Janitor

Position Summary: 

Responsible for providing heavy duty cleaning services within the manufacturing plant and warehouse.

Essential Functions:


* Run floor scrubber and floor buffer as needed. 


* Empty plant floor trash containers and advise maintenance manager when the trash dumpster is full.


* Empty all cardboard containers on the plant floor and take cardboard to the recycling dumpster outside the facility.


* Sweep the plant floor daily removing dust from the plant floor.


* Assists in cleaning up chemical spills as required.

Follows safety guidelines in doing this task.


* Monitor supplies of floor cleaner, trash bags, and floor buffer scrubber pads, and makes maintenance manager aware of when these supplies need to be restocked.


* Reports all spills, leaks, equipment malfunctions, and safety hazards to the production supervisor and/or the maintenance manager.  

Minimum Requirements:


* High School Diploma


* 5 years’ Janitor experience in an Industrial Environment.

Preferred Requirements:


* Forklift Certification 


* Must be capable of wearing Company standard respirators as qualified by a fit test performed by an authorized agency. 

Physical Requirements:


* While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. 


* The employee is frequently required to stand; walk and reach with hands and arms.


*  The employee is occasionally required to sit; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. 


* The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10-25 pounds; frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. 


* Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.


* May have occasional exposure to various manufacturing chemicals.


* This position requires consistent wearing of safety glasses, gloves, long pants, and closed-toe shoes; with additional specific PPE depending on the chemicals or materials handled, which could include respirators, hearing protection, or specialized gloves for hazardous substances.