Janitor (part Time) - Angola

Janitor Position at Goodwill Industries of Northeast Indiana, Inc.

Do you love cleaning and organizing but are tired of working 'after hours'? Are you a "people person" who is interested in the career development resources that Goodwill has to offer? Do you want to serve your community while building your career? If so, please read on!

Goodwill offers competitive wages and great full-time benefits including medical, vision, dental, a 401(k) plan, life insurance, an employee assistance plan (EAP), holiday pay, paid time off (PTO), and store discounts.

Founded in Boston, MA in 1902 by Reverend Edgar J Helms, Goodwill has been providing opportunities for men and women across America and around the world ever since. The Fort Wayne Goodwill can trace its roots back to 1936 when Reverend Helms proposed a federation of Goodwill Industries across northern Indiana. Today, we continue to flourish as we serve a 10 county area in Northeast Indiana. As a 501c3 nonprofit organization, our mission is to create opportunities for people to achieve economic stability and build strong communities by offering job training, employment services, and other community-based programs. We support this mission through the eco-friendly collection and sale of donated goods. National watchdog groups and publications consistently give us high ratings for our prudent and innovative use of funds.

Every job in our organization contributes to our vocational training and employment programs. In order to hire and retain employees who believe in our mission, we offer good benefits, great consistent rotating schedules that allow for work-life balance, the satisfaction of serving the community, a positive work environment, and opportunities for career development.

A Day in the Life as a Janitor

As a Janitor at Goodwill Industries of Northeast Indiana, Inc., you play a vital role in supporting our mission of providing services to the community. Customers want to shop in clean, organized stores and your role makes that possible!

As a janitor, you primary responsibility is to ensure the cleanliness of our retail store. You will also be interacting with donors and customers. Here's what you can expect:

Essential Functions

• Cleans and disinfects restrooms.
• Dry mops and vacuums floors.
• Wet mops floors.
• Buffs floors.
• Empties trash from stores and offices.
• Sweeps and picks trash up from outside store each morning.
• Cleans offices.
• Washes windows and mirrors as necessary.
• Keeps paper towel and toilet paper dispensers filled.
• Sanitizes drinking fountains.
• Cleans refrigerator.
• Mows grass and pulls weeds, if necessary
• Clean spills, and disinfects, if required.
• Shovels snow and salts or sands sidewalks and walkways.
• Move items to and from the staging area for truck loading and unloading.
• Pre-sorts donations as required.
• Accepts donations, distributes tax receipts and pre-sort donations by category.
• Heavy lifting, pushing and pulling required.
• Follows all safety rules and practices.
• Performs all other duties as may be assigned by the Store Manager in the process of carrying out the mission of Goodwill Industries.
• In order to promote customer and donor satisfaction it is mandatory for employees who come in contact with the public to maintain a positive work outlook and to project a pleasant, courteous, and helpful demeanor at all times when dealing with customers, donors, co workers, and clients.

Non-Essential Functions

Empties trash from back rooms

Attendance

Goodwill, your co-workers, and our customers depend on you to be at work as scheduled.

Job Performance

Reviewed upon initial hire at 30, 60 and 90 days, and annually thereafter, by the Store Manager.

Supervisory Responsibilities

None

Education

No specialized educational requirements

Experience

Minimum of one year work experience; previous janitorial experience preferred.

Knowledge/Skills

Must to be able to distinguish between types of cleaning products.

Credentials/Licenses/Screening Requirements

• Subject to background check.
• Ability to work within the team concept.
• Ability to plan work and organize tasks.
• Subject to random alcohol and drug testing as specified in the Drug Free Workplace Program.
• Fully comply with Goodwill's Code of Ethics.

Community Interaction

Contact with customers, donors, and co-workers.

Equipment

• Various production equipment including hand truck or dolly, pallet jack, and carts.
• Gloves and safety glasses.
• Chemicals, buckets, mops, brooms, and floor safety cones,
• Vacuum and buffer.

Complexity

Work that requires attention and requires the use of several readily understood rules and procedures in which the employee may make decisions that could affect the efficiency, accuracy, or correctness of work.

Confidentiality

Little or no confidential information involved.

Working Conditions

Physical Activities:

• Substantial: grasping, lifting, pulling, pushing, reaching, standing, and walking.
• Considerable: balancing.
• Moderate: crouching, hearing, stooping, and talking.
• Moderate: climbing.
• Occasional: crawling, kneeling, and repetitive motions.

Other Activities:

N/A

Physical Requirements:

Heavy work: Pushing and pulling up to 100 pounds.

The ability to fully perform lifting and moving duties is mandatory.

Environmental Conditions:

The worker is subject to both outdoor and indoor environmental conditions.

Code of Ethics

All employees are responsible for being knowledgeable about Goodwill's code of ethics and respective policies and procedures, and for conducting themselves accordingly. Ethical conduct is expected at all times in all matters, whether or not a particular issue is specifically addressed in agency policies or procedures. Employees are expected to bring any questions about whether or not a specific situation presents a potential conflict with this policy to the attention of their manager.

EEO Clause

It is the Agency's policy to afford equal opportunity to all regardless of disability, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, or any other class protected by law, and to provide a work environment free of bias based on such categories. Any and all employment decisions will be administered in a non-discriminatory manner.

Safety Standards

All employees are responsible for adhering to all published safety policies as well as the implementation of specific standards that may be assigned. Employees are expected to report unsafe conditions and unsafe acts. Supervisors are responsible for safety issues in assigned areas — ensure that all employees are informed and adhere to all safety policies/issues, use proper reporting mechanisms for dealing with safety hazards or incidents, and personally adhere to safety rules.

Harassment

All employees are responsible for avoiding offensive or inappropriate behavior at work and are responsible for assuring the workplace is free from any type of harassment at all times. Employees are expected to be familiar with and follow all published procedures, including reporting incidences and cooperating with investigations.