Porter-CONTRACTOR

Nestlé USA; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Nestlé is seeking a Day Porter for the St. Louis Pilot Plant. The role focuses on sanitation, cleaning, and supporting trials in a pet food pilot facility.

It requires daily adherence to food safety practices, teamwork, and a self‑starter mindset to maintain a clean, organized workspace. Shift runs 6:45 am to 4:15 pm Monday through Thursday, with Friday mornings shorter. Position is onsite with a one-year term and potential renewal.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Self-starter with organization and cleanliness in workspace.
• Experience in food manufacturing is a plus.
• Ability to walk/stand all day and lift up to 50 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Sanitation and cleaning of pilot plant trials to support food safety requirements.
• Attend the Daily Operational Meeting at 7:30 am to align day priorities.
• Support trials, equipment cleaning, tours, and GMP audit findings.
• Follow safety policies and use specified cleaners and floor scrubber as directed.
• Work schedule: Mon–Thu 6:45 am–4:15 pm; Fri 6:45 am–10:45 am; site shows on‑site environment.

Skills

Self-starter

Team player

Stamina and lifting up to 50 pounds

Food safety awareness

Education

High School Diploma (or GED)

Job description

This role is 1 year with a potential for renewal

The campus is a pet friendly environment

This role is onsite Monday- Friday

Pay is $22.50/hr

St. Louis Pilot Plant Day Porter

Job Summary:

The porter position supports research trials performed in a pet food pilot plant that evaluates innovative and novel formulas, ingredients, and processes. The porter helps keep up the sanitation for food safety requirements as well as make the facility shine for tours. The porter cleans tubs, buckets, floors, mats, pipes, walls, vents, railings, doors, docks, etc. The porter will use a variety of cleaners and sanitizers based on the different hygienic food safety zones. The porter will also use a floor scrubber and remove waste from the pilot plant.

The role requires an individual that is a self-starter and motivated to have a clean and organized workspace with moderate direction from supervisors and technicians. It is important for the individual to work cohesively with our team of 15 technicians.

The schedule requires 9 hours per day on Monday – Thursday, but only 4 hours on Friday. The day starts promptly at 6:45 am and will be finished at 4:15 pm. Fridays start at 6:45 am, but will conclude at 10:45 am.

Requirements

• High School Diploma (or GED). Experience in Food Manufacturing is a plus.
• Ability to walk and stand throughout the day: climbing and descending stairs, bending, kneeling and lifting, and occasionally carrying loads up to 50 pounds.
• Must be a self-starter and motivated to have a clean and organized workspace.
• Must adhere to all facility policies concerning safety, security, and good manufacturing and food safety practices. Nail polish/Acrylic nails, jewelry of any type and fake eyelashes are not allowed in the pilot plant.
• Must adhere to Nestle Purina’s Drug and Alcohol-free workplace policy.

General

• Support the cleaning and sanitation of the pilot plant trials based on the specific work for the day. Attend the Daily Operational Meeting at 7:30 am to understand how the day’s priorities will impact their duties.

Daily

• Direction / Priorities – Actively seek out direction from technicians to support trials, equipment cleaning, tours, and GMP audit findings for the day.
• Trash – Empty trash first thing each day in batching (1N) and mixing (2N). Make several rounds through the plant throughout the day and empty trashcans as needed. Check all trash cans at least once per day (1N, 2N, 4N). Trashcans must always have liners and be wiped down with Alpet wipes when soiled.
• Buckets/Tubs – Clean any buckets, tubs, utensils, etc. from sinks behind extruders (1N), mixer (2N), and FP (2N). Buckets/tubs are to be cleaned with Quorum Pink II HF and hot water, rinsed, sanitized with Quorum Green (pump sprayer) and left upside down to dry.
• Mats – Clean Dycem mats on 1N (south extruder entrance, 1N main hallway, FP packaging entrance). Mats will need to be cleaned at least twice daily (more often with heavy traffic). Dry-San Duo is sprayed on the mat, the mat is scrubbed with yellow squeegee, all soil squeegeed to edge of mat, and liquid wiped up with paper towels.
• General cleaning – Any available time shall be used to wipe surfaces throughout the plant. Examples include ledges, pipes, wall protrusions, vents/grates, etc. If there is dust/food residue and it can safely be cleaned, then it will be cleaned. Much of this cleaning can be accomplished using Alpet wipes.
• Comments –
  • Trash, buckets and tubs take priority.
  • Communicate with all teams and focus on heavy use areas such as behind extruders and 4N areas (when in operation).
  • The plant is a showplace. Help us keep it looking like one.
  • If you don’t have something to do, ask the lead technician or food safety specialist.
• Boot Sanitizer – Wipe down the entire boot sanitizer with a clean, dry towel and the Dry-San Duo spray solution used on Dycem mats.
• Batching Floor Sweeper – Coordinate with batching lead to run the batching floor sweeper multiple times per week.
• Floor Scrubber – Run floor scrubber through main hallways on 1N one or two times per day. Scrubber waste tank is to be drained and washed out after each use. Fill scrubber soap tank with water halfway between the 60L and 80L marks on the fill tube. Add approximately 1 gallon of Lift RT to the soap tank after filling with water.
• Mats – Use RTU Surface Sanitizer (in place of Dry-San Duo) and follow the cleaning procedures listed in ‘Daily’ section.
• Doors – Polish both sides of all stainless-steel doors with a clean, dry towel and Eco Shine. Ensure that door edges, door jams, and all hardware are wiped as well.
• Railing – Wipe down all railings with Alpet wipes.
• Stairs – Polish all stair stringers with a clean, dry towel and Eco Shine.
• Dock – Sweep the dock, parking lot against the dock and dumpster area. Use black tools located next to salvage trailer.
• Training – there will be occasional safety and food safety training that will occur from 10:30 to 11 am on Fridays. The work schedule will be adjusted during those weeks as appropriate.
• Schedule –
  • Work Hours (Mon – Thu)
    • 6:45 am to 4:15 pm;
    • unpaid lunch from 11:45 to 12:15 pm
  • Work Hours (Fri)
    • 6:45 am to 10:45 am;

Daily (continued)

• Direction / Priorities – Actively seek out direction from technicians to support trials, equipment cleaning, tours, and GMP audit findings for the day.
• Trash – Empty trash first thing each day in batching (1N) and mixing (2N). Make several rounds through the plant throughout the day and empty trashcans as needed. Check all trash cans at least once per day (1N, 2N, 4N). Trashcans must always have liners and be wiped down with Alpet wipes when soiled.
• Buckets/Tubs – Clean any buckets, tubs, utensils, etc. from sinks behind extruders (1N), mixer (2N), and FP (2N). Buckets/tubs are to be cleaned with Quorum Pink II HF and hot water, rinsed, sanitized with Quorum Green (pump sprayer) and left upside down to dry.
• Mats – Clean Dycem mats on 1N (south extruder entrance, 1N main hallway, FP packaging entrance). Mats will need to be cleaned at least twice daily (more often with heavy traffic). Dry-San Duo is sprayed on the mat, the mat is scrubbed with yellow squeegee, all soil squeegeed to edge of mat, and liquid wiped up with paper towels.
• General cleaning – Any available time shall be used to wipe surfaces throughout the plant. Examples include ledges, pipes, wall protrusions, vents/grates, etc. If there is dust/food residue and it can safely be cleaned, then it will be cleaned. Much of this cleaning can be accomplished using Alpet wipes.
• Comments –
  • Trash, buckets and tubs take priority.
  • Communicate with all teams and focus on heavy use areas such as behind extruders and 4N areas (when in operation).
  • The plant is a showplace. Help us keep it looking like one.
  • If you don’t have something to do, ask the lead technician or food safety specialist.
• Boot Sanitizer – Wipe down the entire boot sanitizer with a clean, dry towel and the Dry-San Duo spray solution used on Dycem mats.
• Batching Floor Sweeper – Coordinate with batching lead to run the batching floor sweeper multiple times per week.
• Floor Scrubber – Run floor scrubber through main hallways on 1N one or two times per day. Scrubber waste tank is to be drained and washed out after each use. Fill scrubber soap tank with water halfway between the 60L and 80L marks on the fill tube. Add approximately 1 gallon of Lift RT to the soap tank after filling with water.
• Mats – Use RTU Surface Sanitizer (in place of Dry-San Duo) and follow the cleaning procedures listed in ‘Daily’ section.
• Doors – Polish both sides of all stainless-steel doors with a clean, dry towel and Eco Shine. Ensure that door edges, door jams, and all hardware are wiped as well.
• Railing – Wipe down all railings with Alpet wipes.
• Stairs – Polish all stair stringers with a clean, dry towel and Eco Shine.
• Dock – Sweep the dock, parking lot against the dock and dumpster area. Use black tools located next to salvage trailer.
• Training – there will be occasional safety and food safety training that will occur from 10:30 to 11 am on Fridays. The work schedule will be adjusted during those weeks as appropriate.
• Schedule –
  • Work Hours (Mon – Thu)
    • 6:45 am to 4:15 pm;
    • unpaid lunch from 11:45 to 12:15 pm
  • Work Hours (Fri)
    • 6:45 am to 10:45 am;

Pay:$22.50 per hour

The pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to knowledge, skills and abilities as well as geographic location. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at top of range.

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