Porter

Core Spaces • Columbia, SC

6d • Onsite

About The Position

The Porter helps maintain the cleanliness, appearance, safety, and operational readiness of the community through daily cleaning, groundskeeping, trash management, and property presentation. Under the direction of the Maintenance Supervisor, the role supports a positive resident experience by maintaining common areas, amenities, exterior spaces, and other assigned locations, and by assisting with move-ins, move-outs, turns, inspections, and resident events. The Porter identifies routine cleanliness and safety concerns, resolves issues within the scope of the role, and communicates items requiring additional attention. This is a full-time, hourly, non-exempt individual contributor position requiring work on-site at the assigned property.

Requirements

• Strong work ethic, attention to detail, reliability, and commitment to completing assigned responsibilities consistently and urgently.
• Ability to recognize cleanliness, safety, maintenance, and property-presentation concerns and communicate them appropriately to supervisors or team members.
• Familiarity with basic cleaning equipment, cleaning chemicals, groundskeeping practices, and routine property-support activities, and willingness to follow established safety standards.
• Comfort using basic technology and communication tools and working independently and collaboratively in a resident-facing environment.
• Ability to perform physically active work throughout a shift, including frequent standing, walking, bending, stooping, kneeling, reaching, climbing stairs, pushing, pulling, and regularly lifting or moving objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to remain mobile across the property for extended periods and work indoors and outdoors in varying weather and environmental conditions.
• Availability to work evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime, and extended hours as required by business needs.
• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent experience preferred.

Nice To Haves

• One or more years of experience in porter services, janitorial services, groundskeeping, facilities support, maintenance support, hospitality, property operations, or a related service-focused environment.
• Experience supporting student housing, multifamily, hospitality, residential, commercial, or high-traffic community environments.
• Experience using work order systems, mobile checklists, communication tools, or basic property operations technology.
• Familiarity with safe cleaning practices, groundskeeping standards, trash management, common-area upkeep, chemical handling, and property-presentation expectations.

Responsibilities

• Maintain cleanliness, appearance, and curb appeal across exterior areas, common spaces, amenities, and other assigned locations through daily cleaning, groundskeeping, trash management, and property presentation.
• Perform routine cleaning, trash removal, recycling, and waste-management tasks, including transporting refuse and maintaining trash rooms, dumpsters, compactors, and loading areas.
• Support timely vendor and hauler service.
• Inspect assigned areas daily for cleanliness, safety, landscape, pest, lighting, and property-presentation concerns; resolve issues within the role’s scope and escalate other concerns.
• Clean, organize, and prepare amenity spaces, common areas, leasing paths, pool areas, and resident-facing environments, including removing debris and arranging furniture.
• Partner with maintenance, leasing, and community teams to support daily operations, move-ins, move-outs, turns, inspections, tours, resident events, vendor visits, and other activities requiring property readiness.
• Interact professionally and responsively with residents, prospects, guests, vendors, and team members; assist with requests within the role’s scope and communicate maintenance or service needs for follow-up.
• Use company systems, checklists, communication tools, and work order processes to document completed work and communicate property needs.
• Follow established safety practices, equipment procedures, chemical-handling requirements, personal protective equipment standards, and company policies.
• Work the required on-site schedule and accurately record time worked in accordance with company policies.
• Be available for additional hours as business needs require, including evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime, and extended hours during peak operational periods.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Generous paid time off
• Paid 14+ holidays, including the employee’s birthday
• Paid parental leave beginning after 90 days
• Paid volunteer time off
• Health plan options beginning within at least 30 days of employment
• Yearly subscription to a meditation app
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with access to confidential support services
• Company retirement options, including a 401(k) with matching and a Roth account option

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED