Porter

Atria Senior Living, Inc; Calgary; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A senior living community in Alberta, Calgary is seeking a Porter responsible for cleaning and maintaining community areas, including offices and grounds. The ideal candidate will have basic maintenance skills, be familiar with using hand tools, and understand English safety instructions. Flexibility in scheduling is required. This role offers a structured training program to ensure compliance with safety protocols.

Qualifications

• Must successfully complete all Atria specified training programs.
• Able to understand English well enough to read safety instructions.
• Capable of performing basic math operations.

Responsibilities

• Provide cleaning services for business offices and common areas.
• Perform floor care services for various types of flooring.
• Mow lawns and maintain landscape areas where applicable.

Skills

Basic maintenance and landscaping skills

Ability to use hand tools and light power tools

Mathematical skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)

Ability to follow safety instructions

Flexibility to work various schedules and shifts

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.