Sanitation Associate

Americold; Russellville (AR); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Americold is seeking a Cleaning Specialist to maintain sanitation and cleanliness across a warehouse, dock areas, break rooms, and yards. Under general supervision, you will sanitize facilities, prepare chemicals, handle supplies, and report hazards to the supervisor to uphold quality and safety standards.

Key duties include using cleaning equipment, following safety rules and procedures, and ensuring pest control systems function properly. Overtime evenings or weekends may be required.

Qualifications

• Must be able to relate to others and follow instructions.
• Ability to follow safety rules, manuals, and diagrams.
• Knowledge of cleaning procedures and janitorial techniques.
• Strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Clean and sanitize facility work areas and equipment using cleaning agents and supplies.
• Prepare and handle cleaning chemicals and concentrations.
• Maintain safety by reporting hazards to supervisor.
• Comply with OSHA, FDA, USDA, and SQF standards.
• May perform pest control checks and clean trailer interiors.

Job description

Primary Responsibility

Under general supervision, cleans and sanitizes food handling, packaging, storage, and processing facilities and equipment, to meet quality control, food safety, and bacterial control standards. Ensures sanitation, cleanliness, and order of warehouse, dock areas, buildings, break rooms, bathrooms, yard/ground, parking lots, etc.

Essential Functions

• Use chemical agents, high-pressure hoses, and other sanitizing/cleaning equipment and supplies to clean and sanitize facility work areas and equipment.
• Prepare cleaning chemicals, sanitizers, and chemical concentrations.
• Handle and store chemical agents and cleaning and sanitizing equipment and supplies to meet applicable standards.
• Manage chemical accidents.
• Keep company grounds free of litter, debris, and hazards.
• Observe all safety requirements and report hazards to shift supervisor.
• Comply with applicable standards, such as OSHA, FDA, USDA, and SQF standards.
• May be required to ensure that pest control systems are operating effectively and report any problems to supervisor.
• May be required to wash and/or sweep insides of trailers and/or railcars.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What Experience and Education You Need

• May be required to use cleaning equipment such as steamers, floor scrubbers and carpet cleaners.
• Must be able to relate to other people beyond giving and receiving instructions: they must get along with co-workers without exhibiting behavioral extremes; perform work activities requiring reasoning, negotiating, instructing, persuading, or speaking with others; and respond appropriately to criticism from a supervisor.
• Ability to follow written or verbal instructions.
• Ability to understand and follow all safety rules, procedure manuals, and diagrams.
• Knowledge of cleaning procedures and janitorial techniques.
• Strong communication skills.
• Knowledge of safe use of cleaning chemicals.
• Knowledge of cleaning equipment.

What Could Set You Apart

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred, or at least one-year related work experience. (preferred).
• Ability to solve routine problems.
• Ability to work independently.
• May work overtime, evenings, or weekends in order to complete work or to attend meetings, as directed and authorized by management.

Physical Requirements

• While performing the essential functions of this job, the associate is frequently required to use hands to handle objects; talk or hear; stand; walk; and reach with hands and arms.
• The associate is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; and taste or smell.
• The associate is frequently exposed to extreme cold.
• The noise level in the warehouse is usually moderate.

Americold is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE/AA M/F/D/V.