Cleaner

Job Title: Cleaning Person

Summary:

A restaurant cleaner is responsible for maintaining a high standard of cleanliness and hygiene throughout the restaurant. Their duties include sweeping, mopping, and sanitizing floors, cleaning restrooms, wiping down tables, counters, and kitchen equipment, emptying trash bins, and ensuring common areas are tidy. Cleaners play an essential role in creating a welcoming environment for guests and helping staff maintain health and safety standards. This position requires attention to detail, reliability, and the ability to work efficiently, often during early mornings or late evenings when the restaurant is closed.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Clean building floors by vacuuming, sweeping and mopping
• Put chairs down from tables
• Wash chairs, dining room tables, walls, ledges and side stands
• Wash trash cans, replacing garbage bags and putting back in designated areas
• Clean windows and mirrors
• Dust and scrub surfaces as needed
• Clean and service restrooms using mops and disinfectants
• Pick up debris and trash located outside of building as needed
• Clear communication and teamwork
• Complete sidework duties
• Adhere to company policies and procedures
• Adhere to grooming and appearance standards consistently
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Physical Stamina: Ability to perform physical tasks, such as lifting, bending, and standing for long periods.
• Attention to Detail: Ensuring all areas are thoroughly cleaned and sanitized.
• Time Management Skills: Ability to complete cleaning tasks efficiently, often within a set timeframe.
• Basic Knowledge of Cleaning Supplies: Understanding how to safely use cleaning products and equipment.
• Reliability and Responsibility: A dependable attitude and willingness to follow cleaning schedules and protocols.
• Ability to Work Independently or as Part of a Team: Flexibility to work alone or collaborate with other staff.
• Flexibility with Hours: Willingness to work early mornings, late nights, or weekends as required.

While no formal education is usually required, prior cleaning or maintenance experience is often preferred.

Work Environment:

A restaurant cleaner’s work environment is generally fast-paced and physically demanding. Cleaners often work during early mornings, late nights, or off-peak hours to avoid disrupting service, although some cleaning tasks may also occur during operating hours. The environment can vary from busy kitchens and dining areas to storage rooms and restrooms, requiring attention to detail in all spaces. Cleaners are regularly exposed to cleaning chemicals, so knowledge of proper handling and safety precautions is essential.

Key aspects of the work environment include:

• Physical Labor: Frequent lifting, bending, scrubbing, and standing for extended periods.
• Varying Temperatures: Working in different areas of the restaurant, including warm kitchens and cooler storage areas.
• Flexible Hours: A schedule that may include weekends and holidays.
• Teamwork and Independence: Cleaners may work independently or as part of a team, depending on the tasks and time of day.

This role requires adaptability to changing needs and maintaining a high standard of cleanliness in all areas.

Employment Status: Non-exempt

Physical Demands:

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. In this position, the employee is regularly required to stand for long periods of time, bend and regularly lift 25-50 pounds. Able to reach hands and arms in any direction and kneel and stoop repeatedly. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions, if not an undue hardship to the company.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $15.50 per hour

Expected hours: 35 per week

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Every weekend
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Morning shift

Work Location: In person

Salary : $16