Sanitation Worker

Company Overview

Post Consumer Brands, headquartered in Lakeville, Minnesota, is a division of Post Holdings, Inc. committed to offering diverse and affordable food options for people and their pets. The brand portfolio features favorites such as Honey Bunches of Oats™, PEBBLES™, Grape-Nuts™, Malt-O-Meal™ cereals, Peter Pan™ peanut butter, and pet food brands like Rachael Ray® Nutrish™, Kibbles 'n Bits™, and 9Lives™. The company also provides private label solutions across cereals, pet food, nut butters, and granola categories. Guided by core values and focus on quality, Post aims to enhance lives by making tasty food products broadly accessible.

Location and Facility

The facility located in Troy, Alabama specializes in peanut butter production with an annual output around 78 million pounds. It employs over 130 manufacturing and support personnel. Troy is a vibrant community in southeastern Alabama, home to Troy University, which enriches the region with cultural activities and community involvement. The city offers a friendly small-town environment, affordable living, and recreational opportunities, making it an appealing location to reside and work.

Role Overview

The Sanitation Worker plays a critical role in maintaining food safety by thoroughly cleaning food processing equipment and facility areas. This physically demanding position helps ensure production of safe, high-quality food products compliant with established safety standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute sanitation duties following assigned schedules, manuals, and best practices, including deep cleaning of production lines during downtime.
• Adhere to all safety protocols related to working on or near production machinery, including lockout/tagout and fall protection procedures.
• Identify and promptly report any signs of pest infestations or product contamination risks.
• Raise sanitation concerns to supervisors to maintain adherence to cleanliness standards.
• Provide assistance to teammates with sanitation tasks on various machines as needed.
• Complete sanitation-related documentation accurately and on time.
• Maintain quality standards within assigned work areas.
• Support implementation and continuous improvement of Safe Quality Food (SQF) systems and food safety policies.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Willingness and availability to work 12-hour shifts on weekends, holidays, and overtime when required.
• Preferred high school diploma or GED equivalent.
• Experience in manufacturing environments, with food manufacturing exposure considered strongly advantageous.
• Ability to operate equipment such as boom lifts, forklifts, and scissor lifts.

Physical Demands

• Capability to balance, bend, crouch, kneel, and stoop for over 4 hours per shift.
• Ability to stand or walk for up to 12 hours per shift.
• Reach overhead for more than 4 hours per shift.
• Work from ladders for 1+ hour during a shift.
• Tolerate dusty, hot, or humid environments for at least 8 hours per shift.
• Push, pull, and feel objects for 4+ hours per shift.
• Lift up to 50 pounds repeatedly for over 4 hours per shift.
• Communicate effectively through spoken or written language.
• Visually distinguish objects or equipment clearly.