St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital – Memphis, TN
Full-Time | Weekday Day Shift | Rotating Weekends
Schedules:
Monday – Friday 5 pm – 1:30 am with rotating weekends
Monday – Friday 10 pm – 6:30 am with rotating weekends
*Positions begin July 2026*
St. Jude is seeking a skilled Floor Finisher to support Environmental Services by maintaining the cleanliness, safety, and appearance of floors across the hospital campus. This role is essential to creating a safe, sanitary, and welcoming environment for patients, families, visitors, and staff.
Responsibilities
- Transports custodial supplies and equipment to and from storage and work areas.
- Strips, cleans, and/or refinishes hard surface floors using appropriate floor-cleansing chemicals and/or mechanical equipment.
- Extracts or shampoos soft surface floors using appropriate floor-cleansing chemicals and/or mechanical equipment.
- Performs detailed cleaning of baseboards, kick plates, corners, edges, and elevator tracks.
- Performs salvage, corrective, and preventative maintenance on a variety of floor coverings, including but not limited to vinyl, marble, terrazzo, wood, granite (polished and unpolished), ceramic tile, conductive flooring, and cork.
- Clean and remove trash from the trash and compactor areas.
- Performs maintenance as required on electric and battery floor machines, blowers, industrial wet/dry vacuums, carpet shampooing equipment, and upholstery shampooing equipment. Reports any problems with equipment as appropriate.
- Transports furniture and equipment as directed.
- Handles special projects and daily responsibilities in a timely manner. Communicates all accomplishments and unfinished tasks to the supervisor.
- Completes required training, certifications, and continuous education, including department-specific requirements such as the in-house/departmental Floor Care Maintenance Certification.
- Maintains regular and predictable attendance.
- Performs other duties as directed to meet the goals and objectives of the department and the institution.
Experience Requirements
- One (1) to two (2) years of floor finishing experience preferred, including experience with housekeeping-related equipment operations.
- Previous Environmental Services experience in a hospital/hotel environment preferred.
Education Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED required