Janitorial General Cleaner
About The Position
Keeps premises of office building, or other commercial or institutional building in clean, safe and orderly condition by performing general cleaning duties. This includes cleaning offices, hallways, lobbies, lounges, restrooms, corridors, elevators, stairways, locker rooms, and other areas. Responsibilities also include replenishing paper and soap products, cleaning mirrors, walls, showers, sinks, metal work and toilets, emptying wastebaskets and ashtrays, and transporting trash and waste to disposal areas. The role involves sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, and potentially refinishing floors, cleaning rugs, carpets, upholstered furniture, and draperies, washing walls, ceilings, vents and woodwork, washing windows, blinds, door panels, ledges and sills, cleaning water fountains, and dusting furniture, light fixtures, and equipment. Replacing light bulbs, assisting in project cleaning which includes lifting and removing furniture from rooms, and providing assistance with outside cleaning such as sweeping sidewalks and picking up trash are also part of the duties. The General Cleaner operates various types of equipment and machinery, assists in the completion of workload in the absence of other service workers, reports malfunctions or maintenance problems to the supervisor, discusses work or schedule problems with supervisor and/or management, and may be required to lock and/or unlock doors. Attendance at training meetings and sessions is also required.
Requirements
- Must be able to lift 35 lbs repetitively
- 1 year of experience required
- Stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, and reach with arms and hands
- Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
- Lift / move up to 35 pounds
- Specific vision abilities required include close vision, and ability to adjust focus
Nice To Haves
- Bilingual preferred
Responsibilities
- General cleaning
- Pulling trash
- Dusting
- Cleaning restrooms
- Vacuuming
- Cleaning offices, hallways, lobbies, lounges, restrooms, corridors, elevators, stairways, locker rooms, and other areas
- Replenishing paper and soap products in bathrooms
- Cleaning mirrors, walls, showers, sinks, metal work and toilets
- Emptying wastebaskets, and emptying and cleaning ashtrays
- Transporting trash and waste to disposal area
- Sweeping, mopping, vacuuming and/or refinishing floors
- Cleaning rugs, carpets, upholstered furniture, and draperies
- Washing walls, ceilings, vents and woodwork
- Washing windows, blinds, door panels, ledges and sills
- Cleaning water fountains
- Dusting furniture, light fixtures, and equipment
- Replacing light bulbs
- Assisting in project cleaning, which includes lifting and removing furniture from rooms
- Providing assistance with any outside cleaning, which may include sweeping sidewalks and picking up trash
- Operating various types of equipment and machinery, which include wet vacuums, hand trucks, vacuum cleaners, carpet extractors, floor buffers, automatic scrubbers, etc.
- Assisting in the completion of the workload in the absence of other service workers
- Reporting any malfunctions / maintenance problems to the supervisor
- Discussing work problems and/or schedule problems with supervisor and / or management
- May be required to lock and / or unlock doors
- Attending training meetings and sessions as directed
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
