Overview
Join our dynamic team as a Residential Cleaning Operative and play a vital role in maintaining clean, safe, and welcoming living environments across residential blocks, HMOs (Houses in Multiple Occupation), single-family homes, and apartment buildings. This hands-on role offers the opportunity to contribute to the cleanliness, hygiene, and presentation of residential properties while ensuring communal and occupied areas remain well maintained. If you take pride in delivering high standards of cleanliness and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, this role is ideal for you. We are committed to providing paid positions that recognise your hard work, professionalism, and dedication.
Duties
- Carry out thorough cleaning of communal areas within residential buildings, including entrance lobbies, corridors, stairwells, lifts, bin stores, laundry rooms, and other shared facilities.
- Clean and maintain HMOs, including communal kitchens, bathrooms, lounges, hallways, and other shared accommodation areas, ensuring high standards of hygiene are maintained.
- Perform cleaning services within single-family homes where required, including kitchens, bathrooms, bedrooms, living areas, and utility rooms in accordance with client specifications.
- Sweep, vacuum, mop, polish, dust, and sanitise all internal surfaces using appropriate cleaning equipment, chemicals, and techniques.
- Clean internal glazing, mirrors, doors, handrails, skirting boards, light switches, and other frequently touched surfaces.
- Empty bins, replace liners, and dispose of waste safely in accordance with local waste management procedures.
- Restock consumables including toilet tissue, hand soap, paper towels, and other hygiene products where applicable.
- Conduct deep cleaning services as required, including carpet cleaning, hard floor maintenance, oven cleaning, and high-level dusting.
- Follow scheduled cleaning programmes to ensure all assigned properties are maintained to agreed service standards.
- Report maintenance defects, damage, pest activity, health and safety concerns, or safeguarding issues promptly to supervisors.
- Ensure all work is completed in accordance with company procedures and relevant health and safety legislation.
- Safely handle and store cleaning chemicals and equipment, complying with COSHH requirements and manufacturer instructions.
- Represent the company professionally when interacting with residents, property managers, housing associations, landlords, and visitors.
Experience
- Previous experience within residential cleaning, communal area cleaning, HMO cleaning, housekeeping, or janitorial services is desirable but not essential, as full training can be provided.
- Knowledge of cleaning methods for residential blocks, apartment buildings, HMOs, and domestic properties is advantageous.
- Experience using cleaning equipment such as vacuum cleaners, floor scrubbers, polishers, steam cleaners, and pressure washers is beneficial.
- Ability to work independently and manage workloads efficiently while maintaining excellent attention to detail.
- Good understanding of hygiene standards, infection control, and safe cleaning practices.
- Ability to follow written instructions, risk assessments, and health and safety procedures.
- Reliable, punctual, and committed to delivering consistently high cleaning standards.
- Good communication skills and a professional, courteous approach when dealing with residents and clients.
- Physical fitness to undertake manual handling, prolonged standing, bending, lifting, and repetitive cleaning tasks throughout the working day.
- A full UK driving licence is desirable for mobile cleaning operatives but not essential.
Properties Covered
Our cleaning services include, but are not limited to:
- Residential apartment blocks
- Purpose-built residential developments
- HMOs (Houses in Multiple Occupation)
- Single-family houses
- Housing association properties
- Council housing
- Build-to-Rent developments
- Student accommodation
- Sheltered and supported housing
- Retirement and extra-care housing
- Communal areas within mixed-use developments
- Private residential estates
Our Commitment
We believe that every member of our cleaning team plays an essential role in creating clean, hygienic, and welcoming living environments. Through professionalism, attention to detail, and pride in our work, we help landlords, managing agents, housing providers, and residents maintain safe, comfortable, and well-presented homes. Your contribution will directly support our reputation for delivering reliable, high-quality residential cleaning services.
Pay: £12.71-£14.99 per hour
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
