Facilities Associate

Facilities Associate – NSA Chicago

Reports To: Facilities and Safety Supervisor

Employment Type: Full-Time

Pay: $17.70 an Hour

Position Overview: Keeps the NSA Chicago facility clean, orderly, and ready for daily operations. This role cleans production and office areas, restrooms, breakrooms, and shared spaces; manages trash and recycling; monitors supplies; and works with the Maintenance and Facilities teams to address building needs.

Essential Job Functions:

• Follow daily checklists and complete scheduled cleaning, restocking, and deep cleaning tasks throughout the facility.
• Empty trash and recycling containers, replace liners, clean containers, and move waste to designated disposal areas.
• Support the textile recycling program by moving and baling materials. Use trash and recycling compactors and balers. Notify the appropriate team when pickups are needed.
• Sweep, mop, and vacuum floors, carpeting, mats, and runners. Operate the floor scrubber on epoxy floors clean other floors as needed.
• Clean and sanitize desks, tables, chairs, counters, drinking fountains, sinks, doors, switch plates, and other shared surfaces. Clean glass, dust furniture and fixtures, and vacuum upholstered furniture.
• Maintain restrooms and locker rooms. Refill toilet paper and hand towels and empty trash. Clean mirrors, partitions, walls, and floors as needed, and dust locker tops.
• Keep breakrooms and kitchenettes clean and stocked. Maintain coffee areas, clean sinks, and clean refrigerators and Hotlogix units.
• Clean and straighten training and huddle rooms, wipe tables and chairs, clean whiteboards as needed, and remove trash and empty boxes.
• Keep janitorial closets and storage areas organized. Clean utility sinks, maintain cleaning equipment, report supply shortages and report inventory levels.
• Review the previous night's cleaning crew work, record concerns in the logbook, and notify the appropriate team if issues remain unresolved.
• Complete scheduled deep cleaning, including kickplates, bathroom wall tiles, chair legs, lower desk surfaces, ceiling vents, breakroom cabinets, and trash containers.
• Report damage, worn items, unsafe conditions, and equipment concerns. Coordinate with Maintenance and Facilities, and verify that space heaters are turned off at the end of the day as assigned.
• Follow cleaning product instructions, equipment procedures, and required safety practices. Wear assigned protective equipment and complete required training.
• Perform other related custodial duties as assigned.

Training: Provided on the job and may be supplemented with external, local, or out-of-town training.

Qualifications:

• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions, cleaning schedules, and safety procedures.
• Ability to organize daily work, identify cleaning needs, and complete tasks with limited supervision.
• Attention to detail and the ability to keep accurate checklists, supply records, and cleaning logs.
• Ability to communicate supply needs, building concerns, and unresolved cleaning issues to the appropriate team.
• Ability to learn safe use of cleaning products, floor scrubbers, compactors, and balers.
• Previous custodial, janitorial, or facility cleaning experience is preferred but not required.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

Work takes place throughout an active manufacturing facility, including production areas, offices, restrooms, breakrooms, and storage spaces. Duties involve frequent standing and walking, bending, reaching, pushing and pulling cleaning equipment, and moving trash, recycling, and supplies. The employee must be able to perform essential job duties with or without reasonable accommodation. Physical Requirements: Must be able to stand for duration of shift. Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.

Benefits Offered:

• Medical
• HSA Plan
• Voluntary Dental
• Voluntary Vision
• Employer-Paid Short-Term disability
• Voluntary Long-Term Disability
• Employer paid Life and AD&D Insurance
• Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
• Voluntary Accident Insurance
• Voluntary Critical Illness Insurance
• Voluntary Identity theft protection insurance
• Voluntary Legal insurance
• Retirement savings program
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Reimbursement
• PTO
• Bereavement
• Jury Duty
• Incentive Pay / Bonus
• Referral Program
• Confidential Employee Relief Fund
• Annual Flu Shot Clinic
• Volunteer Opportunities
• Family Medical Leave

EEO Statement: National Safety Apparel provides equal employment opportunities for all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, disability, ancestry, age, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation or any other protected group status as defined by law.