Porter

Atria Senior Living, Inc; Brandon; On-site; CAD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A caring senior living community in Manitoba is seeking a dedicated Porter to provide cleaning and maintenance services. The ideal candidate should have basic maintenance skills, the ability to safely use tools, and a willingness to work flexible schedules. Responsibilities include maintaining cleanliness in community areas, performing floor care, and basic landscaping tasks. Training will be provided, and a strong comprehension of English is necessary for safety compliance.

Qualifications

• Must complete Atria specified training programs.
• Able to perform basic math operations.
• Must understand safety instructions.

Responsibilities

• Provide cleaning services for various community areas.
• Perform floor care services including vacuuming and buffing.
• Maintain grounds including gardens and public walkways.

Skills

Basic maintenance skills

Ability to use hand tools

English comprehension

Tools

Lawn mowers

Vacuum extractors

Basic maintenance hand tools

Job description

Responsibilities

• Provide cleaning services for business offices, apartments, interior and exterior public and common areas and amenities of the community in a safe, neat, clean and attractive condition.
• Provide floor care services for carpet, tile, and wood floors and may include vacuuming, extracting, buffing, sealing, stripping, etc.
• Compact and remove trash and debris from community areas.
• Maintain all grounds; including sidewalks, public walkways and stairways, building exteriors, garden areas in a neat, clean and attractive condition.
• Performs basic maintenance related work requests.
• Mows lawn, trims shrubbery, and cultivates flowers (varies by community).
• Notifies management concerning need for repairs.
• Reports potentially unsafe conditions promptly to Supervisor.
• Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness in work performed.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Must successfully complete all Atria specified training programs.
• Able to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Able to perform these operations using units of United States’ currency and weight measurement, volume, and distance.
• Able to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.
• Able to work various schedules and shifts as needed.
• Able to safely use basic maintenance and landscape related hand tools and light power tools, such as shovels, rakes, blowers, mowers, drills, saws, sanders, buffers, vacuuming, extractors, etc.
• Porters will be required to work with caustic materials and cleaning equipment in order to fulfill their job responsibilities. They must be able to understand English well enough to read and comply with safety instructions for proper use of such materials and machinery to protect themselves and others (employees, residents and guests) from injury.