Warehouse Sanitation

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Sweep floor areas with broom by hand and pick up any broken boards, plastic, tape or any other trash.
• Mop floor with water and or various cleaning solutions to maintain floor and to clean up any liquid spills that may have occurred.
• Pick up by hand any damaged cases by hand and transport them to the damage/recoup area and/or pick up cases off floor and place them in their respective location.
• Empty trash bin locations by hand and transporting bags to dumpster.
• Empty plastic recyclable bins and transport plastic to recyclable area.
• Use gas operated blower unit to blow out dust and trash from various locations within the warehouse.
• Use gas operated pressure washer unit to clean floors and other areas as assigned.
• May have duties outside of the warehouse facility to sweep or clean outside dock areas from trash and/or empty trash containers by hand.
• Work as a member of the AWG team so the total job responsibilities are met.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
• The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
• A reasonable accommodation will be considered according to the ADA if it would not impose an undue hardship on the operations of the business without significant difficulty or expense.
• The accommodation would permit a qualified employee the ability to perform all essential functions of the job within the safety and company guidelines of the position.

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS and/or EXPERIENCE

• A high school diploma preferred; prior warehouse experience plus warehouse mobile equipment operating experience preferred.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Ability to read and speak fluent English.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating instructions, procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence relating to position.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

• Ability to calculate figures and apply concepts of basic math and algebra.

REASONING ABILITY

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
• The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; and smell.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Must have the ability to operate safely warehouse mobile equipment.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions providing a hardship is not required of the company or membership.
• Indoors, with adequate cooling, heating, and adequate lighting.
• Outdoors as needed.
• Working in warehouse environment with moderate noise due to industrial mobile equipment operation and varied temperatures based on assigned work area.
• Temperatures will vary based on outside temperatures for the non-air-conditioned section and cool temperatures ranging from -15 to the upper 40's for the perishable sections.