Floor Tech

                                                                           Floor Technician

Department: Custodial                            
Supervises: 0                               
Reports to: Director of Custodial Services
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Shifts: Evenings and weekends up to 29 hours a week

Job Purpose: The Floor Technician is responsible for the cleaning and maintenance of floors and carpets by waxing, stripping, shampooing, and other duties to keep facilities clean and safe.


Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:
Floor surfaces:

Protect and preserve floor surfaces to maintain appropriate appearance and cleanliness.
Mix cleaning solution in appropriate proportions and quantities and follow the manufacturer’s directions for washing floors or shampooing carpets.
Operate automatic cleaning equipment to remove excess moisture and old materials from the floor, following standard operating and safety procedures.
Dust, sweep, dry mop, and wet mop floors using hand-held squeegees, brooms, mops, auto scrubbers, etc.Vacuum, shampoo, and deep clean carpets using various machines, detergents, and spot removers.Follow the recommended floor care maintenance program for all floor types within the organization.
Apply correct stripping, cleaning, neutralizing, sealing, or wax solution to the floor using a hand-held mop or mechanical operator.
Buff floors to produce the final finish using powered equipment.
Perform duties including burnishing, stripping and waxing floors, buffing, steam cleaning, and other processes related to maintenance or restoration of all floor types.
Documents completion of scheduled floor care maintenance.

Cleaning equipment:

Maintain cleaning equipment and supplies to preserve and prepare for future use.
Clean mops, brooms, brushes, pads, rags, pails, etc. after use and store them properly.
Maintain powered cleaning equipment, lubricate the automatic scrubbers, adjust and change pads, install or replace filters, and check batteries on equipment. Empty cleaning agents from machines and rinse them out after use.
Maintain adequate supplies in the storage closet, by restocking inventory and requesting supplies, as needed, from the manager.
Report malfunction of powered equipment to the supervisor to prevent injury to the operator or further damage to equipment.

Other duties:

Clearing trash cans, and disposing of waste properly.
Performing light window and wall cleaning duties.
Moving furniture, and other floor items and keeping them back in their place after cleaning.
Coordinating daily activities and reporting any issues to the Director of Custodial Services.
Inspect floors for any damage and repair work
Follow workplace safety standards.
Measuring and labeling floor cleaning chemical solutions correctly
Serve as a custodian backup which includes the cleaning of restrooms, halls, offices, etc. as assigned by the Director of Custodial Services or Custodial Manager.
Other duties as assigned.


Qualification Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.  The requirements listed below represent the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  


Qualifications:

A valid driver's license required
Attention to detail required
A minimum of 3 years of floor maintenance experience required
Minimum 1-year cleaning or janitorial experience required
High school diploma or GED certificate preferred

Work Environment:

This job operates in a professional office environment. Guadalupe Centers serves a diverse population, including children, adolescents, and adults, some of whom may have mental or behavioral health problems. Consequently, all GC staff must demonstrate appropriate daily behavior, appropriate expression of emotions, and appropriate role modeling.  Hostility, aggression, unnecessary or inappropriate physical actions, and inappropriate emotional expression are not acceptable behaviors for any of our employees. 

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to successfully perform this job's essential functions.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

This position is active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to move chairs, vacuum, and clean restrooms. These tasks require that the employee often bends at the waist and raises and lowers or moves their arm in a pushing or pulling motion. The employee will also be required to lift up to 50 pounds without assistance. The position also requires the ability to stand for up to eight hours per shift. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may frequently be exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The employee is directly responsible for safety, well-being, and work output. 

This job also requires regular talking and hearing. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, such as reading handwritten or typed material and adjusting focus. In addition, the position requires distance, color, peripheral, and depth perception vision abilities. The position requires the individual to meet multiple demands from several people and interact with other staff.

This job description intends to provide a representative summary of the essential functions that will be required of the position given this title and should not be construed as a declaration of specific duties and responsibilities of any particular job.  Employees will be assigned specific job-related duties through their hiring department.  Specific job-related duties assigned by the hiring department shall be consistent with the representative essential functions listed above and shall not be expanded in role or scope.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

GCI is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, creed, ancestry, age, sex, gender, national origin, marital status, pregnancy, citizenship, disability, genetic information, veteran status, service member status or any other category protected by federal, state or local law. Preventing discrimination is the responsibility of every employee in the way employees treat and interact with one another. Therefore, GCI expects all work relations to be business-like and professional, free of bias, prejudice, harassment and/or discrimination.

GCI's policy of Equal Opportunity extends to all conditions of employment including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, placement, training, compensation, discipline, transfers, separation, layoff, recall, leave of absence and promotion. GCI will not tolerate any discrimination in the workplace, and it is expected that any employee who believes they  have been subjected to any practice that appears to be inconsistent with this policy will contact Human Resources.  Improper interference with the ability of GCI's employees to perform their expected job duties is not tolerated.

GCI encourages reporting of incidents or concerns regarding discrimination to the Director of Human Resources, so that prompt and constructive action can be taken.  There will be no retaliation or adverse action against an employee for raising an issue or complaint pursuant to this policy.  The report will be investigated to determine what, if any, responsive action is necessary and appropriate.  Any employee found responsible for an inappropriate or discriminatory act will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including separation.