Heavy Duty Cleaner

TO Live; Toronto; On-site; CAD 25,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

TO Live is seeking a part-time Heavy-Duty Cleaner to join the Facilities Department at Meridian Hall. Reporting to the Facilities Manager, you will perform general cleaning, maintenance tasks, snow removal, and assist with setup for events.

The role emphasizes safety, independent work, and teamwork. You will clean theatres, washrooms, seating areas, and exterior spaces, while following health and safety policies and using PPE as required.

Qualifications

• Practical experience in housekeeping and maintenance duties.
• Experience operating heavy-duty cleaning machinery.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Work with minimal supervision.
• Good organizational skills.
• Watches for safety or security issues and reports to management.
• Observe TO Lives Health and Safety policy; and wear PPE where required and necessary.
• The candidates must be able to lift and carry up to fifty pounds.

Responsibilities

• Sweep, mop, scrub, and wax hallways, floors, and stairs including auditorium floors, lobby floors, restroom floors, booth floors, etc.
• Maintains carpets (vacuums, removes scraps, dirt, gum, heavy debris and other refuse, shampoos as necessary)
• Strip and refinish hard floors with mopping system or equipment as required.
• Cleans seats when necessary.
• Snow removal, gardening, and exterior grounds cleaning.
• Assist in setting up rooms for theatre users.
• Cleans theatre and theatre property including washrooms (basins, toilet bowls, countertops, mirrors, walls, and partitions), green rooms, recreational areas, drinking fountains, office areas, storerooms, and hallways.
• Wash windows, interior walls, and ceilings.
• Replenishes washroom supplies (toilet paper, paper towels, soap, etc.).
• Removes trash from theatre and theatre property and disposes of trash in commercial garbage dumpster or compactor.
• Inserts new plastic garbage bags in trash cans.
• Remove waste/recycling from drop points to bins or compactor.
• Cleans and organizes the cleaning closets.
• Keeps cleaning equipment (mops, brooms, dustpans, vacuum cleaners, shampooers, etc.) clean and in good working order.
• Other facility cleaning, duties, and responsibilities as assigned or required.

Skills

Housekeeping experience

Heavy-duty cleaning machinery

Independent work

Teamwork

Safety awareness

Lifting up to 50 pounds

Job description

TO Lives Facilities Department has an opportunity for a part-time Heavy-Duty Cleaner. Reporting to the Facilities Manager, the duties include, but are not limited to, general cleaning and maintenance tasks, snow removal, gardening, and setting up and dismantling tables and chairs for special events.

This is an hourly (part-time) unionized position under TO Lives collective bargaining agreement with SEIU working at Meridian Hall.

Key Responsibilities

• Sweep, mop, scrub, and wax hallways, floors, and stairs including auditorium floors, lobby floors, restroom floors, booth floors, etc.
• Maintains carpets (vacuums, removes scraps, dirt, gum, heavy debris and other refuse, shampoos as necessary)
• Strip and refinish hard floors with mopping system or equipment as required.
• Cleans seats when necessary.
• Snow removal, gardening, and exterior grounds cleaning.
• Assist in setting up rooms for theatre users.
• Cleans theatre and theatre property including washrooms (basins, toilet bowls, countertops, mirrors, walls, and partitions), green rooms, recreational areas, drinking fountains, office areas, storerooms, and hallways.
• Wash windows, interior walls, and ceilings.
• Replenishes washroom supplies (toilet paper, paper towels, soap, etc.).
• Removes trash from theatre and theatre property and disposes of trash in commercial garbage dumpster or compactor.
• Inserts new plastic garbage bags in trash cans.
• Remove waste/recycling from drop points to bins or compactor.
• Cleans and organizes the cleaning closets.
• Keeps cleaning equipment (mops, brooms, dustpans, vacuum cleaners, shampooers, etc.) clean and in good working order.
• Other facility cleaning, duties, and responsibilities as assigned or required.

Qualifications & Experience

• Practical experience in housekeeping and maintenance duties.
• Experience operating heavy-duty cleaning machinery.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Work with minimal supervision.
• Good organizational skills.
• Watches for safety or security issues (trip hazards, lighting, suspicious persons, etc.) and reports to management.
• Observe TO Lives Health and Safety policy; and wear PPE where required and necessary.
• The candidates must be able to lift and carry up to fifty pounds.

Working Conditions

• Flexibility in hours and schedules, including work on nights, statutory holidays, and weekends as required.
• Work will be part-time and scheduled to suit TO Lives business needs.

THE ORGANIZATION:

TO Live is one of Canada's largest multi-arts organizations, operating three iconic venues: Meridian Hall, the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, and Meridian Arts Centre. In addition, TO Live presents a full range of performing arts, theatrical, and concert events at these venues in both downtown and uptown Toronto. With these two hubs of creativity and content creation, TO Live holds a unique position and perspective to activate creative spaces by inspiring local and international artists, connecting audiences, and serving as the nexus for new ideas, elevating artistic potential, and acting as the catalyst for creative expression that reflects Toronto’s diversity.

Together with the Toronto Public Service's (TPS) initiatives, which TO Live follows and adheres to, TO Live encourages applications from Indigenous peoples, racialized persons/persons of colour, persons with disabilities, women, LGBTQ2S persons, and others who may contribute to fostering innovative ideas and solutions.

We ask that you complete the questions provided as part of the online application to help us ensure our recruitment process and programs are equitable and accessible. Your responses are voluntary, and the information you provide is strictly confidential.

We are committed to inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection processes and work environment in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). The Human Resources department will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of the hiring process.

Our recruitment process does not involve the use of artificial intelligence tools. All final hiring decisions are made by human reviewers.