Garage Porter / Attendant - Knoxville, TN

Garage Porter / Attendant

The Garage Porter is responsible for maintaining cleanliness, safety, and organization in parking facilities. This role ensures the garage and surrounding areas are well-kept, assists with minor maintenance tasks, and provides customer support as needed. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, proactive, and capable of working independently in various weather conditions.

Facility Maintenance: Keep parking areas, stairwells, and elevators clean by sweeping, mopping, removing trash, and performing general upkeep.

Safety and Security: Demonstrate accountability by following instructions, completing tasks on schedule, and maintaining a safe work environment through proper equipment use, reporting hazards, and following safety procedures.

Customer Assistance: Handle difficult or emotional guest situations with professionalism and prompt resolution, ensuring high-quality service and responsiveness to guest needs. Maintain a positive team environment by balancing individual responsibilities, supporting colleagues, and acknowledging team achievements.

Equipment and Signage Maintenance: Ensure parking signs, pay stations, and other facility equipment are clean, functional, and properly positioned.

Incident Reporting: Document and report any maintenance issues, safety concerns, or suspicious activity to management.

Weather Preparedness: Help maintain safe walking and driving conditions by addressing snow, ice, or water accumulation in parking areas.

Additional Responsibilities: Perform other tasks as needed to support operational goals, while remaining flexible to changing business needs. Attend staff meetings and complete all required training modules on time.

Competency/Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Hospitality, Customer Service and Communication: Provide exceptional guest service through professional communication, active listening, and personalized assistance, creating a welcoming and memorable experience that aligns with company standards and fosters a positive environment for guests and team members.

Education and Experience: High school diploma or general education degree (GED); Customer service experience preferred; customer service attitude and a willing, helpful demeanor is mandatory.

Physical Demands: Must have the stamina to stand, walk, and lift up to 50 lbs for extended periods, often in varied weather conditions, while maintaining a professional appearance and following uniform and grooming standards. Flexibility to work nights, weekends, and holidays is required to support guest needs and hotel operations.

Work Environment: Work in both indoor and outdoor settings, collaborating with teams, vendors, and clients in on-site and corporate environments. Regularly use computers, communicate by phone, and work around parking facilities with exposure to weather conditions and noisy environments with moving vehicles.

Cell Phone Use: Employees may be required to use personal cell phones for work-related communication, including coordination with team members, managers, and clients, as well as accessing work applications. Reimbursement for work-related phone usage will follow company policy.

Pay Transparency: PMC is committed to pay transparency and equity among all employees and provides employees an environment where pay transparency and dialogue on compensation are allowed. PMC complies with Equal Employment Opportunity laws as well as federal, state, and local laws on compensation, pay transparency, and pay equity.

Additional Compensation and Benefits:

• Health Benefits Medical, vision and dental insurance Upon eligibility
• 401K Upon eligibility
• Supplemental Insurance Life insurance and critical illness
• Bonus opportunities
• Internal leadership development program
• Paid time off
• Paid training
• Tuition assistance through Bellevue University Up to $5,250 per year
• Nationwide discounts through Perks at Work
• Military friendly employer

Employee at Will: Employment with PMC is on an at-will basis, meaning either the employee or the employer may end the employment relationship at any time, for any reason, with or without cause or notice, in accordance with applicable laws. A 120-day introductory period applies.

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): This position is classified as non-exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), meaning employees in this role is eligible for overtime pay for hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek at a rate of one and one-half times their regular hourly rate. PMC adheres to all applicable federal, state, and local wage and overtime laws, ensuring that compensation complies with these legal standards. All hourly rates will meet or exceed the minimum wage requirements for your specific work location.

Employee Leave: PMC is compliant with all state specific required and FMLA paid leave requirements, such as sick leave, state paid family leave, etc.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement: Parking Management Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status.

ADA and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Compliance: Parking Management Company will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and ensure equal employment opportunity. This job description will be reviewed periodically as duties and responsibilities change with business necessity. Essential and marginal job functions are subject to modification.