Janitorial Specialist

Your opportunity
By joining the Kardium team, you can help make a difference in the lives of millions around the world. We have developed a ground-breaking medical device for the mínimally invasive diagnosis and treatment of the most common heart rhythm disorder, atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation can cause stroke, heart failure, and other heart-related complications.
Kardium has a fantastic technical team that has developed a product with strong, unique, and customer-valued differentiators versus other solutions on the market: The Globe® Pulsed Field System. We have built connections with key opinion leaders who are already using the Globe System and are helping to tell our story.
As an integral part of the Facilities team, the Janitorial Specialist is responsible for keeping our spaces clean and tidy, as well as maintaining our cleanrooms to the required cleanliness standard. This helps keep our manufacturing running, and also provides a clean and fresh space to work to our employees.
Please note this opportunity will be onsite in Burnaby, BC with a shift schedule of Monday to Friday from 2:00 - 10:30 PM. There are multiple positions available.
Meaningful work you will be a part of
**Your responsibilities will include**:

- Specialized cleaning of our cleanrooms ensuring compliance to strict cleanliness and hygiene standards and while wearing PPE, including full face mask.
- Monitoring and documenting cleaning activities in compliance logs and reports.
- Cleaning washrooms, change rooms, general offices, meeting rooms, workstations, labs, warehouse areas, etc.
- Tidying and cleaning kitchens and lunchrooms: tables, chairs, sinks, counters, microwaves, fridges, beverage machines, etc.
- Disposing of waste and recycling, including hazardous waste (appropriate training and PPE will be provided).
- Vacuuming and mopping floors; dusting.
- Specialized cleaning of our machine shop.
- Laundering cleanroom shirts.
- Ordering and stocking janitorial supplies.

What you bring to the team
Our Kardium team is smart, creative, and passionate about developing cutting-edge medical devices to help improve people’s lives. We work in a collaborative environment based on trust and respect. We understand that only by working together can we solve what was thought unsolvable.
**You are suited to our approach and possess these attributes**:

- Experience in performing various cleaning and housekeeping activities in a highly regulated manufacturing environment or healthcare setting is desired.
- Ability to follow detailed instructions and adhere to stringent cleaning standards.
- Experience in using floor maintenance machines, cleaning equipment, materials, and solutions.
- Good communication skills, both oral and written.
- Dependable, flexible, and has a positive, “can-do” attitude.
- Attention to detail and visual acuity to ensure cleaning is performed to required standards.
- Able to physically perform janitorial duties, including lifting up to 20 kg, bending, and standing for extended periods.

Compensation
As a permanent employee, you will also participate in Kardium’s stock option plan.
- $20.00 - $25.00/hour

Your Benefits & Well-being
Total cash - the total cash we’ve listed for this position includes a base salary, plus a contribution to a Registered Retirement Savings plans (RRSP) to help support your financial goals.
Comprehensive medical & dental coverage - for all permanent employees - effective as of Day 1, with no waiting period.
Work-day flexibility - additionally, we provide 3 personal days per year.
Support - for you (and your dependents) overall well-being.
Career progression and learning support.
Professional membership support.
Family building - we provide top up for both maternity leave & adoptive leave. Employees can also enroll in benefit coverage for fertility drug treatment.
Life at Kardium
What makes us a great place to work?
1. Our Purpose
2. Our People
3. Our Culture
We collaborate with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), as volunteer-led groups who share a common dimension of diversity and come together to provide support, education, and other opportunities across Kardium. Examples of our ERGs include Women ERG, Pride ERG, Race Ethnicity & Cultural Heritage (REACH) ERG, Truth & Reconciliation ERG, Persian Community ERG, Chinese ERG, Barangay Kardium (Filipino) ERG, Brazilian ERG, and Irish ERG.
And our employees think we are great too - check out Glassdoor to learn more