2ND Shift Floor Care Technician

United Commercial Services; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

United Commercial Services (UCS) is seeking an experienced Floor Care Technician to join our West Michigan team. This role covers a variety of flooring surfaces, equipment, and restoration processes, with room to grow your skills and earning potential as you gain proficiency.

You’ll work Monday–Friday on 2nd shift, 5:00 PM to 1:00 AM, with occasional Saturdays. We provide training in advanced floor-care techniques and upskilling opportunities as you demonstrate proficiency and reliability.

Qualifications

• Must have basic hands-on floor-care experience.
• Familiar with carpet and hard-floor care processes.
• Dependable and able to work independently.
• Detail-oriented with pride in workmanship.
• Willing to learn new techniques and equipment.
• Capable of performing the physical demands of floor-care work.
• Must have a valid driver's license and meet driving requirements.

Responsibilities

• Commercial carpet cleaning, including extraction and low-moisture methods.
• VCT stripping and waxing/finishing.
• Floor buffing and burnishing.
• Proper use of commercial floor machines and equipment.
• Identifying and using appropriate floor-care chemicals and processes.

Skills

Commercial floor-care experience

Carpet and hard-floor care

Independent / works well alone

Attention to detail

Willingness to learn

Physical stamina

Driver's license

Job description

United Commercial Services (UCS) is looking for an experienced Floor Care Technician to join our team. If you have a solid foundation in commercial floor care and want the opportunity to expand your skills, learn specialized techniques, and increase your earning potential as your abilities grow, we'd like to talk with you.

This is more than a routine cleaning position. Our Floor Care Technicians work with a variety of flooring surfaces, equipment, and restoration processes throughout West Michigan. We're looking for someone who takes pride in seeing the difference that professional floor care can make.

What You'll Do

You Should Have Basic Hands-on Experience With

• Commercial carpet cleaning, including extraction and low-moisture methods
• VCT stripping and waxing/finishing
• Floor buffing and burnishing
• Proper use of commercial floor machines and equipment
• Identifying and using appropriate floor-care chemicals and processes

Don't know everything yet? That's okay.

If You Have a Good Foundation In Floor Care, We'll Help You Build On It. UCS Will Provide Additional Training In Specialized Services, Including

• Terrazzo floor care and restoration
• Natural stone floor care
• Advanced hard-floor maintenance and restoration techniques
• Specialized equipment and processes

Learn More. Do More. Earn More.

We want this position to provide a career path for someone who enjoys skilled, hands-on work. As you learn additional processes, demonstrate proficiency, and become capable of handling more specialized floor-care projects, there will be opportunities to increase your earning potential.

The more valuable your skills become, the more valuable you become to our team.

Schedule

This is primarily a Monday-Friday, 2nd shift position, with typical hours of:

5:00 PM - 1:00 AM

Our goal is to keep this position on a Monday-Friday schedule. An occasional Saturday project may be necessary, but Saturday work is not expected to be a regular part of the schedule.

Because floor projects are performed at customer facilities when spaces are available, some flexibility in scheduling may occasionally be needed.

What We're Looking For

• Previous commercial floor-care experience
• Basic knowledge of carpet and hard-floor care processes
• Dependable and able to work independently
• Strong attention to detail and pride in workmanship
• Willingness to learn new techniques and equipment
• Ability to safely perform the physical requirements of commercial floor-care work
• Ability to successfully complete required background screeningMust meet company driver's license and driving requirements

Why UCS?

United Commercial Services is a locally owned West Michigan company that believes in investing in people, equipment, training, and better ways of doing the job.

We're not expecting you to walk in knowing every floor-care process. We're looking for someone with a good foundation who wants to become exceptionally good at the trade.

If you already know the basics and want an opportunity to turn those skills into something more, we'd like to hear from you.