General Cleaner Home Depot Reading 35 hours/week AM

Blue Chip Pros • Reading, PA

14h • Onsite

About The Position

Blue Chip Pros is seeking a General Cleaner to perform varied cleaning activities at the assigned Home Depot facility in Reading, keeping the facility clean, sanitary, and orderly. The role includes routine cleaning and sanitizing of rooms, restrooms, floors, hallways, lobbies, stairs, water fountains, furniture, public common areas, food court areas, and exterior grounds. The cleaner also performs other duties assigned by the supervisor or Account Manager, which may include floor stripping and waxing, carpet extraction and bonneting, and floor auto-scrubbing and buffing.

The position requires courteous customer service, quiet and professional conduct, attention to detail, and the ability to follow oral and written instructions and chemical warning labels. Work involves janitorial equipment and supplies as well as physical tasks such as extended walking or standing, lifting and carrying, pushing and pulling, climbing, bending, kneeling, reaching, and handling tools and cleaning equipment.

Requirements

• Knowledge of basic janitorial operations, methods, materials, equipment, and safe work practices.
• Knowledge of the 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 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; 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, and overhead reaching.
• Ability to reach, handle, grasp, and finger while operating equipment, using hand and power tools, and cleaning surfaces.
• Sight, depth perception, and hand-eye coordination sufficient to perform cleaning tasks and operate equipment and tools safely.

Responsibilities

• High-dust surfaces and clean vents, ledges, lights, and other areas above shoulder height.
• Sanitize and spot-clean surfaces, remove fingerprints and smudges, and spot-clean windows.
• Clean restrooms, including sinks and toilets; check and refill soap and paper dispensers as needed.
• Empty trash cans, wipe them when necessary, and replace liners.
• Dust mop or vacuum floors, including under furniture, and clean up collected dust.
• Clean and inspect exterior grounds, including ash urns, trash cans, sidewalks, flower beds, curb lines, benches, vending machines, window ledges, public-area glass, and parking lots.
• Clean public common areas, including hallways and planters; clean glass as needed and perform high dusting of window areas at least twice per week.
• Clean food court tables and trash cans, sanitize tables, return chairs to their places, collect dirty trays, wash trays using a tray power washer, and police outside eating areas.
• Sanitize floors by mopping under furniture and behind doors while working toward the exit.
• Inspect completed rooms, check furniture placement, and make corrections as needed.
• Clean halls, lobbies, stairs, water fountains, furniture, and wall spots, and perform high dusting daily.
• Knock before entering occupied rooms; treat customers courteously, answer or refer questions, work quietly, and remain in the assigned area unless directed otherwise.
• Report broken or out-of-order items to the supervisor and report unfinished assignments at the end of the shift.
• Maintain a clean and neat personal appearance and perform other assigned duties, potentially including floor care and carpet cleaning.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed