Floor Care Associate

Job Overview

The Floor Care Associate plays a crucial role in maintaining a clean, sanitary, and safe environment throughout the store including sales floors, restrooms, and various rooms. The position supports customer confidence by ensuring consistent adherence to operating and safety standards while valuing team diversity and inclusivity.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain cleanliness and safety across sales floors, liquor store, offices, breakrooms, backrooms, training rooms, and restrooms, keeping these areas orderly and hazard-free.
• Operate floor care and department-related equipment and utilize appropriate tools and chemicals for cleaning tasks.
• Sweep or vacuum mats and rugs then restore them to their designated places; remove carpet stains.
• Dispose of trash properly and perform deep cleaning of restrooms.
• Create a welcoming environment to help foster customer loyalty by providing assistance and product suggestions as needed.
• Deliver daily operations that uphold company cleanliness and sanitation standards.
• Follow safety protocols including food handling, sanitation, USDA, COOL, and DOA regulatory compliance.
• Swiftly execute product recalls and withdrawals, securing and removing such items from customer access.
• Support store safety by reporting unsafe conditions, accidents, illegal activities such as theft or fraud, and adhere to wage and hour regulations.
• Encourage a safety culture by ensuring all associates receive safety training, use personal protective equipment, and observe hazard postings.
• Maintain equipment in good condition, reporting and assisting in remediation of any safety hazards encountered.

Qualifications and Experience

• Must be at least 18 years old and authorized to work in the United States or have the ability to obtain authorization.
• High School diploma or GED is preferred.
• Successful completion of pre-employment drug screen and background check required.
• 0-3 years of relevant experience preferred, supervisory experience is a plus.
• Fluency in English; Spanish language skills preferred.
• Strong customer service, interpersonal, communication, and motivational skills essential.

Environmental and Physical Requirements

• Frequently stands or walks on various floor types and performs repetitive hand and foot movements.
• Regularly reaches, carries, pushes, or lifts loads up to 50 pounds; able to pull items up to 250 pounds.
• Occasionally required to balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, climb up to 30 feet, and sit.
• Work occurs in varied indoor and outdoor environments including cold, wet, heated, and humid conditions.
• Exposure may occur to slippery or cluttered floors, hazardous equipment, sharp objects, loud noises, skin irritants, dust, fumes, sprays, and cleaning chemicals.
• Utilizes cleaning supplies and equipment along with general office equipment and material handling tools such as racks, carts, pallet jacks, and scanners.
• Preferred use of baler/compactor and box cutters with protective gear including goggles, gloves, and back brace.

Additional Information

• May be required to travel occasionally but no overnight stays.
• Work involves varied shifts to meet operational needs.