Sanitor

Responsibilities

• Clean and remove foreign materials and products from, around, and under machines, equipment, conveyors, and from the plant floor, and racking using brushes, cleaning towels, industrial vacuum, and air hoses.
• Hand sweep floor areas inaccessible to cleaning machines and pick up scrap.
• Keep working areas in packaging, processing, warehouse, maintenance, and offices clean and in orderly condition.
• Assist and support department teams to enhance production in work centers.
• Operate an industrial vacuum cleaner through designated areas to clean and collect scrap, dirt, and other refuse.
• Attach the battery charger to the industrial sweeper/scrubber to recharge for the designated length of time.
• Work at various heights to clean overhead fixtures.
• Remove clutter, such as stacks of pallets.
• Clean drains, sinks, eye wash stations, drinking fountains, doors, and fire extinguishers.
• Operate material handling equipment safely and efficiently, to minimize risk to personnel and damage to inventory and equipment.
• Collect trash from work areas and dump it into the compactor.
• Perform preventive sanitation maintenance on production lines and selected machinery/equipment.
• Complete a master sanitation schedule for all areas of the plant.
• Notify management when replacement or repair of cleaning equipment, the physical plant, and outside grounds is needed.
• Read, follow, and document downtime on Sanitor Work Orders.
• Pick up, sort, stack, and band items using a material baler.
• Mix fluids and cleaning solutions according to the formula.
• Clean snow, ice, and debris from the sidewalk.
• Pick up refuse from the plant grounds.
• Perform post-cleaning evaluations of random areas with a member of management.
• Make suggestions for operational procedures and equipment.
• Afford assistance in training new sanitation personnel and cross-training current employees.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Must have good listening skills and possess the ability to verbally communicate to effectively convey information and ideas.
• Must have the ability to read and comprehend work-related reading material.
• Ability to understand and carry out verbal and written instructions.
• Must be able to work as a productive member of a team.
• Must be able to work with persons representing widely divergent backgrounds, interests, and points of view.
• Ability to use basic math operations (add, subtract, multiply, divide) to complete work tasks.
• Must know packaging line operation to position equipment for cleaning.
• Become knowledgeable of lock-out tag-out point locations.