Utility - Days

About The Opportunity

Come join our Old Fort, OH facility where we manufacture products such as A&H Baking Soda, A&H Cat Litter, and A&H Unit Dose Detergent!

Role Summary

Responsible for performing various housekeeping and ancillary functions for the plant.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Performs housekeeping or janitorial duties to include sweeping, shoveling, and cleaning of departments and RBC floors of baking soda or other residue including loading docks and pertinent outside areas.
• Performs cleaning & scraping of trays in the dryer units during the bi-weekly column wash. Involves confined space entry and working at heights with fall protection.
• Sets up the plant cafeteria for plant manager's meetings, training sessions, and other plant activities.
• Assembles Cat Litter Display pallets as dictated by Customer Orders.
• Re-stack and/or re-palletize up to 50lb. units as necessary to meet customer requirements.
• Transporting (Lifting & Carrying) bagged raw materials for use in Bi-Carb operations.
• Grounds keeping duties to include but not limited to mowing, trimming, snow removal and interior / exterior painting.
• Sort pallets by lifting and removing unusable pallets.
• Trains for other department's positions to become qualified to fill-in for short and long-term absences.
• Performs numerous non-routine duties as assigned.
• Work any shift during the week as well as weekends.
• Operate forklift in a safe and timely manner.

Education, Training, And Experience Requirements

• Minimum of a High School Diploma / GED is required.
• Six months forklift experience preferred.
• Manufacturing/Industrial experience required.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Use safe operating procedures and judgment.
• Follow all facility rules to maintain quality and integrity of both raw materials and finished products.
• Lift 50 pounds consistently.
• Familiar with the plant food safety program and basic HACCP principles.
• As part of the essential functions of this position, the employee must comply with the Motor Vehicle Use Policy of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates ("C&D" or the "Company"), which includes maintaining a valid driver's license, consenting to regular Motor Vehicle Records (MVR) reviews, and reporting traffic violations and accidents.

Physical Requirements

Typical Work Conditions & Exposure: Moving machinery, chemical fumes, hot surface/tools, heat/cold, concrete surface, slippery surface, repetitive motion, chemicals, noise, dust particulates, fork truck batteries.

Equipment Used: Step stool/ladder, forklift/jack, power hand tools, computer, power machinery, box cutter, respirator, hearing protection, steel toe shoes, gloves.

Major Physical Tasks:

• Lifting 50lb Bags of Baking Soda – Once a week
• Stair traversal – Up to 7 flights at once in the tower
• Cleaning – Mopping, sweeping, cleaning surfaces
• Shoveling snow and salting roadways – Only when necessary
• Cleaning the dryer – Scraping, chiseling, lifting chunks of hardened baking soda
• Dump crane operation – Operating the crane present at garbage disposal site
• Transporting barrels with hand truck – Pushing wheeled hand truck

Activity Frequencies:

• Lift/Carry: 10 lbs. or less (Occasionally), 11–20 lbs. (Occasionally), 21–35 lbs. (Occasionally), 36–50 lbs. (Occasionally), 51–75 lbs. (Never), 76 lbs. or greater (Never)
• Push/Pull: 12 lbs. or less (Occasionally), 13–25 lbs. (Occasionally), 26–40 lbs. (Occasionally), 41–100 lbs. (Never), 100 lbs. or greater (Never)
• Movement: Bending (Occasionally), Twisting/Turning (Occasionally), Climbing (Occasionally), Crawling (Never), Crouching (Occasionally), Kneeling (Never), Reach Above Shoulder (Occasionally), Reach Outward (Occasionally), Walking (Continuously, 7–8 hours), Sitting (Occasionally, 1 hour), Standing (Frequently, 2 hours)
• Use of foot pedals (Fork truck) – Occasionally
• Type/Keyboarding – Never
• Every employee is expected to be able to assist and lift up to 50lbs – Occasionally

Pay

The hourly wage / salary range for this position is $22.80.