Careers

What We Look For

• Care about the work. We want people who take pride in doing house cleaning services properly, not just quickly.
• Straight talk with customers. You will be in someone's home or business explaining what you found. Plain language beats jargon.
• Reliability. Showing up when you said you would matters more here than any single line on a resume.
• Respect for the property. Protecting the space, cleaning up, and leaving it better than you found it.
• Safety, every time. Following safe practice is part of the job, not an extra.

Experience in house cleaning services or a related trade helps. If you have the attitude and not yet the trade experience, say so, because we do train.

Roles We Hire For

We are a small team, so openings come and go with the work. These are the roles we hire into.

Residential Cleaning Specialist

Clean kitchens, bathrooms, bedrooms, living spaces, floors, and other agreed areas in homes throughout the Des Moines service region.

Qualifications

• Reliable transportation for local service routes
• Comfort working independently and as part of a small team
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to perform active cleaning work for extended periods
• Professional and respectful communication

Benefits

• Local work throughout the Des Moines area
• Clear job expectations and cleaning priorities
• Training on company cleaning routines
• Opportunity to build a consistent schedule as customer demand allows

Turnover Cleaning Specialist

Handle short-term rental and move-related cleaning where properties often need to be completed within a defined access window.

Qualifications

• Strong time management
• Ability to follow property-specific instructions
• Dependable transportation
• Comfort working with deadline-driven assignments
• Careful attention to kitchens, bathrooms, floors, and guest-facing spaces

Benefits

• Variety of rental and residential properties
• Straightforward job instructions
• Local Central Iowa routes
• Opportunities for additional work as turnover demand grows

Commercial Cleaning Specialist

Provide routine cleaning for smaller offices and workplaces, including common areas, restrooms, floors, and break spaces.

Qualifications

• Dependable attendance
• Ability to work carefully around business environments
• Good organizational skills
• Comfort following access and security instructions
• Ability to complete routine physical cleaning tasks

Benefits

• Consistent commercial cleaning routines when available
• Clearly defined facility priorities
• Local service routes
• Opportunity to work with repeat business clients

Cleaning Team Lead

Support residential and specialty cleaning routes while helping newer team members follow cleaning priorities and maintain clear job communication.

Qualifications

• Previous professional cleaning or related hands-on service experience
• Strong communication and organization
• Ability to prioritize tasks within a scheduled visit
• Dependable transportation
• Comfort helping train and support other cleaners

Benefits

• Expanded responsibility within a small local team
• Varied residential and specialty cleaning assignments
• Opportunities to help improve cleaning routines
• Local work throughout the Des Moines region

How to Apply

Call 515-744-8082 and ask about hiring. If we are on a job site, leave your name, the role you are interested in, and your trade background, and we will call you back.

We read every application. If there is a fit, expect a short phone conversation first, then a meeting and a ride-along on a job so you can see the work before you commit to it.

We do not always have an opening posted. Send your information anyway. We keep applications on file and reach out first to people who already introduced themselves when a spot opens.

Des Moines Cleaning Services considers all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Questions about this page?

Prefer to talk? Call 515-744-8082 and we will get back to you.