Floor Technician - NMCP Portsmouth, VA

Description

Who We Are:

PCSI is a non-profit organization whose mission is to enhance the lives of people with disabilities through employment, advocacy, and partnerships. We vet, prepare, lead, and sustain a skilled workforce that provides top-tier services at job sites across the country. Our areas of expertise are wide and diverse; total facilities maintenance, hospital environmental services, custodial and grounds, disability awareness training, job coaching, and job placement are just a few. We integrate people with disabilities and veterans into meaningful jobs with competitive wages and benefits. Serving people of all abilities in their life's journey is at the heart of what we do.

What You'll Do as a Floor Technician:

• Maintain hard surface floors by buffing, stripping, and refinishing floors. Clean baseboards, corners, and doors. Perform finishing techniques to protect floors.

• Vacuum and shampoo carpets to remove dirt and stains.

• Perform special cleaning assignments; determine appropriate cleaning chemical used to clean various surfaces such as vinyl; painted surfaces; ceramic tile; carpet; metal, brick, wood, and cork surfaces, concrete wall surfaces. Clean vent covers.

• Develop and maintain capable working relationships with coworkers and staff. Continually improves and develops skills and knowledge.

• Maintain floor care equipment to include minor repairs and adequate chemical supplies needed to complete tasks.

• Maintains a high level of productivity while working safely and dependably.

• Adhere to the company rules, technical procedures and safety policies as may be communicated to employees verbally or in writing.

• Other duties as assigned.

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

What You'll Need to Be Successful:

• High school diploma or GED.

• One or two years of public sector (hospital, school, etc.) related experience preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.

• Present a professional image and have a neatly groomed appearance while on duty.

• Ability to read and understand service requests, container labels, product information, and directions on cleaning chemicals and other materials.

• Ability to operate stripping, polishing, and shampooing equipment such as electrical buffing, scrubbing, and extractor machines, electric dry foam shampoo machine, vacuum, battery operated and self-propelled floor scrubber and carpet shampoo machines.

• Ability to follow directions, understand work rules and procedures; accept constructive criticism and ability to work harmoniously with co-workers, hospital staff, and visitors.

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

• Ability to sit, stand, walk, bend, twist, crouch, kneel, use hands to handle, and occasionally move about the facilities; may lift to 50lbs.

• Ability to adhere to contract requirements and company policies, safety and health rules and regulations.

• Ability to adhere to all company mission, core values, policies and ethical practices.

• Ability to read, write, speak and understand the English language.

• Ability to pass criminal, drug, and driving screening.

• Ability to be exposed to various dirt, debris, and odors. Subject to hazards associated with working in a health care environment that may cause personal harm; diseases, cuts, bruises, burns, common colds, influenza, dust, odors and elevated noise levels.

• Ability to work any time or day of the week, including weekends and holidays.

• Possess valid driver's license and maintain good driving record.

• If required, ability to obtain and maintain security clearance and base access to assigned site(s).

Equal Opportunity Employment

PCSI is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. All Veterans and/or persons with all types of disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply!

Qualifications

Education

Required

• High School or better

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)