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. Duties include cleaning interior spaces, bathrooms, floors, public areas, food court areas, and outdoor grounds; maintaining supplies and dispensers; and reporting problems to a supervisor. The cleaner may also perform floor-care tasks such as stripping and waxing floors, carpet extraction and bonneting, and floor scrubbing and buffing. The role requires courteous interaction with customers and coworkers, following cleaning procedures and chemical safety instructions, and maintaining a neat personal appearance. The employee must stay in the assigned work area unless directed otherwise and report to a supervisor if an assignment is not completed by the end of the shift.

Requirements

  • Knowledge of basic janitorial operations, 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 interpret written instructions and warning labels on cleaning chemicals.
  • Ability to communicate sufficiently with coworkers and supervisors.
  • Ability to operate powered and non-powered janitorial equipment.
  • Ability to maintain the physical condition required 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, maintain safety standards, and operate equipment and tools.

Responsibilities

  • High dust surfaces above shoulder height, including lights, curtain tips, vents, and ledges, and clean the high 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 if needed, and replace liners.
  • Dust or vacuum floors, including beneath furniture, and clean and sanitize floors using the prescribed procedures.
  • Clean and check outdoor areas, including ash urns, trash cans, sidewalks, flower beds, curb lines, parking lots, benches, vending machines, window ledges, and public-area glass; remove gum and spot-clean spills.
  • Dust mop and spot mop main hallways and keep common areas, glass, planters, corners, edges, and window areas clean and free of debris and cobwebs.
  • Clean and sanitize food-court tables, return chairs to their places, remove trash and dirty trays, wash trays using a tray power washer, and police outdoor eating areas.
  • Inspect completed rooms, review cleaning steps, check furniture placement, and correct issues as needed.
  • Clean halls, lobbies, stairs, water fountains, and furniture; perform wall spotting and high dusting daily.
  • Knock before entering occupied rooms; be friendly and helpful to customers, answer questions or refer them to someone who can, and report broken or out-of-order items to a supervisor.
  • Work quietly, maintain a neat personal appearance, remain in the assigned work area unless directed otherwise, and report incomplete assignments to a supervisor at the end of the shift.
  • Perform other duties as assigned or directed by the supervisor or Account Manager, including floor-care work such as stripping and waxing, carpet extraction and bonneting, and floor scrubbing and buffing.
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