Job Details

Position Type:
Substitute/Substitute Maintenance Worker

Date Posted:
12/1/2025

Location:
District

UPPER ARLINGTON CITY SCHOOLS

Position: Substitute Maintenance Worker
Time Schedule: As Needed
Building: Graf
Salary Rate or Ratio: $26.20
Reports to: Director of Operational Services
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Description:
Perform maintenance duties, which relate to the school plant, buildings, facilities, equipment, and grounds operation. Maintain and repair a variety of tools, machines, mechanical and electrical equipment, building construction, and furniture. Perform related tasks as required for the operation of all school district buildings.

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

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED
• Three years experience in maintenance
• Experience or knowledge of all building trade skills
• Valid Ohio driver's license
• Alternatives to the above qualifications as the Supervisor and/or Board of Education may find appropriate

• Ability to work effectively with others and embrace assigned duties
• Ability to communicate ideas and directives clearly and effectively both orally and in writing
• Effective, active listening skills
• Computer skills
• Organizational and problem solving skills
• Basic understanding of electricity, plumbing, carpentry, landscaping, roofing and glazing
• Training in the proper care and storage of chemicals, e.g., hazards communication training
• Ability to read and understand verbal and written instructions, written warnings, and labels
• Ability to operate machinery
• Ability to distinguish colors for electrical wiring purposes
• Training in OSHA rules and regulations
• Commitment to high quality work and craftsmanship in maintaining buildings and grounds.
• Thorough understanding of friendly customer service
• Alternatives to the above knowledge, skills and abilities as the Supervisor and/or Board of Education may find appropriate

• Ensure safety of students
• Perform normal operator adjustments and service to facility equipment such as, but not limited to, compressors, HVAC system, and assist in maintaining records on operational and maintenance activities
• Assume primary responsibility for the safe condition of electric elements in the facilities owned or operated by the school district
• Perform general maintenance work inside and outside the physical plant such as ceiling, roof, electrical, welding, plumbing, concrete, masonry, glazing, insulation, tile, pump, and fan repairs
• Perform general labor inside and outside the physical plant including district wide grounds keeping, landscaping, handling materials and supplies, moving equipment, operating power-driver equipment, truck driving, snow plowing, mowing, etc.
• Recommend supplies and equipment for purchase
• Conduct periodical inspections of the facilities
• Deliver needed supplies and equipment to buildings
• Perform yearly inventory of work area, supplies, and equipment
• Promote good safety practices and procedures
• Repair and maintain HVAC, motors, and filters
• Inspect roofs for leaks and repair
• Perform painting projects as assigned
• Repair and maintain electrical components, e.g., install new circuits, run new wire, install new breakers
• Renew plumbing components, e.g., clean sewer lines, replace fixtures
• Assemble and install educational equipment
• Repair doors, windows and vents
• Repair and replace carpet and floor tiles
• Repair masonry structures
• Assist with district operations as assigned
• Maintain all safety and code requirements of the federal, state, and local board of authority
• Maintain and install windscreens, netting pads and any temporary fencing
• Maintains, paints, cleans, repairs, and prepares fences, swings, bike racks, bleachers, tables, and athletic fields
• Training by certified person on handling, use and proper maintenance of pool chemicals to include filters. Valves, pumps and periodic testing (Certified Pool Operator certificate required to work the pool)
• Repair and maintain district playground and athletic facility equipment to assure safety
• Promote good public relations by personal appearance, attitude and conversation
• Alternatives to the above essential functions as the Supervisor and/or Board of Education may find appropriate

• Frequent requirement to work near moving mechanical parts
• Maintain all safety and code requirements of the federal, state, and local board of education guidelines
• Instruct other workers on proper methods of procedure and proper use of tools
• Order and account for material and labor relative to assignments
• Maintain the inventory of district-owned hand tools, equipment, hardware, materials and supplies
• Conduct routine and periodic inspections of school and facilities as part of a preventative maintenance program
• Assist in the care of all maintenance tools and supplies
• Ensure the care, condition, appearance, repair, or replacement of all physical equipment, buildings, facilities and grounds
• Complete paperwork as necessary
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Maintenance Coordinator, Head Groundskeeper, or Director of Operations
• Coordinate activities with PTO's, booster groups and students for special grounds activities
• Duties as assigned by the Director of Operational Services

• computer and or hand held device
• communication equipment
• motor vehicle
• truck with trailer
• tractors
• forklift
• snow removal equipment including plows, snow blowers and other related items
• various hand tools
• HVAC equipment
• Lawn/field equipment (mowers, trimmers, edger's, weed wacker etc.)
• fertilizers spreaders and weed sprayers
• athletic field line striping equipment
• hydraulic lift
• chain hoist
• welder
• drill press
• saws
• electrical, plumbing and carpenter tools
• battery charger
• welding unit
• other maintenance tools as required

• Occasional exposure to blood, bodily fluids and tissue
• Occasional operation of a vehicle in inclement weather conditions, i.e., must be prepared to come to school on all scheduled work days including calamity days
• Occasional evening/weekend work/early morning
• Occasional repetitive hand motion, e.g., use of hand tools
• Frequent requirement to work near moving mechanical parts, e.g., drill press, circular saw, table saw, hand tools
• Occasional requirement to work in high places
• Occasional exposure to fumes, airborne particles, toxic, dangerous, or caustic chemicals, e.g., chlorine, asbestos, welding dust
• Occasional exposure to loud noises, e.g., power tools
• Frequent requirement to lift and carry various items up to a maximum of 60 lbs.
• Occasional requirement to push and pull up to a maximum of 60 lbs.
• Frequently move around workspace and travel throughout school building
• Frequently move and position self as necessary to access and operate equipment