Building Maintenance and Grounds Associate

Kraft Heinz•Massillon, OH

1d•$24 - $26•Onsite

About The Position

The Building Maintenance and Grounds Associate performs work involving the buildings, grounds, and overall condition of the facility, including interior and exterior areas. The role completes minor maintenance and repairs, supports the Maintenance Department, and helps maintain facility equipment and infrastructure. The associate also provides training, qualification, and recertification for Maintenance Department personnel on forklifts and aerial lifts. The position works primarily on day shift but must be available to work outside normal day-shift hours, including afternoons, midnights, overtime, and weekends, as business needs require. Applicants must be willing to work any shift, weekends, and holidays. The role requires following safety and sanitation policies, maintaining an orderly work area, and performing other duties or projects as assigned.

Requirements

High school diploma, or three to six months of experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Basic construction skills and working knowledge of the facility.
Good math skills, including adding, subtracting, and dividing whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, correspondence, and memos; interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals; and follow written, oral, or diagram-based instructions.
Ability to use common-sense judgment and solve problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Ability to operate hand tools safely and troubleshoot or recognize mechanical problems.
Ability to acquire knowledge of chemicals and chemical concentrations for effective sanitation, understand microbiological sanitation for food safety, and perform standard sanitation operating procedures to meet USDA requirements.
Ability to be trained in and comply with lockout/tagout, OSHA confined-space requirements, OSHA S.S.O.P., USDA chemical training, and OSHA requirements.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence and navigate simple computer programs; basic computer skills.
Reliability, good work ethic, quality performance, attention to detail, and ability to maintain good working relationships across departments.
Ability to work independently with little supervision and to multitask in a team-oriented, fast-paced environment.
Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills; detail- and process-oriented; willingness to grow with the organization; and ability to exercise judgment, identify problems, and solve them.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to stand, walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl; use hands and arms to reach, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and lift or move 50 pounds or more.
Ability to work throughout the facility, including hot and cold areas and wet or humid conditions; work near moving mechanical parts, at heights or in confined places, and outdoors in varying weather.
Excellent distant and peripheral vision, ability to distinguish colors, and ability to adjust focus; ear protection is required in the usually high-noise work environment.
Availability to work any shift, including outside normal day-shift hours, afternoons, midnights, overtime, weekends, and holidays, as business needs require.

Responsibilities

Participate in and support the Risk Management Process, including development of the system, operational standards, and corrective actions.
Assist the maintenance crew and plant staff with issues and projects as needed.
Maintain buildings and grounds, including lawn care and monitoring facility conditions indoors and outdoors.
Perform floor patching, floor repairs, grout and tile repairs, replacement, and upkeep.
Complete plant improvement projects and minor maintenance work orders.
Clean, organize, or apply 5S practices in areas as needed; maintain a clean and orderly work area.
Perform painting or direct painting and contract crews as needed.
Assist the Controller or Maintenance Superintendent with asset management.
Order parts and manage schedules to maintain lighting and ceiling tile integrity throughout the plant.
Change light fixtures and perform basic electrical work.
Address preventable quality issues involving the roof, walls, doors, or floors; maintain door seals and man-door integrity.
Operate hand tools and assemble or disassemble plant production equipment; keep logs of equipment items and setups, and assemble pneumatic lines, electrical connections, and piping.
Train and test personnel on forklifts for moving facility equipment and supplies; provide forklift and aerial-lift training, qualification, and recertification for the Maintenance Department.
Support a safe and healthful work environment through the company’s Heinz Safety Process, including hazard recognition and elimination, safety procedures and corrective actions, inspections, job-skills and compliance training, accident investigations, and safety meetings.
Follow safety, sanitation, housekeeping, quality, and applicable regulatory requirements, including USDA requirements.
Perform other duties or projects as assigned.

Benefits

Healthcare coverage for employees and eligible dependents, with plans tailored to employee and family needs.
Medical and prescription drug coverage.
Dental insurance.
Vision insurance.
Paid time off and company holidays.
Leave of absence.
Recognition programs.
Training and learning opportunities.
Employee assistance program and wellbeing programs.
Family support programs.
401(k).
Life insurance.
Accidental death and dismemberment coverage.
Disability coverage.
Wellbeing events, resources, and learning opportunities supporting physical, social, emotional, and financial wellbeing.