About The Position

The General Cleaner performs a variety of cleaning activities in assigned facilities to keep them clean, sanitary, and orderly, along with other tasks related to the assigned area. Duties include cleaning and sanitizing rooms, bathrooms, floors, halls, lobbies, stairs, water fountains, furniture, public areas, food court areas, and outdoor grounds. The cleaner checks completed work, maintains courteous customer service, follows safe practices when using cleaning chemicals and equipment, and reports broken or out-of-order items to a supervisor. Other duties may be assigned by a 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 and chemical 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 needed for the assigned duties, including extended walking, standing, or sitting; 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, handling, grasping, and fingering; and overhead reaching throughout the shift.
  • Sight, depth perception, and hand-eye coordination sufficient to perform cleaning tasks and operate equipment and tools safely.

Responsibilities

  • High-dust surfaces above shoulder height, including lights, door areas, vents, and ledges; clean the duster after use.
  • Sanitize surfaces below shoulder height and spot-clean fingerprints, smudges, and windows using appropriate cleaning solutions.
  • Clean bathrooms, including sinks and toilets; check and refill soap and paper dispensers as needed.
  • Empty trash cans, clean them when needed, and replace liners.
  • Dust or vacuum floors, including under furniture, and clean mopheads and dispose of collected dust appropriately.
  • Clean outdoor areas throughout the day, including ash urns, trash cans, sidewalks, flower beds, curb lines, parking lots, benches, vending machines, window ledges, and public-area glass; remove spills, gum, trash, and cigarette butts.
  • Dust mop and spot mop public hallways; clean glass and planters, and check corners, edges, and window areas for dirt and cobwebs.
  • Clean and sanitize food-court tables, return chairs under tables, spot-clean spills, empty trash cans, collect dirty trays, wash trays using the tray power washer, and stack clean trays for reuse.
  • Sanitize floors, including under furniture and behind doors.
  • Inspect completed work, check furniture placement, and make corrections as needed.
  • Clean halls, lobbies, stairs, water fountains, and furniture; spot-clean walls and perform high dusting daily.
  • Provide courteous customer service, answer or refer questions, work quietly, remain in the assigned area unless directed otherwise, and maintain a neat personal appearance.
  • Report broken or out-of-order items and unfinished assignments to a supervisor.
  • Perform other assigned duties, which may include stripping and waxing floors, carpet extraction and bonneting, and auto-scrubbing and buffing floors.
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