Sanitation Technician

This position is responsible for maintaining a clean and safe working environment in the warehouse and facility. The Sanitation Technician will perform various tasks to ensure compliance with company standards and regulations.

• Perform all custodial duties throughout the facility, including dusting, sweeping, washing, wiping, scrubbing, shoveling, and mopping.
• Maintain sanitary conditions in the facility, including collection and disposal of all warehouse and facility trash or debris daily.
• Clean cooler and cooler floor, sweeps and mops coolers, dry warehouse, all aisles, and the equipment mezzanine, including slot cleaning.
• Scrub floors in aisle areas of the dry warehouse, cooler areas, and docks.
• Preserve floor care using power equipment in assigned areas.
• Maintain parking lots and front sidewalks on a regular basis to maintain appearance.
• Remove trash or other property damaging elements, such as nails and glass.
• Complete daily sanitation log to provide documentation for the planning and evaluation of sanitation activities.
• Perform tasks supporting the stretch wrap and cardboard recycling program, including transportation of materials to the balers, bailing, and tying of the materials, and placing tied bales onto pallets for shipment.
• Dust and vacuum warehouse racks.
• Remove any cobwebs from the warehouse area on an ongoing basis to maintain sanitary conditions.
• Clean any/all restrooms when needed to maintain sanitary conditions, including the cleaning of urinals, toilets, sinks, counters and countertops, mirrors, sweeping and mopping of floors, and restocking paper dispensers.
• Work effectively with immediate supervisor to minimize warehouse shrink (product loss).
• Responsible for the neatness and cleanliness of assigned work areas and travel aisles.
• Maintain the accuracy of warehouse product locations when performing slot cleaning.
• Report to the supervisor immediately any unfixable/unsafe issues.
• Observe and enforce all safety rules to reduce accidents and injuries.
• Operate appropriate material handling equipment, such as forklifts and pallet jacks, in a safe and orderly manner to reduce accidents and injuries.
• Ensure that material handling equipment is maintained (inspected daily) and clean, report repair or service needs to supervisor to reduce equipment damage.

• High school diploma or General Education Diploma (GED) preferred, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 1-year warehouse related experience and/or training.
• Must be 18 years of age.
• Must work independently with minimal supervision and have strong attention to details.
• Language Skills: Must have the ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Read and write simple correspondence. Speak effectively with co-workers and in small group settings.
• Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Reasoning Ability: Requires the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form, and the ability to deal with standardized situations with occasional variables.

This is a full-time position. The incumbent must have the ability to work a varying schedule which might include shift work (days or nights), weekdays or weekends, and some holidays. Work hours may vary, or change based on departmental requirements. The job is primarily performed in a warehouse environment. Regularly exposed to fast-moving material handling equipment or other mechanical equipment. Frequently exposed to freezer/cooler warehouse environments. Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, high, precarious places, vehicle emissions, toxic or caustic chemicals, outside weather conditions, and high voltage electrical equipment and vibration. The noise level in the work environment usually is loud.