.) All applicants are required to submit a letter of interest and resume. If hired, a PA Child Abuse Clearance, PA Criminal Record Check, and FBI Background Check will be required.
- For our online application, we want you to submit your application if you are interested in being considered - even if you do not have all the required items at the time of application. If you do not have all the items required at the time of application, please submit a Word.doc with an explanation of where you are at in each process to be able to submit your application by the deadline. For example, if you are waiting on a letter of reference, simply upload a Word.doc that states "requested reference letter from [NAME] on [DATE]. Upon receipt, log back into your account and replace the Word.doc with the actual document received.
Mrs. Angela Hepner, Director of Human Resources
Palmyra Area School District, District Office
1125 Park Drive, Palmyra, PA 17078
angela_hepner@pasd.us (preferred)
(717) 838-3144, Option 9