About The Position

Performs cleaning activities in assigned buildings and facilities to keep them clean, sanitary, and orderly, along with other tasks related to the assigned area. Duties include cleaning rooms, bathrooms, floors, hallways, lobbies, stairs, water fountains, furniture, public common areas, food-court areas, and outdoor grounds. The cleaner also provides courteous customer service, reports maintenance issues 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 scrubbing and buffing.

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 according to 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; lifting and carrying 1–30 pounds; pushing and pulling with both hands and arms using 5–35 pounds of force; climbing stairs and ladders; bending, twisting, balancing, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, handling, grasping, and fingering.
  • Sight, depth perception, and hand-eye coordination sufficient to perform cleaning tasks, operate equipment, use tools, and maintain safety standards.

Responsibilities

  • High-dust surfaces above shoulder height, including lights, curtain tips, vents, and ledges.
  • Sanitize and spot-clean surfaces below shoulder height; remove fingerprints and smudges from doorknobs and walls; spot-clean windows.
  • Clean bathrooms, including sinks and toilets, and check and refill soap and paper dispensers.
  • Empty trash cans, wipe them when needed, and replace liners.
  • Dust-mop or vacuum floors, including beneath furniture, and clean mopheads and dispose of collected dust.
  • Clean outdoor areas throughout the day, including ash urns, trash cans, sidewalks, flower beds, curb lines, benches, vending machines, window ledges, public-area glass, and parking lots; remove gum and spot-clean spills.
  • Maintain public common areas by dust-mopping and spot-mopping hallways, cleaning glass and planters, and checking corners, edges, and window areas for dirt and cobwebs.
  • Clean and sanitize food-court tables, return chairs to their places, spot-clean spills, empty trash cans, remove and wash dirty trays, and patrol outdoor eating areas.
  • Sanitize floors using the proper germicidal solution, mopping beneath furniture and behind doors while backing out of rooms.
  • Inspect completed rooms, check furniture placement, and make corrections as needed.
  • Clean halls, lobbies, stairs, water fountains, and furniture; perform wall spotting and high dusting daily.
  • Provide courteous customer service, answer questions or refer customers to someone who can help, work quietly, and maintain a neat personal appearance.
  • Report broken or out-of-order items to a supervisor, remain in the assigned work area unless directed otherwise, and report unfinished assignments at the end of the shift.
  • Perform other assigned duties, which may include floor stripping and waxing, carpet extraction and bonneting, and floor scrubbing and buffing.
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