Porter

Clear Destination Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 32,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Breaking Ground in Brooklyn, NY is seeking a Porter in our Maintenance department to perform cleaning, floor care, and basic repairs across residential buildings. The role supports the daily operation of a 35-hour work week and ensures units are ready for occupancy.

Responsibilities include floor care, janitorial tasks, and assisting the Maintenance Supervisor, with a focus on safe, clean, and well-maintained common areas for residents, staff, and visitors.

Qualifications

• 3 years minimum working experience as a maintenance/porter
• Experience operating vacuum cleaners and high speed buffers
• High School Diploma, Trade School or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Maintain sidewalks, rake leaves, shovel snow
• Sweep, mop, wash, dust, and vacuum
• Seal, wax, and buff floors and hard surfaces
• Clean vacated units for occupancy
• Sort recyclables and waste per NYC regulations
• Assist Maintenance Supervisor as needed
• Conduct preventative maintenance inspections and routine upkeep
• Perform other related duties as assigned

Skills

Maintenance exp

Porter experience

Basic computer skills

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

Located in DUMBO, Brooklyn, 90 Sands offers 491 units of permanent, supportive housing to low-income New Yorkers, people living with HIV/AIDS, and chronically homeless individuals, including individuals with mental illness. Built on the former site of the Watchtower Society, the 30-story building features a multipurpose room for community events and meetings, a digital library/computer lab, and a fitness room. The Center for Urban Community Services provides comprehensive onsite social services, and Breaking Ground coordinates property management services.

The Property Management (PM) department is responsible for the day-to-day management of Breaking Ground’s permanent housing portfolio of over 20 buildings and is essential to operational planning for the agency's intended residential building growth. PM plays an integral role in Breaking Ground’s overall mission of ending homelessness by providing safe, clean, stable, supportive environments once people have been housed. The Porter is a part of the Maintenance department that maintains the common areas of our residential buildings, completes repairs both in tenant apartments and throughout building and performs painting duties as needed. Examples of common areas include offices, multi-purpose rooms, roof deck, garden, trash collection area, lobby, fitness room and sidewalks. Tenant apartments will also be cleaned. Our residential buildings help to end homelessness by providing a home to formerly homeless individuals.

This position has a 35-hour work week.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintain the sidewalks including raking leaves and shoveling snow
• Sweeping, mopping, washing, dusting and vacuuming
• Sealing, waxing and buffing of floors and hard surfaces
• Clean individual units when vacated to prepare for occupancy
• Sort and separate the recyclables from other waste to comply with NYC regulations
• Assist the Maintenance Supervisor when assigned
• Conduct preventative maintenance inspections and routine upkeep on building systems
• Perform other related duties as assigned

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum 3 years working experience as a maintenance/porter
• Experience in the operation of vacuum cleaner, high speed buffer
• High School Diploma, Trade School or equivalent
• Working with elderly, disabled and/or formerly homeless population is a plus
• Basic knowledge of a computer is a plus not required