Custodian - Palmer District Court

Official Title: Custodian - Palmer District Court

Pay Grade: Grade 5S

Salary Range: 5S Entry Level Pay $40,575.34 to Pay Range Maximum $59,802.08

Starting Pay: $40,575.34

Salary Notes: This position is designated as a Union position. All new hires must start at the entry level rate for this role per the collective bargaining agreement/MOA with OPEIU, Local 6. Pay may advance within the salary band according to the CBA/MOU.

The Facilities Management and Capital Planning department provides for the management and maintenance of 62 state-owned courthouses, and 42 leased facilities located in ten counties of the Commonwealth. The Department is committed to administering effective property management, facility operations, facility renewal, and the delivery of quality customer service in support of the administration of justice throughout the Commonwealth.

https://www.mass.gov/info-details/trial-court-facilities-management

Notes: 

• Shift: Monday-Friday, 6 AM - 2 PM.
• This position is considered essential personnel in certain emergencies and may be required to work outside of regularly scheduled hours, including staying late or coming in early.
• This position is designated as a union position and is covered by the Collective Bargaining Agreement with O.P.E.I.U., Local 6.

Position Summary: Performs custodial duties to ensure that court facilities are clean, orderly, and accessible. Cleans offices, bathrooms, and other facility spaces. Removes refuse. Mows lawns and shovels snow as needed. Assists with maintenance duties as needed.

Supervision Received: Works under the direction of a Facilities Supervisor.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities: • Dusts and wet mops floors and stairways and operates vacuum to clean carpet areas; ensures Wet Floor signs are properly placed.
• Strips wax, applies fresh wax and operates power buffer to polish floors.
• Dusts furniture, empties wastepaper baskets and cleans windows, mirrors, doors and washes walls.
• Cleans windows and walls and changes light bulbs.
• Operates KAIVAC and IMOP equipment.
• Cleans and sanitizes drinking fountains and restrooms replenishing supplies and dispensers.
• Checks lights and secures windows and building entrances after cleaning or on a regular basis.
• Reports irregular activities and advises supervisor of conditions requiring major maintenance or repair.
• Moves furniture to facilitate cleaning, assists in personnel transfers or rearranges office layout.
• Empties trash cans and sweeps around building entrances.
• Checks lights and secures windows and building entrances after cleaning on a regular basis.
• Mows lawns and shovels snow and sidewalks as necessary.
• Provides coverage for other custodians as needed.
• Performs other duties as required.

Job Competencies: Ethics and Values: Communicates and demonstrates the ethics and values of the Court Facilities Department and the Trial Court.

Mission Driven: Understands, upholds, and communicates the Trial Court and Court Facilities Department missions.

Professional Development: Employees are committed to participating in ongoing Trial Court training and educational offerings to advance their professional development.
Managers are equally committed to affording those opportunities to those they supervise as scheduling permits.

Customer Service: Conducts oneself in a courteous and professional manner towards both Trial Court employees and the public.

Applied Knowledge: Understands standard facility methods, codes, equipment, and operational best practices.

Problem Solving: Accurately assesses custodial problems of a routine nature and initiates corrective action.

Commitment to Diversity: Promotes an environment of diversity through understanding, respect, and positive communication with persons of varied racial, ethnic, economic, and cultural backgrounds.

Collaboration: Works with others cooperatively, and promotes teamwork, contributing to a work environment that focuses on shared departmental goals.

Minimum Requirements: Education and Experience
• No degree requirement
• Three (3) years of related work experience

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Knowledge of:
• Cleaning methods and supplies
• Cleaning products and tools
• Floor care
• KAIVAC and IMOP equipment

Skill in:
• Verbal and written communication
• Performing a variety of cleaning duties

Ability to:
• Meet schedules and deadlines of the work
• Follow oral and written directions.
• Operate various types of cleaning equipment
• Work independently or with a team
• Interact with people from various backgrounds
• Sanitize restrooms

Supervisory Responsibility: This position does not require supervision of others.

Working Conditions: Work is frequently performed in office or similar indoor environments, outdoor environments, warehouses or file/storage environments, shops/facilities environments.
Work requires frequent exposure to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals or substances.

Physical Demands: This position requires heavy work:
Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly having to move objects.

Advertised: 15 Sep 2026 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 28 Sep 2026 Eastern Daylight Time

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