Custodian/Industrial Janitor

Schatz Bearing Corporation; City of Poughkeepsie (NY); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Schatz Bearing Corporation in New York is seeking a hardworking materials handler to support production by moving raw materials and supplies between departments. You will organize materials, clean machinery and facilities, and transport waste and scraps within the plant.

The role involves lifting up to 50 pounds, operating a floor scrubber, and working in a wet, loud plant environment with moving machinery and exposure to weather. A reliable team player is essential.

Qualifications

• Reasoning ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one- or two-step instructions and deal with standard situations.
• Physical Demands: Regular standing/walking, use of hands, reach with arms; frequent climbing/bending; must lift up to 50 pounds.
• Work Environment: Exposure to wet/humid conditions, moving parts, weather, noise, and potential hazards.

Responsibilities

• Transport raw materials and supplies between departments or buildings to supply machine tenders or operators with materials for processing.
• Arrange boxes, material, and hand trucks or other industrial equipment in a neat and orderly manner.
• Clean lint, dust, oil, and grease from machines, overhead pipes, and conveyors.
• Clean screens and filters.
• Scrub processing tanks and vats.
• Clean floors and apply floor drier; operate a floor scrubber.
• Picks up reusable scrap for salvage and stores in containers.
• Clean rooms, hallways, lobbies, rest rooms, corridors, elevators, stairs, locker rooms and other work areas.
• Clean rugs, carpets, upholstered furniture, and draperies.
• Dust furniture and equipment.
• Wash walls, ceilings, and woodwork.
• Wash windows, panels, sills.
• Empty wastebaskets and ashtrays.
• Transport trash to disposal area; lift trash bags up to 50 lbs overhead into dumpster.
• Replenish bathroom supplies.
• Picks up refuse from plant grounds and maintain area by snow shoveling and landscaping.
• Operate industrial truck to transport materials within plant.

Job description

Primary Responsibilities

• Transport raw materials and semi-finished products or supplies between departments or buildings to supply machine tenders or operators with materials for processing.
• Arrange boxes, material, and hand trucks or other industrial equipment in a neat and orderly manner.
• Clean lint, dust, oil, and grease from machines, overhead pipes, and conveyors.
• Clean screens and filters.
• Scrub processing tanks and vats.
• Clean floors and apply floor drier; operate a self-propelled floor scrubber requiring 30 pounds of force.
• Picks up reusable scrap for salvage and stores in containers.
• Clean rooms, hallways, lobbies, lounges, rest rooms, corridors, elevators, stairways, locker rooms and other work areas.
• Clean rugs, carpets, upholstered furniture, and draperies.
• Dust furniture and equipment.
• Wash walls, ceiling, and woodwork.
• Wash windows, door panels, and sills.
• Empty wastebaskets and ashtrays.
• Transport trash and waste to disposal area; trash disposal requires lifting trash bags up to 50 lbs overhead into dumpster.
• Replenish bathroom supplies.
• Picks up refuse from plant grounds and maintains area by shoveling snow, and general landscaping cutting brush.
• Operate industrial truck to transport materials within plant.

Reasoning Ability

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 variable.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here include regularly required standing, walking, use of hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms; frequent required climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling and talking or hearing; occasionally required tasting or smelling; must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment

While performing the duties, the employee is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts and outside weather conditions; occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; extreme cold; extreme heat and risk of electrical shock; noise level usually loud.