Porter | OWTC

Overview

We are seeking a Porter for our Building Services team at One World Trade Center. Candidates will create a positive experience by providing superior customer service to building tenants and guests.  Responsibilities will include but are not limited to, ensuring that designated areas are always clean and well organized.

The work shift needed will be for:

• Utility Day Porter: Tuesday-Saturday from 12:00am - 7:30am

Additionally, this positon would be eligible for overtime for all hours actually worked, consistent with the Local 32BJ Collective Bargaining Agreement. Please note that wages are subject to tax withholdings and other applicable deductions.

This position is a Local 32BJ union position and will be based at One World Trade Center. The deadline to apply for this position will be Wednesday, April 30, 2025.

Salary Range: $23.23 - $30.97 per hour.

Responsibilities

Porter Responsibilities:

• Perform heavy physical labor moving and pushing large amounts of trash
• Ability to operate freight car
• Operate heavy and specialized equipment safely and efficiently
• Operate tools and equipment in general custodial work
• Understand and follow work directions as provided by supervisor
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Requires the use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulations
• Requires bending, squatting, crawling, lifting and reaching
• Requires the ability to lift, carry, push, swing or pull medium weights up to 75 pounds, which includes lifting over head

Pantry Maintenance:

Includes cleaning all vertical and horizontal surfaces and cleaning microwave and refrigerator, if directed. Thoroughly sweep and damp mop floor.

Clean Lavatories

Includes emptying all waste receptacles and replacing with a new clear plastic liner; thoroughly clean all fixtures (i.e., toilet bowls, urinal, sinks, partitions, mirrors) with an approved disinfectant; replenish all soap and paper dispensers; and thoroughly wash all floors with an approved disinfectant.

Floor Care

Machine scrub floors making sure the corners are thoroughly cleaned. Thoroughly rinse scrubbed floor areas and apply floor finish. Thoroughly sweep, damp mop and spray buff hard floor surfaces.

Note: Special care must be taken not to splash solution on walls, doors and furniture.

Rubbish Collection

Operate freight elevator, remove all rubbish from designated freight elevator lobbies. Ensure that all floors (freight lobbies) are thoroughly swept and mopped.

Rubbish Disposal

Ensure all collected rubbish is disposed of in the proper containers (i.e., wet or dry trash).  

Note: If you are not sure of items to be discarded, contact your supervisor immediately.

Qualifications

• Prior office cleaning experience or similar environment
• Operate tools and equipment in general custodial work
• Meet all schedule and timelines
• Understand and follow work directions as provided by supervisor
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Follow instructions per tenant request
• Work cooperatively with others
• Observe health and safety regulations
• Ability to utilize two-way radio to receive information and assignments and report on project and assignment progress from various locations
• Work is performed while standing and or walking
• Requires the use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulations
• Requires bending, squatting, crawling, lifting and reaching
• Requires activities that involve being around moving machinery, exposure to changes in temperature, and exposure to dust and chemical fumes

Physical Demands and Work Environment:  The physical demands and work environment characteristics 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.

Physical demands: While performing duties of this job, employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; crouch; bend; talk; and hear.  The employee must occasionally lift and move up to 75lbs.  Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

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Salary : $23 - $31