Janitorial Porter

Join a fast-paced, growing, and exciting company full of great opportunities!

Kellermeyer Bergensons Services (KBS) has an immediate opportunity to join our Janitorial Services Team as a Porter. If you want to jump start your career and be part of an exciting, dynamic, and growing team with leadership opportunities in a fast-paced environment, then this is the job for you!

About KBS

Kellermeyer Bergensons Services (KBS) is the largest privately held provider of facility services in North America, servicing over 2 billion square feet of space daily. We help industry leaders across a wide range of key verticals—including retail, industrial and logistics, healthcare, education, manufacturing, and more—maintain clean, efficient and welcoming spaces that support their operations. As we continue to grow, we’re looking for team members who are dedicated, reliable, and ready to contribute to a culture built on respect, opportunity, and pride in service.

These are hourly, non-exempt, positions.

Starting Pay: $17 per hour

Shifts Available:

weekends 4am -9 am

Position Summary:

  • The Porter provides excellent cleaning services, often requiring the need to interact with customer and prioritize work based on the customer daily work needs. This role requires work to be completed in high volume and heavy traffic sites, or as an onsite individual crew member, where successful daily customer interaction and fulfillment of related requests, within the scope of site work, is key.
  • The Porter works directly with the customer daily and maintain excellent customer relations while executing customer requests and meeting daily janitorial duties.
  • The Porter has a broad knowledge of cleaning and janitorial processes.
  • Excellent customer service skills
  • Ability to lead and provide solutions to various problems.
  • Other responsibilities as directed by manager.

Requirements for our Porter Positions:

  • Ability to lift and move totes up to 49 pounds
  • Walking in and around the facility with great frequency throughout the entire shift
  • Must be able to stand and walk for up to 10-12 hours
  • Ability to carry out detailed, or written instructions
  • Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, and safe handling for chemicals sheets/documents (generally in English; may have in Spanish where state required)
  • Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external customers
  • Background Check and Drug Test Required
  • KBS utilizes the KBSPresence mobile timekeeping software for accurate recording of employee work hours, attendance management, completion of required training, and distribution of important employment-related information. All non-exempt employees are required to download and use the KBSPresence app on their personal mobile devices to clock in and out for their shifts and breaks. In accordance with applicable local laws, cell phone reimbursement is provided to support the use of personal devices for work-related tasks.

What's In It For You?

KBS employees (fewer than 30 hours per week) are eligible to enroll in several Company offered benefits.

  • Affordable Limited Medical Insurance (Coterie) which includes virtual access to US board-certified physicians who can consult, diagnose, and prescribe medications via interactive audio or video.
  • 401k enrollment and Company Matching program at one year and 1000 hrs.
  • Quick Pay – voluntary benefit offered to KBS employees who are paid hourly via direct deposit. Quick Pay provides a way for employees to access a portion of their pay prior to the upcoming scheduled pay day.
  • Perkspot Discount Program – discounts on travel, gyms, cell phones, restaurants, auto, apparel & electronics

KBS considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity, and expression, marital or military status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. KBS also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local law.

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