Title: Sanitation Lead
Location: Richland, WA
About Lamb Weston
We love making fries almost as much as you like eating them! Since the 1950's, Lamb Weston has inspired customers with food they love, trust, and share with families and friends. As a leading global manufacturer of quality frozen potato products with over 10,000+ team members around the world, it's our business to see the possibilities in potatoes and people.
We are looking for team members with an appetite for a challenge! People who are hungry to join a winning team and help us make a difference in the world. When you join Lamb Weston, you join a community with a strong support network and training programs designed to nurture, inspire, and help you grow.
We are driven by a relentless pursuit of results and by people who think creatively and embrace our values of: Integrity, Teamwork, Inclusion, Drive for Results, and Empowerment. Exactly what you'd expect from the most inventive potato company in the world!
Join Lamb Weston! We bring the world together with our fries.
Job Description Summary
SWING SHIFT
This position is responsible for the direct operations associated with cleaning and sanitation throughout the plant. This position requires being actively engaged in safety, participating in safety programs, engaged in safety activities, requires performing risk assessments and demonstrating ownership as well as leadership in personal safety and the safety of other Team Members.
Job Description
Individuals in this position must:
- Follow all plant safety policies and procedures. Be actively involved in safety, participate in safety programs, engaged in safety activities, perform risk assessments and demonstrate ownership as well as leadership in personal safety and the safety of other team members.
- Train sanitation personnel in cleaning procedures and techniques.
- Have the required knowledge of cleaning chemicals, their use, safety precautions, proper cleaning techniques, methods, and procedures.
- Prepare the cleaning chemicals and oversee the foaming process in preparation for scrubbing.
- Oversee the general cleaning of floors, walls, equipment and tools.
- Issue all cleaning equipment including wet suits, safety glasses, face shields, buckets, brushes, scrapers, or other items as required.
- Inspect areas in the plant to evaluate the cleaning and sanitizing to insure the plant is cleaned in accordance with State, Federal, and Company standards.
- Communicate effectively with other team members, supervisors, team leads, and maintenance personnel on sanitation issues.
- Ensure all equipment is properly tagged and locked out before cleaning.
- Must be lock-out/tag-out qualified.
- Must be able to keep a professional attitude in stressful situations.
- Must actively practice and abide by all company Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and general hygiene regulations as outlined in the employee handbook.
- Be knowledgeable of the potential hazards associated with the task being done.
- Be knowledgeable of proper body mechanics and safe lifting techniques.
- Perform other duties as assigned by supervisory personnel.
Basic & Preferred QualificationsQualifications & Experience The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for this job. To successfully perform this job an individual must:
- Must be sanitation qualified.
- Forklift qualification is required. If you are not qualified, you must be willing and able to be trained.
- Lock-out/Tag-out qualification is required. If you are not qualified, you will be trained.
- Confined Space qualification is required. If you are not qualified, you will be trained.
- Practice proper body mechanics and safe lifting techniques
- Be knowledgeable of the potential hazards and safety procedures associated with the task being performed
- Actively practice and abide by all Company work, safety, and personal hygiene rules and regulations as outlined in the employee handbook
- Understand and follow lock out/tag out procedures
- Possess a working knowledge of how the equipment works
- Must be able to balance teamwork and individual responsibilities
Education High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred.
Language Skills Effectively communicate in English verbally and in writing. Ability to understand instructions and follow directions in English.
Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the functions of this job. The employee:
- Will regularly work near moving mechanical parts.
- Will frequently be exposed to humid conditions as well as moderate heat.
- May be occasionally work around fumes or airborne particles, chemicals, and vibration.
- The noise level in the work environment can exceed 85 dB.
- Will work around forklift traffic.
Industry-Competitive BenefitsCoupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:
- Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision
- Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
- Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program
- Paid Time Off
- Financial Wellness - Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance
- Family-Friendly Employee events
- Employee Assistance Program services - mental health and other concierge type services
Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.
Job Requisition ID: Req-255371
Time Type: Full time
Anticipated Close Date: 08/23/2024
In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range based on various factors, including, but not limited to a candidate's work location, job duties, experience and expertise. A reasonable hourly estimate of the range for this role based on the variables previously mentioned is: $26.40
Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law
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