Description : Sanitation - Clean Up ($21.15 Per Hour). Company : Foster Farms. Location : Kelso, WA

Company Description

Foster Farms has been serving families since 1939. Since the founding days, Foster Farms has always been committed to providing consumers with the highest-quality, best-tasting poultry products available. Our commitment to excellence, honesty, quality, service, and our valued TEAM Members will shine through in everything we do.

Foster Farms is always looking for talented individuals to join the Foster Farms TEAM. We offer the experience of a large organization, but operate like a family business. More than half of our job openings are filled by internal promotion, and we encourage TEAM Members to gain a variety of experiences across different functional groups.

Job Description

Pay rates between $19.00-23.50 with Attendance Premium of $0.25 and Shift Premiums of $0.50 and $1.00 for hours worked during 2nd and night shifts. Longevity premium of $0.25 after one year of service.

We offer our TEAM Members the following benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision health insurance for themselves and their eligible dependents.
• Voluntary benefits such as Group Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Group Accident Coverage, Group Critical Illness Coverage, Individual Short-Term Disability Insurance, and Whole Life Insurance.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health Care FSA and Dependent Daycare FSA).
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• College tuition reimbursement (100% tuition, 80% books, and 100% parking).
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with a Company-contribution of up to 4%.
• Vacation, sick, holiday, funeral, and jury duty pay.

Essential Job Functions

• Sanitation is responsible for cleaning the facility (inside and out) on a nightly basis. As such adherence to company safety and attendance policies is critical.
• Perform assigned tasks and follow instructions from Supervision and/or Lead personnel including Safe application of chemicals and high pressure hot (140 F) water to clean and sanitize processing equipment.
• Sanitize assigned plant area(s) on time and in accordance with Pre-Operations inspection by Quality Control and USDA standards in assigned area(s), so they are ready for release for Production.
• Keep the non-production areas clean and orderly including breakrooms, bathrooms, smoking areas, parking lot, and all other areas that is deemed necessary by Supervision.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Supervision and/or Lead personnel.
• Make suggestions on how we can improve our process.

Qualifications

• Work safely and set an example of safe working habits. Follow all established Safety rules and practices including Lock-Out/Tag-Out procedures, Chemical applications, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), etc.
• Perform established Sanitation tasks and perform duties in accordance with established Sanitation Departmental standards and USDA standards.
• Ability and willingness to perform repetitive reaching, bending, and scrubbing in order to sanitize assigned area(s).Ability and willingness to lift, push, and pull up to 75 lbs.
• Ability and willingness to climb ladders up to 10 feet using fall protection (harness) if necessary.
• Ability and willingness to use concentrated cleaning solutions to include chlorine bleach.
• Ability to use high water pressure hose.
• Possess Lock-Out/Tag-Out (LO/TO) certification or ability to obtain certification.
• Possess Powered-Industrial Truck (PIT) certification or ability to obtain certification.
• Work the scheduled times and occasional overtime as well maintain good attendance.
• Submit to and pass both a pre-employment drug test and a criminal background check.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Foster Farms is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minorities, Females, Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Foster Farms participates in E-Verify during the hire process at all locations for all new TEAM Members.