General Cleaner Home Depot Franklin 6a-11a

Bluechip Pros•Franklin, TN

About The Position

The General Cleaner performs a variety of cleaning activities in assigned buildings and facilities, keeping them clean, sanitary, and orderly, and performs other tasks related to the assigned area. The role includes cleaning indoor and outdoor areas, public common areas, restrooms, food court areas, floors, furniture, windows, and other surfaces. The cleaner follows safe work practices and chemical instructions, provides courteous customer service, reports problems to a supervisor, and may perform other duties 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 operations, methods, materials, and equipment.
Knowledge of basic safe work practices and use of toxic and non-toxic chemicals in accordance with MSDS sheets.
Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
Ability to communicate sufficiently with co-workers and supervisors.
Ability to operate powered and non-powered janitorial equipment.
Ability to interpret written instructions and warning labels on cleaning chemicals.
Ability to maintain the physical condition needed to perform assigned duties, including extended walking, standing, or sitting; operating equipment; lifting and carrying 1–30 lb. equipment, supplies, and trash; pushing and pulling with both hands and arms using 5–35 lb. of force; climbing stairs and ladders; bending, twisting, balancing, kneeling, crouching, and crawling; and reaching, handling, grasping, and fingering.
Ability to perform cleaning tasks requiring sight, depth perception, and hand-eye coordination.

Responsibilities

High-dust surfaces above shoulder height, including lights, door tops, curtain tips, vents, and ledges, and clean the high duster after use.
Sanitize surfaces below shoulder height and spot-clean fingerprints, smudges, windows, and walls using appropriate cleaning solutions.
Clean bathrooms, including sinks and toilets; clean and check soap and paper dispensers daily and refill them as needed.
Empty trash cans, wipe them when needed, and replace liners.
Dust or vacuum floors, including under furniture, and clean dust mopheads after use.
Clean and check outside areas several times during the day, including ash urns, trash cans, sidewalks, flower beds, curb lines, parking lots, benches, vending machines, window ledges, and public-area glass.
Dust mop and spot mop public common areas and hallways; clean glass throughout the day and keep planters free of bird waste and debris.
Check corners, edges, and window areas for dirt, cobwebs, and foreign debris; high-dust window areas at least twice per week.
Clean, remove trash from, and sanitize food court tables; return chairs to their places and spot-clean spills.
Collect dirty trays, clean them using a tray power washer, and stack clean trays for reuse.
Clean outside eating areas.
Sanitize floors using the proper germicidal solution, working from the back of the room and mopping under furniture and behind doors.
Inspect completed rooms, review cleaning steps, check furniture placement, and make corrections as needed.
Clean halls, lobbies, stairs, water fountains, and furniture; perform wall spotting and high dusting daily.
Knock lightly before entering an occupied room and interact with customers in a friendly, helpful, and courteous manner, referring questions when needed.
Report broken or out-of-order items to the supervisor, work quietly, reduce noise, and remain in the assigned work area unless directed otherwise.
Maintain a clean and neat personal appearance and tell the supervisor if an assignment is unfinished at the end of the shift.
Perform other duties as assigned or directed, which may include floor care, carpet extraction and bonneting, and floor auto-scrubbing and buffing.