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Environmental Services Associate - Floor Care

SSM Health · Madison, WI · Full time

Posted Sep 8, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

This role needs a driver's license. Have you driven between sites for work before, and how do you plan your route and supplies?

What they are checking: Whether they can work independently across locations and come prepared.

Tell me about a time you took pride in restoring something that was badly worn.

What they are checking: Whether they care about the quality of their work and notice detail.

What would you do

How do you keep people safe while you're working on a floor in a hallway that's still being used?

What they are checking: Whether they use signs, work in sections and plan to prevent slips and falls.

You're on the evening shift. How do you decide which areas to do first when you can't get to everything?

What they are checking: Whether they can prioritize high-traffic or high-risk areas and communicate what's left.

What do you do if a machine breaks down in the middle of a job?

What they are checking: Whether they stop safely, report the problem and adjust their plan instead of forcing it.

How do you work with nursing staff when you need to clean in a patient care area?

What they are checking: Whether they coordinate respectfully so patient care isn't disrupted.

About the work

What floor care machines have you used, like auto scrubbers, burnishers or extractors?

What they are checking: Whether they have real experience with the heavy equipment this role depends on.

Walk me through how you strip and refinish a floor.

What they are checking: Whether they know the full process and the safety steps that go with it.

How does floor care connect to infection control in a healthcare building?

What they are checking: Whether they understand that clean floors are part of keeping patients safe from infection.

How do you handle and store floor chemicals safely?

What they are checking: Whether they know about labels, mixing and protective equipment to prevent harm.

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The full job description

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It's more than a career, it's a calling WI-SSM Health West Beltline Worker Type: Regular Job Highlights: Join a team where your work matters—every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you'll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact. As part of the Environmental Services team, this role helps create a clean, safe, and professional healthcare environment. This work supports infection control efforts and helps ensure patients, staff, and visitors can move safely throughout the facility. A Driver's License is required for this position. Department: Environmental Services Schedule: 40 hours per week on the evening shift with a weekend rotation Apply today. SSM Health – We bring out the incredible in you, everyday. Job Summary: Maintains floor surfaces and stairwells, including but not limited to the following: sweeps, mops, buffs, polishes, scrubs, strips, vacuums, spot cleans, and extracts using heavy equipment. May perform restoration functions on highly soiled or worn areas in flooring. Job Responsibilities and Requirements: PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES • Maintains floor surfaces and stairwells, including but not limited to the following: sweeps, mops, buffs, polishes, scrubs, strips, vacuums, spot cleans, and extracts using heavy equipment. May Perform restoration functions on highly soiled or worn areas in flooring. • Completes documentation of project work performed on appropriate forms within established time frames. Identifies her/himself, respects privacy and confidentiality when serving patients and other customers. • Assembles necessary cleaning supplies and equipment for the specific work assignment and reports equipment that is in need of repair. Cleans and maintains all equipment used on shift including vacuum, cart, mop buckets, floor machines, floor signs, trash carts, furniture moving equipment, and all other equipment necessary to perform the functions of this job according to established procedure. • Utilizes the appropriate chemicals, supplies, and cleaning techniques according to procedures and manufacturer recommendations. Ensures all chemicals are safely stored, handled, and disposed of as stated on the material safety data sheets. • Adheres to safety precautions, policies, procedures and standards for handling infectious wastes, hazardous materials, waste spills, and exposures. Reports all events as required by ministry documentation standards. • Utilizes the appropriate chemicals, supplies, and cleaning techniques according to procedures and manufacturer recommendations. Ensures all chemicals are safely stored, handled, and disposed of as stated on the material safety data sheets. • Replenishes supplies and materials in assigned areas. • May transport trash, hazardous waste, soiled linen, and recyclable trash to appropriate disposal areas following policies, procedures, and standards. • Drives company vehicle between campuses. • Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner. • Performs other duties as assigned. EDUCATION • High School Diploma or GED, or equivalent years of experience EXPERIENCE • No experience required ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS • Proof of motor vehicle liability insurance that meets minimum state requirements upon hire and upon request. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS • Constant standing and walking. • Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs. • Frequent reaching and gripping. • Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors. • Occasional bending, stooping, climbing, kneeling, squatting, twisting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements. • Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs. • Occasional use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc. • Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors. • Rare crawling, sitting and keyboard use/data entry. REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS State of Work Location: Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin • Driving Record - Motor Vehicle Report (MVR) • And • Driver’s License State of Issuance Work Shift: Evening Shift (United States of America) Job Type: Employee Department: 7600840164 CO Dane Envrn Srvcs Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 SSM Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. SSM Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Click here to learn more.

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