About The Position

The General Cleaner performs a variety of cleaning activities in assigned buildings and facilities, keeping them clean, sanitary, and orderly, and completes other tasks related to the assigned area. Duties include cleaning retail and public spaces, restrooms, food court areas, floors, and outdoor grounds; using cleaning solutions and janitorial equipment safely; and maintaining a courteous, quiet, and professional manner when interacting with customers. The position may also perform floor-care and carpet-cleaning tasks as assigned.

Requirements

  • Knowledge of basic janitorial work, methods, materials, and equipment.
  • Knowledge of basic safe work practices and the use of toxic and non-toxic chemicals in accordance with MSDS sheets.
  • Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions and communicate sufficiently with coworkers 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 for assigned duties, including extended walking, standing, or sitting; operating equipment; 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.
  • Ability to perform cleaning tasks requiring sight, depth perception, and hand-eye coordination.

Responsibilities

  • High-dust room surfaces above shoulder height, including lights, door areas, vents, curtain tips, and ledges; clean the high duster after use.
  • Sanitize surfaces below shoulder height and spot-clean fingerprints, smudges, and windows using appropriate cleaning solutions.
  • Clean and sanitize bathrooms, including sinks and toilets; check and refill soap and paper dispensers as needed.
  • Empty trash cans, wipe cans if needed, and replace liners.
  • Dust-mop or vacuum rooms, including under furniture, and clean the mophead and dispose of collected dust appropriately.
  • Clean outdoor areas by emptying ash urns and trash cans, picking up litter and cigarette butts, spot-cleaning spills, removing gum, wiping benches and vending machines, cleaning lower window ledges and public-area glass, and checking parking lots.
  • Maintain public common areas by dust-mopping and spot-mopping hallways, cleaning glass, maintaining planters, checking for cobwebs and debris, and high-dusting window areas at least twice weekly.
  • Clean food-court tables and sanitize them, return chairs beneath tables, spot-clean spills, empty and clean trash cans, and collect and wash dirty trays using the tray power washer before stacking clean trays for reuse.
  • Sanitize floors with the proper germicidal solution, working around furniture and behind doors.
  • Inspect completed rooms, check furniture placement, and make corrections as needed.
  • Clean halls, lobbies, stairs, water fountains, and furniture; perform wall spot-cleaning and high dusting daily.
  • Knock before entering occupied rooms, assist customers courteously or refer their questions, report broken or out-of-order items to a supervisor, work quietly, remain in the assigned area unless directed otherwise, maintain a neat appearance, and report unfinished assignments at the end of the shift.
  • Perform other duties as assigned or directed by a supervisor or Account Manager, which may include stripping and waxing floors, carpet extraction and bonneting, and floor auto-scrubbing and buffing.
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