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- Employment type
- Part-time
- Experience level
- Entry, Junior · 0+ years
- Apply by
- Aug 10, 2027
- Posting language
- English
- Working hours
- 40 hours per week
Job summary
The Porter is responsible for maintaining the cleanliness and aesthetic appeal of the community's interior and exterior spaces. Duties include floor care, trash removal, groundskeeping, and performing basic maintenance tasks.
Job details
Overview At Atria, we believe our employees deserve the opportunity to flourish at work and in life. Through Flourish at Atria, our comprehensive benefits program, we offer resources and opportunities designed to support your health, financial well-being, and professional growth. Medical, dental, life, and vision coverage options Paid holidays & PTO 401(k) employer match Career development, including tuition reimbursement (US-based communities), professional training programs, and mentoring opportunities Employee recognition programs, referral programs, and employee discounts *Enrollment in benefits varies by employee classification To us, flourishing means more than having a job. It means having access to resources and opportunities that support you as a whole person. Join Atria and discover a career where you can make a difference while building a future of your own. Responsibilities Provide cleaning services for business offices, apartments, interior and exterior public and common areas and amenities of the community in a safe, neat, clean and attractive condition. Provide floor care services for carpet, tile, and wood floors and may include vacuuming, extracting, buffing, sealing, stripping, etc. Compact and remove trash and debris from community areas. Maintain all grounds; including sidewalks, public walkways and stairways, building exteriors, garden areas in a neat, clean and attractive condition. Performs basic maintenance related work requests. Mows lawn, trims shrubbery, and cultivates flowers (varies by community). Notifies management concerning need for repairs. Reports potentially unsafe conditions promptly to Supervisor. Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness in work performed. May perform other duties as assigned. Qualifications Must successfully complete all Atria specified training programs. Able to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Able to perform these operations using units of United States’ currency and weight measurement, volume, and distance. Able to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables. Able to work various schedules and shifts as needed. Able to safely use basic maintenance and landscape related hand tools and light power tools, such as shovels, rakes, blowers, mowers, drills, saws, sanders, buffers, vacuuming, extractors, etc. Porters will be required to work with caustic materials and cleaning equipment in order to fulfill their job responsibilities. They must be able to understand English well enough to read and comply with safety instructions for proper use of such materials and machinery to protect themselves and others (employees, residents and guests) from injury.
What you’ll do
The Porter is responsible for maintaining the cleanliness and aesthetic appeal of the community's interior and exterior spaces. Duties include floor care, trash removal, groundskeeping, and performing basic maintenance tasks.
Requirements
Candidates must be able to safely operate maintenance tools and equipment and follow safety instructions for cleaning materials. Basic mathematical skills and the ability to work various schedules are required.
Benefits
- Paid holidays
- Paid time off
- Anniversary rewards
- Annual scores reward
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Retirement savings plan
- 401(k) employer match
- Tuition reimbursement
Listed skills
- Cleaning · Preferred
- Safety Compliance · Preferred
- Attention to detail · Preferred
Other relevant skills
Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.
- Cleaning
- Floor care
- Trash removal
- Grounds maintenance
- Basic maintenance
- Lawn mowing
- Trimming shrubbery
- Safety compliance
- Hand tools
- Power tools
- Attention to detail
- Management
- Operations
- English Language
- Landscaping
- Arithmetic
- Machinery
- Hand Tools
- Power Tool Operation
- Drilling
- Mowing
- Senior Living
- Maid Services
- Sawing
- Polishing
- Shrubbery
Job areas
- Trades
- Hospitality
- Healthcare
- Porter
- Janitor / Cleaner
- Building Caretakers
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
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