Job Details
**Cleaning Technician**
CES Ephrata, Pennsylvania Minimum Experience **Entry-level** POSITION SUMMARY: Cleans and restores interior of buildings, homes, and contents damaged by fire, smoke, water, or sewage, and other damage-related causes by performing the following duties. Restoration and cleaning can take place either on-site or transported to Compleat Restorations.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS and RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Receive work order and schedules from job leader or manager.
* Load supplies/equipment into vehicles at start of shift, unload at end of the day, clean and return materials and equipment to proper storage areas.
* Drive van equipped with cleaning equipment, tools, and supplies to work site.
* Perform carpet cleaning, upholstery, floors, walls, ceilings, draperies, windows, and room contents to remove effects of smoke and water damage such as dirt, soot, stains, mildew, and excess water and moisture.
* Provide exceptional customer service, treat property and contents with respect and care, and bring any issues or customer concerns to the job leader.
* Follow proper safety practices, wear personal protective equipment when appropriate (gloves, respirators, face shield, etc) while working.
* Maintain clean and organized vehicle, equipment, and jobsite.
* Work overtime as needed (evenings and weekends). When possible, your manager will try to give you 24-hr notification or check employee availability.
* Must serve on the Emergency On-call rotation as scheduled and as needed.
* Must always answer and keep cell phone with you and charged.
* Inspect own work to ensure conformance to standards.
* Attend training sessions.
* Learn about fire, smoke, and water damage restoration.
* Maintain a neat, professional appearance.
* Act professionally on jobsites and in the shop, including any time a company logoed uniform item is worn.
* Adheres to Compleats Core Values.
SECONDARY FUNCTIONS:
* Assist in placing air movers and dehumidifiers in proper room locations to remove moisture from carpet, upholstery, and air.
* Assist with demo when needed.
* Other duties as assigned.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
* High school education, or up to one month of related experience or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
* Valid drivers license with clean MVR subject to background check and access to dependable transportation.
* Able to safely lift up to 50 lbs, climb ladders, carry equipment up/down stairs.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. This position is a safety sensitive position, a job or work duty in which an employees performance of the job impacts the safety of themselves or others. The term includes jobs where performing a task poorly or failure to perform it at all could result in a safety incident. This employee is considered to be performing a safety-sensitive function during any period in which he or she is actually performing, ready to perform, or immediately available to perform such job functions, i.e. driving company vehicle and using any tools, equipment, machinery, etc.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
* Previous experience and/or certifications in the disaster restoration industry.
COGNITIVE REQUIREMENTS
Attention/Concentration: Must be very detail oriented.
Problem Solving, Reasoning & Creative Thinking: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standard situations.
TEMPERAMENTS:
Variety & change: Must be able to adapt to new environments and often work in unpleasant working conditions, use portable facilities. Ability to cope with emergency tasks and last-minute changes to daily schedule.
Communication: Ability to exchange and provide information with others clearly and concisely and be able to professionally interact with all types of personalities.
Interpersonal relations: Ability to maintain relationships that facilitate task accomplishment; to cooperate and resolve conflicts.
Language: Reading, Writing & Speaking: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and notes. Ability to write simple notes and summaries. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization. The employee frequently is required to talk or hear.
Mathematics: Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10s and 100s. Ability to perform these operations using units of US money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.
EQUIPMENT USAGE REQUIREMENTS: MACHINES, EQUIPMENT, TOOLS, SOFTWARE: To perform the essential duties of the position, use of the following machines, equipment, tools, and software is customarily required:
Machinery/Equipment: company vehicles, fans/dehumidifiers, odor control equipment
Tools: basic demo tools
Software: job processing and inventory programs
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: 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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The employee may frequently be required to wear personal protective equipment including ear plugs, goggles or safety glasses, Tyvek suits, gloves, hard hats, etc. The employee may also need to be fitted for respirator use, and a respirator may be required under certain work conditions.
BODY POSITION & MOVEMENT: The following positions or movements are typical of the job:
* STANDING is regularly required for 8-hr shifts.
* WALKING is done regularly.
* SITTING is done occasionally.
* CLIMBING ladders (maximum 40) or balancing is done frequently. The employee may occasionally need to use lifts or scaffolding.
* REACHING is done regularly.
* PUSHING is done regularly.
* PULLING is done regularly.
* LIFTING (and/or moving items up to 50 lbs) is done regularly.
* HANDLING (using hands to finger, handle, or feel) is done regularly.
* END-RANGE MOTION (To fully extend or retract a bodily part or joint to its maximum range in order to reach, push, pull, lift, or otherwise perform job functions) is done regularly.
* STOOPING/KNEELING/CROUCHING/CRAWLING is done regularly.
* IMMERSING hands in water is done frequently.
VISUAL REQUIREMENTS: Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distant vision.
AUDITORY (HEARING) REQUIREMENTS: Examples of the types of sounds that must be heard and the reason they must be heard are listed below:
Sound Purpose
Voices To converse, communicate
Equipment To dry, de-odorize, repair, or clean property
WORKING CONDITIONS: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential function of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; outside weather conditions; risk of electrical shock; and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
*Disclaimer:* *This job description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsib