Paula Mahoney
519-***-**** · *****-*******@*******.*** · Kitchener, ON
Professional Cleaner & Custodian
Summary of Qualifications
• 20+ years of professional cleaning experience, entailing dusting, mopping, sweeping, vacuuming, and cleaning smudges off windows and doors. Additionally, ensuring restrooms are cleaned, sanitized, and restocked.
• Knowledge of proper cleaning methods and safe usage of janitorial equipment
• Familiar with cleaning solutions, solvents, and chemicals; well-versed with WHMIS.
• Ability to work independently and as a team member.
• Orchestrates a positive and empathetic demeanor with strong communication skills to remain a team player and successful employee.
• G-licensed, with reliable transportation.
Relevant Professional Experience
Cleaner, Exclusive Cleaners, Kitchener, ON 2020-2023
• Responsible for all basic cleaning in and around retail buildings.
• Cleaned floors and rooms, including dust mopping, damp mopping using a floor machine, sweeping, vacuuming, dusting, picking up larger objects off the floor, and spot-cleaning glass and windows.
• Cleaned restrooms, including restocking dispensers, emptying trash, cleaning and sanitizing fixtures, cleaning mirrors, spot-cleaning partition doors and walls, sweeping and mopping tile floors, and cleaning toilets and urinals.
• Set up, stocked, and maintained cleaning equipment and supplies.
• Monitored and maintained sanitation and organization of assigned areas.
Glass Fuser, Living the Dream Design, Elmira, ON 2015-2020
• Prepared and assembled glass ornaments by cutting the glass into desired shapes, glueing pieces together, and placing them into kiln.
• Managed and adjusted the kiln to the appropriate temperature and firing schedule.
• Delicately washed ornaments to remove debris.
Custodian, Waterloo Region District School Board, Kitchener, ON 2003-2006
• Ensured spaces are prepared for the next day by taking out trash, tidying furniture and dusting surfaces.
• Washed and sanitized toilets, sinks and showers and restocked disposables (e.g. soap).
• Swept, mopped, stripped and waxed hallways, floors and stairs.
• Performed maintenance and minor repairs (replacing light bulbs, fixing door handles, etc.).
• Secured facility after operating hours by locking doors, closing windows, and setting up the alarm.