Porter

Atria Senior Living, Inc; Nanaimo; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A community living facility in Nanaimo seeks a dedicated Porter to ensure the cleanliness and maintenance of public areas, apartments, and grounds. Responsibilities include cleaning business offices, performing basic maintenance tasks, and safely using equipment. Candidates must complete training programs and understand safety protocols in English. This role is fundamental for maintaining the community in a clean and attractive condition, offering a supportive environment for residents and staff.

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.
• Must be able to understand safety instructions in English.

Responsibilities

• Provide cleaning services for business offices and common areas.
• Maintain grounds, including sidewalks and gardens.
• Perform basic maintenance work requests.

Skills

Cleaning services

Basic maintenance

Use of cleaning equipment

Ability to perform basic arithmetic tasks

Tools

Shovels

Blowers

Mowers

Vacuuming equipment

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.