Employment

Position Offered: Full-time Building Maintenance Worker
Posting Date: July 7, 2025
Start Date: On or about August 15, 2025
Hours: 40 hours per week (Suggested schedule: Mon-Fri 1pm-10pm); Rotating Saturdays & Sundays.
Education: High School Diploma or GED
Experience: Relevant maintenance/cleaning experience preferred
Compensation: $37,000-42,000, annually, commensurate with experience; includes benefits

Job Summary: The Fort Lee Public Library, serving two culturally diverse communities of over 40,000, seeks a reliable and conscientious individual to join our maintenance team in providing a safe, clean and attractive public building. The qualified candidate should demonstrate the ability to perform a variety of physically strenuous tasks involved in cleaning and maintaining a 31,000 square foot building and grounds, open year round, seven days per week.

Full job description & instructions on how to apply

Required Fort Lee Library Employment Application

Please email the following three (3) REQUIRED documents:
(1) Cover Letter, (2) Resume and (3) Fort Lee Library Employment Application to: admin@fortlee.bccls.org
The Library can only consider candidates who submit all required paperwork.

APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2025.

Only candidates under consideration will be contacted.
The selected candidate will be required to successfully pass Civil Service testing and requirements. Pre-employment background check required.

Upon receipt of a conditional job offer, the applicant will be required to undergo a physical examination and pass a medical exam at the expense of the Fort Lee Library to confirm the applicant’s ability to perform the essential functions of the job and to ensure the safety of the applicant, employees, and/or the public.

The Fort Lee Public Library hires under NJDOP and EOE Guidelines. As a New Jersey First Act Employer, new employees must establish a primary residence in New Jersey within one year unless an exemption applies.