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Job overview
Diversified Maintenance is hiring an Area Manager to supervise janitorial staff at assigned sites, ensure customer satisfaction, and deliver quality service on time and within budget. The role includes managing personnel, schedules, training, customer relationships, quality-control visits, and account opportunities. Candidates must have a high school diploma or equivalent and at least two years of management experience in a service-related industry; janitorial experience is preferred.
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Overview
Join Diversified Maintenance! We’re committed to delivering exceptional cleaning, landscaping, and restoration services for commercial facilities. Be part of a welcoming and collaborative team where innovation meets excellence. We offer steady, reliable work in janitorial management, full-time and part-time janitorial roles, maintenance, landscaping, and metal restoration. If you want to make a meaningful impact and build a lasting career, we have opportunities for you. Join us and grow with a leader in the industry!
Job Description
Diversified Maintenance is hiring an Area Manager.The Area Manager is responsible for the overall supervision of janitorial staff at assigned sites. The Area Manager also ensures customer satisfaction through the delivery of quality service and provides this service in a timely manner within the established budget.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Selection and placement of janitorial personnel; hiring decisions, performance appraisals, design and implement career development and performance improvement plans
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Understand and champion the company's strategic principles, core values and people culture
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Assign duties and tasks to employees and inspect work for cleanliness and completion; review worked performed to ensure quality of service to our customers
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Determine work procedures and prepare schedules while ensuring the account stays within the given labor budget
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Conduct new hire orientation, safety training, job training, etc. to assure hourly employees can perform tasks in an efficient and safe manner
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Prepare and review all required paperwork such as time sheets, accident reports, new hire paperwork, employee training records, work orders, equipment and supply orders, etc.
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Create an open line of communication by assisting in employee relations problems, and coaching and counseling employees to empower success
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Establish relationships with customers by visiting accounts on a regular basis to ensure the highest quality of service
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Resolve problems and complaints in a timely manner to maintain the highest customer satisfaction possible
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Document customer contacts and concerns on an on-going basis, and assist with follow through to ensure issues are resolved, delegate tasks to resolve customer concerns
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Monitor assigned accounts for work order opportunities and additional work that can be added to the contract
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Ensure all mandatory Quality Control site visits are completed and recorded
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Spend time at account locations to support outcomes to meet customer needs
QUALIFICATIONS (MUST HAVE):
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High school diploma or equivalent
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Minimum of two (2) years of management experience in a service-related industry, preferably janitorial industry
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Business level oral and written communication skills; ability to speak, read, and write fluently in English
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Ability to multitask and adapt to changing environments
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Excellent customer service skills; active listening skills
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Ability to lead and encourage teamwork; ability to negotiate and resolve conflict
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (NICE TO HAVE):
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Bilingual (Spanish)
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Prior cleaning or janitorial experience
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Familiarity with custodial practices and commercial cleaning standards
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Knowledge of floor care techniques including buffing and waxing
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Experience in industrial cleaning or facilities maintenance
BENEFITS:
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Medical, dental, vision, basic life, AD&D, retirement plan and disability insurance
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Eight paid holidays annually, five sick days, and four personal days
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Vacation time offered at an accrual rate of 3.08 hours biweekly. Unused vacation is only paid out where required by law.
Closing
Diversified Maintenance is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, age, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status or relationship/association with a protected veteran, or any other basis or characteristic protected by law.
If you have difficulty using the online system and require an alternate method to apply or require an accommodation, please contact our local Human Resources department.
Requisition ID
2026-1725696
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Job Locations US-DC-Washington | US-VA-Fredericksburg | US-VA-Richmond | US-NC-Charlotte
Requisition Post Information : Posted Date* (10/27/2026 3:07 PM)
Category (Portal Searching) Janitorial
Business Unit DMS
How this job compares
Set against the 1,007 open Area Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$70–91K/yr747 salary ranges
- US median$18–19/hr43 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,007 open Area Manager jobs across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Area Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (581 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 461 of the 1,007 open Area Manager jobs (46%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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