Porter

Atria Senior Living, Inc.; Niagara Falls; On-site; CAD 33,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Atria Senior Living, Inc. is seeking a Porter/Maintenance role at a Niagara Falls area community. You will perform cleaning, floor care, and grounds maintenance to keep common areas pristine and safe for residents and guests.

You will operate basic maintenance tools and assist with grounds tasks, reporting repairs as needed and adhering to safety instructions. Training programs are provided by Atria.

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.

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.

Skills

Numeracy

Reading safety instructions

Flexible schedules

Safety awareness

Education

Atria specified training programs

Tools

Shovels

Rakes

Blowers

Mowers

Drills

Saws

Sanders

Buffers

Vacuuming

Extractors

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.