GSW

Position Summary:

The GSW I will assist the Facilities Department with cleaning and maintaining all Philabundance locations.

The GSW I role is key to ensuring our facilities are clean, safe, and presentable for staff as well as visitors and proactively. Focuses on day to day needs and manages special projects.

Duties will include collecting recycling and trash containers and sort in appropriate dumpsters; shredding cardboard into packing dunnage for multiple warehouse areas; cleaning the designated warehouse area daily; riding pack mule/EZ go cart (non-forklift, training provided); cleaning designated areas at the three locations.

A strong sense of urgency to maintain a professional environment as well as excellent attention to detail is required to be successful in this role.

The Facilities Associate is accountable for working as a collaborative team member of the facilities team and as a support resource for all buildings. Being a reliable resource is critical to the success of the this role.

Competencies: 

• Accountability: reliable, honest, and transparent; regularly makes commitments and takes ownership of responsibilities.  

• Effective Communication: conveys information clearly, with respect and integrity, using a professional manner and the appropriate means and channels for audience and subject matter.   

• Agility: maintains efficiency in a changing work environment; adjusts effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures.  

• Quality: Work is organized, accurate, and neat. The employee displays a commitment to excellence, checks work and learns from mistakes and seeks feedback to improve quality as needed.  

• Engagement: contributes to the success of the organization by embracing teamwork, taking initiative on tasks and problem-resolution, and seeking out learning opportunities.   

Primary Responsibilities:

• General facilities and building management responsibilities which include but are not limited to, ensure the environment is clean and orderly.
• Proactively plans and prepares for events, seasonal requirements and ensures appropriate standards and processes are followed.
• Provides insight to facilities regarding building needs, lights, equipment, tools, and safety situations.
• Cleaning before and after, at times during, for special events.
• Cleaning and maintaining restrooms and break rooms
• Cleaning carpets and hard surface floors by vacuuming, sweeping, and mopping
• Dusting furniture, pictures, ventilation, lights, and blinds
• Emptying wastebaskets on a timely basis.
• Cleaning windows, windowsills, and surrounding walls.
• Cleaning high and low spaces in a distribution center or warehouse environment
• Collect recycling and trash, and sort in the appropriate dumpsters
• Shredding cardboard into packing dunnage
• Cleaning the warehouse area daily which includes but is not limited to tables, all surfaces, walls, floors, and
• Leverage the pack mule/EZ go cart (non-forklift), ability to drive and be safe.
• Provide customer service to Philabundance, special events, and agencies.
• Recognize facility needs and report or escalate needs to facilities for maintenance and repairs.
• Provide good customer service; communicate with customers/volunteers in a courteous manner and respect agency personnel and clientele.
• Support and manage performance to Philabundance Pillars, culture focus on People, Partnerships, Professionalism, and Progress.

Educational Achievement:

• High School Diploma or GED preferred but not required.
• ServSafe Certification preferred. Certification must be obtained within 30 days of hire; training is provided by Philabundance

Work Experience:

• Minimum of 1-year related work experience highly preferred.
• Previous work in a team environment, ideally with deadlines, detail, safety.
• Previous experience with organization, shared goals, and defined instructions.

Preferred

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Previous cleaning experience, ideally on a commercial level, is highly preferred.
• Strong attention to detail regarding cleaning, sensitive surfaces, and safety
• Ability to follow directions, written and verbal, and multi-task.
• Ability to follow instructions, retain information and apply information, with minimal supervision.

Essential Job Functions:

• Bend, stop, crouch, climb, stand, sit, walk, and turn/pivot throughout an 8-hour shift, 5 days a week.
• Move/lower, push/pull and carry objects/parcels no greater than 50 pounds; when moving/lowering, pushing/pulling, and carrying objects/parcels greater than 50 pounds use 2 people or mechanical.
• Move packages to heights above shoulder and lower to foot level.
• Ability to work inside a freezer with a temperature in the range of -10 to 40 degrees Fahrenheit as well as in a humid warehouse.
• Ability to operate pallet jack, both manual and power, and ride jack to load/unload trucks.
• Reach, grasp, and maintain control of items and materials used to perform activities associated with delivering and picking up packages.
• Perform additional tasks using simple hand grasp, fine hand manipulation, and reach associated with assigned tasks such as keying.
• Maintain a work pace aligned by meeting or exceeding piece per minute/production standards.
• Work in an environment that will contain variable temperatures and humidity, outside weather conditions, exposure to noise, dust/dirt, confined work areas.
• Must meet all the applicable requirements as specified by OSHA.
• See, hear, and speak with sufficient capability to perform assigned tasks and maintain proper safety conditions.
• Maintain an acceptable work pace and align with required personal and team deadlines. Must meet goals.
• Demonstrate cognitive ability to: provide direction as well as follow directions and routines, work independently with appropriate judgment, read words and numbers, concentrate, memorize, recall, identify logical connections and determine sequence of response, process proactively and identify near and long-term future needs as well as evaluate problems and escalate/inform management as is necessary.