About The Position

The General Cleaner performs a variety of cleaning activities at assigned buildings and facilities, maintaining them in a clean, sanitary, and orderly condition, and completes other tasks related to the assignment. Duties include cleaning interior areas, restrooms, floors, public common areas, food court areas, and exterior grounds. The cleaner follows safe work practices and chemical instructions, operates janitorial equipment, maintains a neat appearance, and provides courteous service to customers. Other duties may be assigned by the supervisor or Account Manager, including floor stripping and waxing, carpet extraction and bonneting, and floor scrubbing and buffing.

Requirements

  • Knowledge of basic janitorial operations, 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, including 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 needed to perform 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.
  • Visual ability, depth perception, and hand-eye coordination to perform cleaning tasks, maintain safety standards, and operate equipment and tools.

Responsibilities

  • High-dust surfaces above shoulder height, including lights, door areas, vents, and ledges.
  • Sanitize and spot-clean surfaces below shoulder height; remove fingerprints and smudges from doorknobs and walls; spot-clean windows.
  • Clean bathrooms, toilets, sinks, soap dispensers, and paper dispensers; refill dispensers as needed.
  • Empty trash cans, wipe them when needed, and replace liners.
  • Dust or vacuum floors, including under furniture, and clean and dispose of dust from mopheads.
  • Clean and check outside areas throughout the day, including ash urns, trash cans, sidewalks, flower beds, curbs, benches, vending machines, window ledges, glass, and parking lots; remove spills and gum.
  • Dust mop and spot mop hallways and maintain public common areas, including glass, planters, corners, edges, and high-dust areas.
  • Clean and sanitize food court tables, return chairs to their places, spot-clean spills, empty trash, and maintain outside eating areas.
  • Collect dirty trays, wash them using a tray power washer, and stack clean trays for reuse.
  • Sanitize floors using the appropriate germicidal solution, cleaning under furniture and behind doors.
  • Inspect completed rooms, check furniture placement, and correct any issues that could cause problems or complaints.
  • Clean halls, lobbies, stairs, water fountains, and furniture; perform wall spotting and high dusting daily.
  • Knock before entering an occupied room, treat customers courteously, answer or refer questions, and report broken or out-of-order items to a supervisor.
  • Work quietly, remain in the assigned area unless directed otherwise, maintain a neat personal appearance, and notify the supervisor if an assignment is unfinished at shift end.
  • Perform other duties as assigned, potentially including floor stripping and waxing, carpet extraction and bonneting, and floor scrubbing and buffing.
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