About the Role
TO Live's Facilities Department has an opportunity in the part-time role of Heavy-Duty Cleaner. This position reports into the Facilities Manager and involves general cleaning and maintenance duties, snow removal, gardening, and setup/dismantling of tables and chairs for special functions. This is an hourly, part-time, unionized position working at Meridian Arts Centre.
Responsibilities
- Sweep, mop, scrub and wax hallways, floors and stairs including auditorium floors, lobby floors, restrooms floors, booth floors, etc.
- Maintains carpets (vacuums, removes scraps, dirt, gum, heavy debris and other refuse, shampoos as necessary)
- Strip and refinish hard floors with mopping system or equipment as required.
- Cleans seats when necessary.
- Snow removal, gardening, and exterior grounds cleaning.
- Assist in the setting up of rooms for users of the theatre.
- Cleans theatre and theatre property including restrooms (basins, toilet bowls, countertops, mirrors, walls, and partitions), green rooms, recreational, drinking fountains, office areas, storerooms, and hallways.
- Wash windows, interior walls, and ceilings.
- Replenishes restroom supplies (toilet paper, paper towels, soap, etc.).
- Removes trash from theatre and theatre property and disposes of trash in commercial trash dumpster or compactor.
- Inserts new plastic trash bags in trash cans.
- Remove waste/recycling from drop points to bins or compactor.
- Cleans and organizes the cleaning closets.
- Keeps cleaning equipment (mops, brooms, dust pans, vacuum cleaners, shampooers, etc.) clean and in good working order.
- Other facility cleaning, duties and responsibilities as assigned or required.
Requirements
- Practical experience in housekeeping and maintenance duties.
- Experience operating heavy duty cleaning machinery.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Work with minimal supervision.
- Good organizational skills.
- Good time management skills.
- Watches for safety or security issues (trip hazards, lighting, suspicious persons, etc.) and reports to management.
- Observe TO Live’s Health and Safety policy; and to wear PPE where required and necessary.
- The candidates must be able to lift and carry up to fifty pounds.
Location
- Toronto, Canada
Work Type
- Part Time
- Hourly
About the Company
- TO Live is one of Canada’s largest multi-arts organizations, operating three iconic venues: Meridian Hall, the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts and Meridian Arts Centre. In addition, TO Live presents a full range of performing arts, theatrical and concert events at these venues in both downtown and uptown Toronto. With these two hubs of creativity and content creation, TO Live has a unique place and perspective to activate creative spaces by inspiring local and international artists, connect audiences and to be the nexus for new ideas, elevate artistic potential, and be the catalyst for creative expression that is reflective of Toronto’s diversity.
Equal Opportunity
- TO Live encourages applications from Indigenous peoples, racialized persons/persons of colour, persons with disabilities, women, LGBTQ2S persons, and others who may contribute to fostering innovative ideas and solutions.
- We ask that you complete the questions provided as part of the online application to assist us in ensuring our recruitment process and programs are equitable and accessible. Your responses are voluntary and the information that you provide is strictly confidential.
- We are committed to inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection processes and work environment in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). The Human Resources department will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of the hiring process.
- Our recruitment process does not use artificial intelligence tools. All final hiring decisions are made by human reviewers.
