Sanitation Specialist

GDI Integrated Facility Services; Calgary; On-site; CAD 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

GDI Services (Canada) LP in Calgary is seeking a full-time janitorial associate to maintain cleanliness across production and facility areas. The role requires physical stamina, lifting up to 50 lbs, and walking/standing for long periods.

You will follow health and safety guidelines, operate floor machines, clean washrooms, glass, and floors, and support preventative maintenance of equipment. Prior sanitation experience is a plus; a criminal record check is required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma required.
• Strong written and oral communication skills required.
• Sanitation experience for a major food plant is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Cultivate a culture that promotes inclusion, innovation, productivity, and collaboration.
• Build strong relationships, listen intently, and communicate clearly.
• Dry mops, wet mops and polish hard surface floors with appropriate equipment.
• Strip and finish floors manually or with power equipment.
• Transport garbage from drop points to bins or compactor.
• Clean glass areas and overheads requiring ladders or scaffolding.
• Clean washroom floors and perform stripping/finishing.
• Maintain floor care machines and buffers; perform preventative maintenance.
• Operate with mechanical aptitude and follow safety guidelines.
• Lift up to 50 lbs; wear protective gear.
• Work in hot, wet and humid environments.
• Follow all health and safety guidelines and perform additional duties.

Skills

Strong communications

Education

High school diploma

Job description

One provider. One solution. All your facility maintenance services.

GDI provides best in class integrated, high level, facility maintenance services to the United States and Canada. We have more than 30,000 team members who contribute to the success of GDI and our customer’s businesses. With almost a century of facility service experience, state of the art business practices, environmentally friendly processes and supplies and an established global reputation, we offer unrivaled client experience and satisfaction.

Schedule: Full Time, Monday to Friday 8:00 am - 3:30 pm

Responsibilities

• Cultivate a culture that promotes inclusion, innovation, productivity, and collaboration.
• Build strong relationships, listen intently, and utilize clear & transparent communication.
• Dry mops, wet mops (wash/scrub) and polishes hard surface floors. The washing/scrubbing of floors is done with manual or power scrubbing equipment and the polishing is done with hand held or walk behind buffing machines. In large open applications automatic equipment may be used to perform these functions.
• Strips and finishes hard surface floors manually or with power equipment when required.
• Transports garbage from drop points to garbage bins or compactor.
• Cleans glass areas/overheads requiring ladders, scaffolding or other extension equipment to reach.
• Cleans washroom floors including washing, stripping and finishing.
• Cleans overheads/walls/floors/stairwells where ladders of aerial lifts are required.
• Maintains and carries out preventative maintenance procedures on floor machines, vacuums, automatic scrubbers and buffers and larger self propelled machines.
• Mechanical aptitude required
• Capable of lifting up to 50lbs (garbage removal, etc.)
• Hosing down floors and equipment
• Must have clean steel toed, non-slip work boots, preferably waterproof
• Required to work in an environment that is hot, wet & humid
• Wear employer-specified protective gear, including two pairs of gloves, face/eye shields, aprons, boots, etc.
• Exposure to chemical cleaning solution (with protective gear)
• Perform varying tasks while standing, lifting, crouching, etc. during long periods of time
• Follow all Health and Safety guidelines established by spec for this position
• Additional duties as assigned

Requirements:

• High school diploma,
• Strong communications skills both written and oral are required.
• Sanitation experience for a major food plant would be an asset.

Must be able to pass a Criminal Record Check.

GDI Services (Canada) LP is committed to accommodating applicant’s with disabilities up to the point of undue hardship during the recruitment, assessment and selection process. Please notify GDI Services (Canada) LP if you require accommodation in respect of the materials or procedures used at any time during this process. If you require accommodation GDI Services (Canada) LP will work with you to determine how to meet your needs.