About The Position

The General Cleaner performs a variety of cleaning activities in assigned buildings and facilities, maintaining clean, sanitary, and orderly conditions and performing other related tasks. Duties include high dusting; sanitizing and spot cleaning; cleaning bathrooms and replenishing dispensers; emptying and relining trash cans; dusting or vacuuming floors; sanitizing floors; and inspecting completed work. The role also covers grounds care, public common areas, and food court cleaning, including removing and sanitizing tables, handling trays, and policing indoor and outdoor areas. Hallways, lobbies, stairs, water fountains, furniture, and walls are cleaned or dusted daily. The cleaner provides courteous customer service, reports broken or out-of-order items to a supervisor, works quietly, remains in the assigned area unless redirected, and reports unfinished assignments at the end of the shift. Other duties may be assigned by the supervisor or Account Manager, including floor stripping and waxing, carpet extraction and bonneting, and floor auto-scrubbing and buffing.

Requirements

  • Knowledge of basic janitorial work, methods, materials, and equipment.
  • Knowledge of basic safe work practices and use of toxic and non-toxic chemicals according to MSDS sheets.
  • Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions, including cleaning-chemical instructions and warning labels.
  • Ability to communicate sufficiently with coworkers and supervisors.
  • Ability to operate powered and non-powered janitorial equipment.
  • Ability to maintain the physical condition required for assigned duties, including extended walking, standing, or sitting; equipment operation; lifting and carrying 1–30 pounds; pushing and pulling with 5–35 pounds of force; climbing stairs and ladders; bending, twisting, balancing, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching overhead, and handling and grasping equipment and supplies.
  • Sight, depth perception, and hand-eye coordination sufficient to perform cleaning tasks safely and operate equipment and tools.

Responsibilities

  • High dust surfaces above shoulder height, including lights, curtain tips, vents, and ledges.
  • Sanitize surfaces below shoulder height and spot-clean fingerprints, smudges, and windows using appropriate cleaning solutions.
  • Clean bathrooms, including sinks and toilets, and check and refill soap and paper dispensers.
  • Empty trash cans, wipe them when necessary, and replace liners.
  • Dust mop or vacuum rooms, including under furniture and in restrooms.
  • Clean and inspect outside areas, including ash urns, trash cans, sidewalks, flower beds, curbs, benches, vending machines, window ledges, public-area glass, and parking lots.
  • Dust mop and spot mop hallways; clean glass and planters; check corners and window areas for dirt and cobwebs.
  • Clean and sanitize food-court tables, spot-clean spills, empty trash, process dirty trays using the tray power washer, and police outside eating areas.
  • Sanitize floors, mopping under furniture and behind doors while working toward the exit.
  • Inspect completed work and correct issues, including furniture placement.
  • Clean halls, lobbies, stairs, water fountains, furniture, and walls daily.
  • Provide courteous customer service, answer or refer questions, report broken items, work quietly, maintain a neat appearance, and report unfinished assignments to the supervisor.
  • Perform other assigned duties, which may include floor stripping and waxing, carpet extraction and bonneting, and floor auto-scrubbing and buffing.
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