HOUSEKEEPER/ CLEAN-UP

Pilgrim; Tuscumbia (AL); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Pilgrim's is seeking a diligent cleaning/maintenance associate to uphold clean facilities across our Alabama plant. Responsibilities include assembling and inspecting cleaning tools, maintaining drug and ingredient rooms, and ensuring proper disposal of spills.

Applicants must safely operate cleaning equipment, comply with FDA/ADEM requirements, and perform routine checks of warehouse and loading areas. This role requires physical endurance and adherence to safety protocols.

Qualifications

• Ability to perform repetitive motions and lift up to 100 lbs.
• Follow FDA and ADEM compliance and maintain hygiene standards.
• Operate cleaning equipment safely and efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Assemble and inspect cleaning tools and equipment, replace substandard items.
• Maintain clean, orderly areas including drug room, ingredient storage, and warehouse floors.
• Clean around truck receiving areas and ensure spills are contained and disposed of properly.
• Tour grounds and equipment areas to ensure cleanliness and readiness; store equipment after use.

Skills

Industrial cleaning

Safety compliance

Equipment inspection

Tools

High pressure water hoses

Air hoses

Mop and bucket

Job description

• To maintain an immaculate work area meeting FDA and ADEM compliance while practicing good housekeeping habits.
• Assemble and inspect all cleaning tools and equipment. Replace anything substandard. Incudes high pressure water and air hoses, various squeegees and brushes, heavy duty mop handle and mop heads, roll around mop bucket and ringer, 36" dust mop, various shovels, roll around barrel and trash cans and assorted heavy duty trash bags.
• Insure all equipment is in proper place and easy to reach as needed.
• Check scales and grounds first.
• Clean off the scales using high pressure air hoses, brushes, etc
• Clean out the drug room, and ingredient storage rooms. Contact Quality Assurance to dispose of spillage properly.
• Clean the warehouse floors removing empty pallets, cleaning up spills, and restacking items to eliminate clutter.
• Clean the bendix level.
• Clean around truck receiving by removing all trash, cleaning up spills, laying down absorbent litter to pick up oil, and other oil based fluids.
• Clean and maintain the hammer mill.
• Be prepared to clean any spill that is reported. This involves having the proper cleaning equipment ready at all times. Nothing should be washed off and allowed to simply drain. Most every spill must be contained, mopped or swept up, and disposed of in the proper containers.
• Clean the grounds and around the equipment related to barge receiving. This includes the marine leg, the auger system, the surrounding grounds.
• Operate the "bobcat"(a loading vehicle) when needed.
• Clean up the basement.
• Take the empty trash bags out of the ingredient and drug rooms.
• Tour the grounds and the truck scale area to insure everything is in order.
• Check the ingredient room, drug room, and the mixing room to insure everything is stocked and well kept.
• Walk through the office area to make sure everything is fine.
• Clean the break area.
• Store all the cleaning equipment in their proper place.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Repetitive motion includes back shoulder, arm, wrist, hand, and finger movement.
Employee must be able to lift 100 lbs. from floor level to full extension of the arm and forearm above the head 30 times in a three-hour period. Must be able to walk distances exceeding 100 feet one way 30 times in a three hour period and covering an area that exceeds S acres. Must be able to ascend and descend a 30-tread staircase 30 times in a three-hour period. Must be able to work in confined or restricted work areas 3 hours in duration. Must be able to work in wet to arid working conditions with temperature ranges 0 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit for a ten-hour period of time. Must be able to work at heights exceeding 200 feet with little or no confinement.

The Company is dedicated to ensuring a safe and secure environment for our team members and visitors. To assist in achieving that goal, we conduct drug, alcohol, and background checks for all new team members post-offer and prior to the start of employment. The Immigration Reform and Control Act requires that verification of employment eligibility be documented for all new employees by the end of the third day of work.

About us: Pilgrim's is a leading global food company with more than 62,000 team members worldwide. The company processes, prepares, packages, and delivers fresh, frozen, and value-added food products for customers in more than 100 countries. Pilgrim's operates protein processing plants and prepared foods facilities in 14 states, Puerto Rico, Mexico, the U.K, the Republic of Ireland and continental Europe.

Our vision: Become the best and most respected company in our industry creating the opportunity of a better future for our team members.

Our core values are: Availability, Determination, Discipline, Humility, Ownership, Simplicity, Sincerity

Unsolicited Assistance: Pilgrim'sdoesnot accept unsolicited assistance from any recruitment vendors for any of our open jobs. All resumes or candidate profiles submitted by recruitment vendors or headhunters to any employee at Pilgrim's or via the applicant tracking system, in any form without a valid written request and search agreement previously approved by HR, will be solely owned byPilgrim's. No fees will be paid should the candidate be hired by Pilgrim's because of an unsolicited referral