Posted on June 3, 2026
Cleaner Supervisor
Vancouver Hood Doctors (VHD Enterprises Inc.)
Vancouver Hood Doctors is hiring a Cleaner Supervisor to supervise and co-ordinate crews providing commercial kitchen exhaust and hood-system cleaning services across Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, and the Sea-to-Sky corridor.
Responsibilities
- Supervise and co-ordinate the activities of cleaning staff working on commercial kitchen exhaust systems.
- Inspect sites and facilities to ensure established safety and cleanliness standards are met.
- Assist with deep cleaning and degreasing of commercial kitchen exhaust hoods, ducts, plenums, fans, filters, access panels, and related hood-system components.
- Train or arrange training for cleaning staff in job duties, safety procedures, equipment use, and company standards.
- Prepare work schedules, assign duties, and co-ordinate crews for on-the-road service appointments.
- Operate and oversee the safe use of pressure washing equipment, scrapers, brushes, degreasers, hot-water systems, ladders, and other commercial cleaning tools.
- Protect client property by setting up drop cloths, poly-sheeting, containment, and site-preparation materials before cleaning begins.
- Maintain inventory of supplies and equipment, report deficiencies, and recommend additional services when required.
- Resolve work-related problems and communicate job progress, site conditions, and completed work to management and customers.
Requirements
- English language is required.
- A valid Class 5 or Class 7 driver’s licence is required.
- Experience supervising cleaners or commercial cleaning crews is required.
- Experience with kitchen exhaust, hood, duct, plenum, fan, or grease-removal work is an asset.
- Must be comfortable working on the road throughout Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, and the Sea-to-Sky corridor.
- Must be able to work variable shifts, including overnight, early-morning, evening, weekend, and after-hours restaurant service appointments.
- Must follow safety procedures for ladders, wet floors, chemical degreasers, hot water, pressure washing, confined or awkward work areas, and greasy surfaces.
- Must be reliable, detail-oriented, organized, and able to co-ordinate a crew while keeping jobs on schedule.
Schedule
- Full-time, permanent position.
- 30 hours per week.
- Variable schedule based on customer operations, including overnight, early-morning, evening, weekend, and after-hours shifts.
Physical demands
- Handling heavy loads and moving equipment between service vehicles and job sites.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling, reaching, and working overhead.
- Climbing ladders and working around commercial kitchen exhaust equipment.
- Working in greasy, wet, hot, and physically demanding environments.