Cleaner
| Posting date: | 15 June 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £12.71 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 July 2026 |
| Location: | Leeds, West Yorkshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | ISS Facilities Services |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 154645 |
Summary
Cleaner
Contract: Infrastructure
Location: Leeds, LS9 9BJ
Hours of work: 32.5
Working Pattern: 08:00 - 14:30 (5 days over 7)
Contract Type: Permanent
Hourly Rate: £12.71
We are seeking a Cleaning Operative to join our team at a busy Rail Depot.
This role is responsible for delivering industrial cleaning services within a rail maintenance environment, ensuring that walkways, pits, and associated facilities are maintained to a high standard.
You will work as part of a team supporting the safe and efficient operation of the depot, carrying out cleaning tasks in line with site procedures, health and safety requirements, and customer expectations.
The Role
Carrying out industrial cleaning duties across rail maintenance buildings, including walkways, pits, and associated site facilities.
Operating cleaning equipment, including pedestrian scrubber dryers and pressure washing equipment, following training and certification.
Completing pit cleaning and pressure washing activities in compliance with local site safety and isolation procedures.
Using the correct cleaning methods, materials, equipment, and chemicals to deliver high standards of cleanliness.
Ensuring all equipment is cleaned, maintained, and stored correctly after use.
Reporting faulty, damaged, or unsafe equipment to the Depot Facilities Supervisor.
Responding appropriately to emergency situations and reporting accidents, incidents, and near misses in accordance with site procedures.
Working in compliance with all health and safety, personal hygiene, and site-specific requirements, including attendance at mandatory training and inductions.
About You
Previous cleaning experience, ideally within an industrial, manufacturing, engineering, or rail environment.
Strong awareness of health and safety procedures and safe working practices.
Ability to follow instructions and work effectively as part of a team.
Experience using industrial cleaning equipment would be advantageous.
Reliable, hardworking, and committed to maintaining high standards.
Good communication skills and a professional approach to customer and colleague interactions.
Willingness to undertake training and develop new skills.
Ability to work in a physically demanding environment and carry out manual cleaning tasks.
The Company
ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.
Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.
We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #Becomewhoyouwant, #Bepartofsomethingbigger, #aplacetobeyou,
#facilitiesmanagement
ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.
ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.
We are proud to be a Gold Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) award holder and a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, recognising our commitment to supporting veterans, reservists, and military families. Through our Joint Forces Programme, we provide mentoring and support to members of the Armed Forces community and their spouses as they transition into civilian careers.
We are a Disability Confident Committed (Level 2) employer, proudly supporting and promoting inclusive hiring practices in line with the UK government’s Disability Confident scheme.
Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.
If you have any further queries regarding this role, please contact the Resourcing Team.
Contract: Infrastructure
Location: Leeds, LS9 9BJ
Hours of work: 32.5
Working Pattern: 08:00 - 14:30 (5 days over 7)
Contract Type: Permanent
Hourly Rate: £12.71
We are seeking a Cleaning Operative to join our team at a busy Rail Depot.
This role is responsible for delivering industrial cleaning services within a rail maintenance environment, ensuring that walkways, pits, and associated facilities are maintained to a high standard.
You will work as part of a team supporting the safe and efficient operation of the depot, carrying out cleaning tasks in line with site procedures, health and safety requirements, and customer expectations.
The Role
Carrying out industrial cleaning duties across rail maintenance buildings, including walkways, pits, and associated site facilities.
Operating cleaning equipment, including pedestrian scrubber dryers and pressure washing equipment, following training and certification.
Completing pit cleaning and pressure washing activities in compliance with local site safety and isolation procedures.
Using the correct cleaning methods, materials, equipment, and chemicals to deliver high standards of cleanliness.
Ensuring all equipment is cleaned, maintained, and stored correctly after use.
Reporting faulty, damaged, or unsafe equipment to the Depot Facilities Supervisor.
Responding appropriately to emergency situations and reporting accidents, incidents, and near misses in accordance with site procedures.
Working in compliance with all health and safety, personal hygiene, and site-specific requirements, including attendance at mandatory training and inductions.
About You
Previous cleaning experience, ideally within an industrial, manufacturing, engineering, or rail environment.
Strong awareness of health and safety procedures and safe working practices.
Ability to follow instructions and work effectively as part of a team.
Experience using industrial cleaning equipment would be advantageous.
Reliable, hardworking, and committed to maintaining high standards.
Good communication skills and a professional approach to customer and colleague interactions.
Willingness to undertake training and develop new skills.
Ability to work in a physically demanding environment and carry out manual cleaning tasks.
The Company
ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.
Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.
We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #Becomewhoyouwant, #Bepartofsomethingbigger, #aplacetobeyou,
#facilitiesmanagement
ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.
ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.
We are proud to be a Gold Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) award holder and a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, recognising our commitment to supporting veterans, reservists, and military families. Through our Joint Forces Programme, we provide mentoring and support to members of the Armed Forces community and their spouses as they transition into civilian careers.
We are a Disability Confident Committed (Level 2) employer, proudly supporting and promoting inclusive hiring practices in line with the UK government’s Disability Confident scheme.
Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.
If you have any further queries regarding this role, please contact the Resourcing Team.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.