Facility Sanitor

Ken's Foods; McDonough (GA); On-site; USD 16,531 - 22,041; Full time

Job summary

Ken's Foods in McDonough, Georgia is hiring a Facility Sanitor responsible for maintaining a clean environment and supporting various operational teams. Duties include floor cleaning, equipment maintenance, and ensuring safety compliance.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate physical capabilities, attention to detail, and adherence to food safety protocols. No prior experience is required. Join our team and contribute to our commitment to food safety and quality.

Qualifications

• Willingness to learn and adhere to safety policies.
• Ability to perform physical tasks and maintain alertness.

Responsibilities

• Maintain cleanliness and uphold safety standards in the facility.
• Utilize floor scrubber and perform cleaning using proper chemicals.
• Ensure compliance with food safety responsibilities.

Skills

Ability to read limited two- and three-syllable words

Ability to follow simple instructions

Ability to lift up to 50 pounds

Education

No prior experience or training

Job description

Summary

The Facility Sanitor role is in place to maintain a clean and safe environment. This role is a support role for multiple operations groups and reports into the packaging team. Maintaining and improving our requirements to be a food safe facility will require an individual to multitask and support unforeseen operational when tasked.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Floor scrubber operations and adherence to scrubber zone program
• Ensure maintained areas represent our appearance as being an SQF Excellent rated facility
• Perform environment cleaning using proper chemicals in required situations (foam, soap)
• Follow color code policy for cleaning materials used across facility (i.e. product contact, floors, drains)
• Access and utilize chemical room storage
• Ensure hand wash areas are clean and all materials are available
• Maintain hand wash station with approved chemicals and ensure all systems are in proper working order (including filling Meritek stations with proper soaps/sanitizers)
• Ensure spill kits are stocked ready and are in designated areas
• Must be trained and able to participate in spill containment (oils, chemical, water, sewage)
• Ensure safety kits are stocked with materials needed in the operations area assigned
• Ensure eye wash stations are clean and in working order
• Act as Trainer for proper cleaning and sanitizing of dumpsters used daily
• Ensure VMI room materials inventory quantities are available and room is organized
• Ensures materials needed for trucker lounge and restroom facilities are present
• Act as resource to all operation areas for general cleaning
• Fork truck duties when required to support various tasks (requires fork truck license). Perform all other duties as directed by Team Leader

Food Safety Responsibilities

• Producing product free of contamination
• Following all Ken’s Foods Security and GMP policies
• Reporting any suspicious activities anywhere in or around the plant
• Inspection of work area for any possible product contamination issues on a continuous basis

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Essential Qualifications

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

Education and/or Experience

No prior experience or training.

Skills and Abilities

Language Skills

Ability to read a limited number of two- and three-syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers. Ability to print and speak simple sentences.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.

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 variables.

Essential Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the Team Member is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The Team Member is occasionally required to sit; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The Team Member must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Essential Mental Alertness Requirements

• Work in a constant state of alertness and safe manner
• Ability to perform tasks involving high levels of cognitive function and judgment
• Not mentally or physically impaired from any cause that can adversely affect ability to safely and competently perform the duties of the position
• Ability to take prompt and appropriate response to operating conditions
• Ability to work in an unfatigued state
• Ability to accurately gauge lengths of time and distance
• Ability to quickly store and recall instructions in one’s short term memory
• Ability to concentrate
• Ability to cope with sudden changes in surrounding and/or emergency situations and/or alarms
• Demonstrated caring, committed and concerned attitude about safety

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 the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; risk of electrical shock; and vibration. The employee must regularly move in and out of a 42 degree temperature storage area. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.