Sanitation Worker
About the role
As a part of our manufacturing group, you will be responsible for production, warehouse and facility sanitation leadership, supporting production packaging and processing operations, product safety and regulatory compliance.
Shift Hours
- 1st shift: 6:45 am to 3 pm
- 2nd shift: 2:45 pm to 11 pm
- 3rd shift: 10:45 pm to 7 am
Hiring shift will be dependent upon business need
- Ability and willingness to work overtime, any shift, including days, nights, weekends, and holidays
- Plant operation is 24 hours a day, 7 days per week
- $20.01 per hour
- Shift differential: Additional $1.00 per hour for 2nd Shift
- Additional $2.00 per hour for 3rd Shift
- Overtime pay and overtime work opportunities
- 120 hours of vacation annually and 11 paid company holidays
- 48 hours paid sick and emergency time
- Great paid time off benefits
- 401(k) - includes company match, annual company contribution and more
- Health Insurance that includes medical, dental, vision and life
- AND much more!
- Creating high quality foods that are eaten EVERYDAY, NATIONWIDE
- Using TECHNOLOGY in an industry-leading facility
- Working with HIGH-LEVEL operators on EXPERIENCED teams that are looking to pass down their knowledge to workers
- Willing to LEARN and get paid doing it
- CHALLENGING yourself to get the JOB DONE RIGHT and gain skills to take with you to your next opportunity
- Responsible for Master Sanitation Schedule (MSS) and managing sanitation activities
- Understanding and following required programs, audits, fumigations, and documentation
- Responsible for proactive pest control inspections/documentation as a back up to Sanitation Lead
- Safe operation and maintenance of sanitation equipment, such as floor scrubber, COP tank, chemical foamer and industrial vacuum system
- Cleaning and sanitation of the production lines, production and warehouse facility
- Timely and accurate completion of required inspections/documentation
- Participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives to increase platform performance
- Aid in training new employees
- Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs
- Must be able to perform physical tasks for extended periods of time including standing, walking, climbing, bending, pushing, pulling and twisting over surfaces
- Ability to climb and/or work at heights while utilizing stairs, ladders, personnel lifts, or platforms
- Ability to wear protective clothing and equipment such as safety shoes, face masks, safety glasses, hearing protection, a hard hat, a hair/beard net and gloves when required
- Willing and able to adhere to all grooming requirements necessary for a food manufacturing environment
- Ability to work in hot, cold, noisy, dusty, wet environmental working conditions
- Willing to work around industrial high-speed moving machinery
- Ability to work with allergens that might be present in a food environment
Pay
Benefits
About our Location
Our Geneva General Mills facility is located on the western side of the Chicago, Illinois suburbs in Kane County. Geneva is our most recent North America plant network expansion, joining the GMI network in 2024 as they make Betty Crocker desserts and our iconic Gushers and Fruit snacks. Driven by being humble, hungry, and smart, the team is already making an impact and #StandingforGood in their local Chicago suburb community.
What Your Day Will Look Like
Physical Requirements
Company Overview
We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one another and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.