Full Time Day Porter
The Day Porter is responsible for maintaining the cleanliness, appearance, and safety of assigned facilities during operating hours. This position performs routine cleaning, light maintenance, and customer-service–oriented tasks in occupied areas to support a clean, safe, and professional environment for building occupants and visitors.
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- Monitor building security and safety, including:
- Locking and unlocking doors and access points in accordance with site procedures.
- Performing periodic walkthroughs to identify safety or security concerns.
- Checking the use of electrical appliances and equipment to help ensure that fire, electrical, or other hazards are not created, and reporting issues to the supervisor or building management.
- Service, clean, and supply restrooms, including:
- Cleaning and disinfecting sinks, toilets, urinals, partitions, floors, and counters.
- Restocking supplies such as soap, paper towels, toilet tissue, and sanitary products.
- Reporting plumbing issues, supply shortages, or vandalism to the supervisor or building management.
- Gather and empty trash and recycling, including:
- Collecting trash and recyclable materials from offices, common areas, restrooms, and exterior areas as assigned.
- Transporting waste and recyclables to designated collection points.
- Replacing liners and ensuring containers are clean and presentable.
- Follow procedures for the safe use of chemical cleaners and power equipment, including:
- Using cleaning chemicals, solutions, and disinfectants in accordance with label instructions and company safety policies.
- Operating vacuums, floor machines, and other equipment only as trained and authorized.
- Wearing required personal protective equipment (PPE) and following OSHA Hazard Communication (“HazCom”) and company safety guidelines.
- Reporting damaged equipment or unsafe conditions promptly.
- Clean building floors by sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, or vacuuming them:
- Sweeping, dust mopping, wet mopping, spot cleaning, and vacuuming carpets and hard surfaces.
- Performing periodic deeper cleaning of floors (e.g., scrubbing, polishing) as directed.
- Placing and removing wet floor signs and other safety signage as appropriate.
- Clean windows, glass partitions, and mirrors, including:
- Cleaning interior glass and accessible exterior glass using appropriate tools (e.g., squeegees, microfiber cloths).
- Removing smudges, fingerprints, and marks from glass surfaces, doors, and partitions.
- Clean and polish furniture and fixtures, including:
- Dusting, wiping, and polishing desks, tables, counters, chairs, and other furniture.
- Cleaning and disinfecting high-touch surfaces such as door handles, railings, elevator buttons, and light switches.
- Dust furniture, walls, machines, and equipment, including:
- Dusting horizontal and vertical surfaces as assigned.
- Removing cobwebs and debris from corners, vents, and baseboards.
- Cleaning around equipment in a manner consistent with client and safety requirements.
- Perform routine spot cleaning and incident response:
- Responding to spills, tracked-in dirt, or other incidents during the day.
- Cleaning public areas, lobbies, elevators, stairwells, and breakrooms to maintain a professional appearance.
- Customer service and communication: