Janitorial job descriptions

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Leadership 4

  • Chief Executive Officer

    A janitorial chief executive officer sets the plan for a commercial cleaning company: which buildings to bid, which markets to enter and how to price the labor.

  • Chief Operating Officer

    A janitorial chief operating officer runs the cleaning operation across every building the company serves.

  • Chief Financial Officer

    A janitorial chief financial officer manages cash, payroll and billing for a commercial cleaning company with a large part-time night workforce.

  • General Manager

    A janitorial general manager runs a branch or group of cleaning accounts as its own business, from client reviews and rebids to the budget and the managers under them.

Managers 8

  • Field Supervisor

    A janitorial field supervisor checks the cleaning in a group of client buildings, coaches the leads and cleaners who work there, and fixes problems before the client finds them.

  • HR Manager

    A janitorial HR manager keeps a commercial cleaning company staffed with evening crews, running hiring, onboarding and training at high volume.

  • Marketing Manager

    A janitorial marketing manager brings in leads from offices, schools, medical practices and stores that buy cleaning by contract.

  • Office Manager

    A janitorial office manager handles billing, contracts and records for a commercial cleaning company.

  • Operations Manager

    A janitorial operations manager plans which cleaners work which buildings each night, keeps every site stocked with supplies and tracks how the work gets done.

  • Production Manager

    A janitorial production manager sets the cleaning methods, training and safety routines that every field supervisor and crew follows across the company's buildings.

  • Sales Manager

    A janitorial sales manager leads the reps who sell nightly cleaning contracts to offices, schools, clinics and stores.

  • Warehouse Manager

    A janitorial warehouse manager oversees the shop that holds cleaning supplies and keeps the floor machines working for every client building.

Office and sales 5

  • Customer Service Representative

    A janitorial customer service representative takes calls and emails from the people who manage the buildings a cleaning company serves.

  • Dispatcher

    A janitorial dispatcher builds each night's routes, matching cleaners and crews to the buildings on contract.

  • Bookkeeper

    A janitorial bookkeeper records the money side of a commercial cleaning company: supply bills, bank deposits, payroll entries and the costs behind each building under contract.

  • Inventory Specialist

    A janitorial inventory specialist keeps paper, liners, soap, chemicals and machine parts in stock for every building the company cleans.

  • Sales Representative

    A janitorial sales representative finds office buildings, schools, medical practices and shops that need nightly cleaning.

In the field 3

  • Helper / Assistant

    A janitorial helper supports the cleaners on a commercial cleaning crew.

  • Janitor / Custodian

    A janitor at a commercial cleaning company cleans client buildings under contract, such as offices, schools, medical offices and stores, often after the people who work there have left.

  • Lead Janitor

    A lead janitor runs a cleaning crew in client buildings while still cleaning a share of each one.

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