cleaning and maintenance supervisor - Markham

Job summary

Hire and train or arrange for training of cleaning staff, supervise and co-ordinate activities of workers, inspect sites or facilities to ensure safety and cleanliness standards, prepare budget and cost estimates, recommend or arrange for additional services required such as painting, repair work, renovations or replacement of furnishings and equipment, maintain financial records, receive payment for specialized cleaning jobs, assist cleaners in performing duties, co-ordinate work activities with other departments, establish work schedules.

Qualifications

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Responsibilities

• Hire and train or arrange for training of cleaning staff
• Supervise and co-ordinate activities of workers
• Inspect sites or facilities to ensure safety and cleanliness standards
• Prepare budget and cost estimates
• Recommend or arrange for additional services required such as painting, repair work, renovations or replacement of furnishings and equipment
• Maintain financial records
• Receive payment for specialized cleaning jobs
• Assist cleaners in performing duties
• Co-ordinate work activities with other departments
• Establish work schedules

Work setting

• Office building
• Commercial facility
• Hospital/medical facility or clinic

Supervision

• 5-10 people
• Light duty cleaners

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Repetitive tasks
• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Handling heavy loads

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Judgement
• Reliability

Experience

• 1 year to less than 2 years

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