Sanitation

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Job Title : Sanitation Associate

Pay Rate : $20 / hr.

Shift : 3rd

Benefits : Medical, Dental, AD&D, PSL

Summary

Cleans equipment, holding tanks, floors, empty bins, and water pipes by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

The essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Rinse debris from equipment using a high-pressure water hose. Food Quality and Food Safety.
• Use a shovel to pick up product waste from the floor.
• Apply chemical cleaner to equipment and holding tanks with a bucket / brush, foamer, or hand pump sprayer. Food Quality and Food Safety.
• Use a high-pressure hose to rinse the chemical from equipment and holding tanks. Food Quality and Food Safety.
• Apply sanitizing chemical with a hand pump or foaming station. Food Quality and Food Safety.
• Wear required personal protective equipment to perform essential duties and responsibilities.
• Empty 50-gallon trash containers into empty bins.
• Must be able to lift 55 lbs.
• Must be able to climb ladders, stairs, and work on elevated platforms.
• Maintain work area in a clean, neat, and orderly condition. Food Safety.
• Meet all productivity and efficiency standards as outlined by management.
• Follow all safety rules and regulations, including active participation in identifying and communicating safety hazards.
• Frequently exposed to running equipment while cleaning.
• Follow Good Manufacturing Practices. Food Quality and Food Safety.
• Must be available to work overtime as needed, with or without advance notice.
• Must be able to work any shift and weekends as necessary.
• Perform minor mechanical work, such as removing and reinstalling guards, replacing belts, and fixing hoses.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
• Must speak and understand either Spanish or English.
• Immediately report all food safety and quality issues to the supervisor. Food Quality and Food Safety.

Other Duties

As assigned.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below represent the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to walk, reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is frequently required to climb ladders and stairs. The employee must regularly lift and / or move up to 55 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.

Training

No prior experience or training required.

Decision Making

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one- or two-step instructions. Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.

Communication

Ability to understand and communicate in either Spanish or English, using two- and three-syllable words, and to recognize similarities and differences between words and series of numbers. Ability to print and speak simple sentences.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to wet and / or humid conditions. The employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts and toxic or caustic chemicals. The employee is frequently exposed to high, precarious places. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

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