Position Description

POSITION TITLE: Maintenance Clerk

ACCOUNTABLE TO: Maintenance Coordinator

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE

To provide support in maintaining clean and safe store conditions.

NATURE AND SCOPE

Emphasis in this position is on ensuring safe and clean store conditions by mopping, sweeping, scrubbing, and pulling cardboard. Primary learning challenge is proper use of equipment and product location for customer interaction. This position requires ongoing heavy lifting and pushing, walking, use of cleaning equipment, exposure to outside conditions and wet surfaces, social skills/verbal interaction and judgement/decision making. Position functions and work hours may vary according to business needs. Assignments and work direction provided by Maintenance Coordinator or person in charge.

ESSENTIAL POSITION FUNCTIONS

1. Ensures that carts are available for customers

• Collects carts in a safe manner and transports them to cart room
• Ensures a 20 cart maximum with quick cart and proper use of quick cart
• Removes all debris from carts
• Maintains all carts, performs minor repairs
• Wears safety vest

Functional Requirements

Frequent : Physical – lifting/carrying to 50 lbs., pushing /pulling up to 30 force pounds, equipment operation (carts, quick cart), stooping/bending, reaching, walking, turning

Mental – judgement/decision making

Environmental – exposure to outside conditions

Occasional: Physical – standing, walking on uneven ground

Mental – social skills/verbal interaction

2. Maintains proper floor conditions

• Maintains a clean and dry sales floor at all times
• Answers all clean up calls promptly
• Cleans up messes and spills promptly and thoroughly
• Ensures rugs are clean and that there are no uplifted edges to trip on
• Uses Spill Magic as needed for clean ups
• Uses wet floor signs

Functional Requirements

Frequent: Physical – lifting/carrying 40 to 50 lb. salt and pet food, pushing/pulling to 20

force pounds, equipment operation (mop, broom, dust pan, dust mop,

scrapper, scrubber), walking, reaching, stooping/bending

Occasional: Physical – squatting, kneeling

Mental – social skills/verbal interaction

3. Nighttime floor work

• Sweeps and edges floors
• Scrapes floors
• Scrubs and mops floors
• Buffs floors if not waxing
• Strips and waxes floors
• Cares for floor rugs

Functional Requirements

Frequent: Physical – lifting/carrying 10 to 50 lb., pushing/pulling to 20 force pounds,

equipment operation (mop, broom, dust pan, dust mop, scraper, cleaning

utensils), walking, reaching, stooping/bending, turning

Environmental - exposure to wet surfaces, caustic chemicals

Occasional: Physical – kneeling

4. Maintains proper shelf presentation and accessibility for stock by removing unnecessary

cardboard

• Removes empty/nearly empty product boxes off shelves and condenses shelf stock
• Breaks cardboard down and collects in bin
• Disposes of cardboard properly
• Performs shop back duties

Functional Requirements

Frequent: Physical – lifting/carrying 10 to 20 lbs., pushing/pulling to 20 force pounds, equipment operation (bins, tilt trucks), walking, standing, reaching, stooping/bending, kneeling, turning, squatting

Mental – reading

5. Removes and disposes of trash

• Collects trash from inside and outside of the store
• Transports collected trash in bins to compactor and disposes of properly
• Empties recycle bins for proper disposal/handling

Functional Requirements

Frequent: Physical - lifting/carrying 10 to 50 lbs., pushing/pulling to 20 force pounds,

equipment operation (bags, tilt trucks, compactor), reaching,

stooping/bending

Mental – judgement/decision making

Environmental – exposure to outside conditions

Occasional: Physical – pushing/pulling to 20 force pounds

6. Assists customers with questions or requests

• Answers questions or assists customers with product location
• Takes customers to the proper area or individual for help
• Assists customers with bagging and carrying out groceries

Functional Requirements

Frequent: Mental – social skills/verbal interaction, reading, writing

Occasional: Physical – lifting/carrying 20 to 50 lbs., pushing/pulling to 20 force pounds, walking

7. Utilizes personal protective devices (chemical resistant gloves, safety glasses/goggles, rubber

over boots, chemical splash goggles) as instructed

8. Follows all store and department policies and procedures

Functional Requirements

Frequent: Mental – judgement/decision making, memorization.

ADDITIONAL POSITION FUNCTIONS

9. Performs other miscellaneous duties

• Cleans bathrooms
• Picks up trash
• Performs weeding
• Special projects
• Vacuums extract rugs
• Cleans offices (sweep, mop, trash)

Functional Requirements

Physical – equipment operation (broom, mop, dust pan, dust mop, cleaning utensils), stooping

bending, reaching, kneeling, squatting, walking

Mental - reading

Note: *Within each essential functional requirement, “Frequent” represents approximately 15% of

the work shift or at least ten repetitions per work shift. “Occasional” represents

approximately less than 15% of the work shift or fewer than 10 repetitions per work shift

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  Management retains the discretion to add or to change the position functions at any time.

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  Position functions may vary by store location

Maintenance Clerk

Tasks Performed (Normal Job Duties): See Narrative Job Description

Machines, Tools, Equipment Used: Mop, broom, dust pan, scraper, cleaning utensils, grocery carts