Floor Finisher

Location

Memphis, TN

Category

Facilities Services

Department

Environmental Services

Shift

Weekday Day

Position Type

Full Time

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Req #

JR6342

Job Description

Cleans various soft and hard surface floors by using electrical and battery-powered equipment. Maintains high standards of cleanliness, sanitation, and freedom from hazards and infections. Complies with established personal protective equipment requirements necessary for protection against exposure to blood and other potentially infectious body fluids, chemical disinfecting, radiation, asbestos, and other hazardous substances.

Schedule:

3:00 pm
-11:30 pm with rotating weekends

Job Responsibilities:

* Transports custodial supplies and equipment to and from storage and work areas.

* Strips, cleans, and/or refinishes hard surface floors using appropriate floor-cleansing chemicals and/or mechanical equipment.

* Extracts or shampoos soft surface floors using appropriate floor-cleansing chemicals and/or mechanical equipment.

* Performs detailed cleaning of baseboards, kick plates, corners, edges, and elevator tracks.

* Performs salvage, corrective, and preventative maintenance on a variety of floor coverings, including but not limited to vinyl, marble, terrazzo, wood, granite (polished and unpolished), ceramic tile, conductive flooring, and cork.

* Clean and remove trash from the trash and compactor areas.

* Performs maintenance as required on electric and battery floor machines, blowers, industrial wet/dry vacuums, carpet shampooing equipment, and upholstery shampooing equipment. Reports any problems with equipment as appropriate.

* Transports furniture and equipment as directed.

* Handles special projects and daily responsibilities in a timely manner. Communicates all accomplishments and unfinished tasks to the supervisor.

* Completes required training, certifications, and continuous education, including department-specific requirements such as the in-house/departmental Floor Care Maintenance Certification.

* Maintains regular and predictable attendance.

* Performs other duties as directed to meet the goals and objectives of the department and the institution.

Minimum Education and/or Training:

* High School Diploma or GED required

Minimum Experience:

* One (1) to two (2) years of floor finishing experience preferred, including experience with housekeeping-related equipment operations.

* Previous Environmental Services experience in a hospital/hotel environment preferred.

Physical Demands and

Working Conditions:

* The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job

* Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

* While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl

* The employee is frequently required to talk or hear

* The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 100 pounds

* Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus

* The employee must move about the work space to access work surface and shelves, cabinets, drawers, and equipment that are at, below, or above the work surface

* The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job

* Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

* While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, highly corrosive, toxic, or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, risk of radiation, and vibration

* The noise level in the work environment is usually loud

* An essential function of the job is to be able to comply with all applicable federal, state, and local safety and health regulations that would apply to this job

* Nothing in this job description limits management's right to assign or reassign duties…