Sanitation Associate (Nights)

SpartanNash • San Antonio, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Sanitation Associate unloads products from trucks, breaks down pallets, and supports warehouse operations, including sanitation, selection, and inventory control. Depending on the distribution center assignment, the associate may also fuel, wash, or clean semi-trucks and trailers. The role involves handling a variety of grocery and related products, maintaining a clean and safe work area, and following warehouse safety practices. Work is scheduled from 6:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m., five days per week, with availability required any day of the week. The position is based at 2330 Roosevelt Ave, San Antonio, Texas 78210, and pays $18.00 per hour.

Associates work in warehouse conditions that may include changing temperatures and humidity, including freezer, cooler, and dry areas. The noise level is usually moderate to high. Shifts are 8–10 hours, and the role may require weekends, holidays, and overtime. Travel requirements vary by assignment.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• One year of warehouse experience preferred.
• Prior experience operating power industrial equipment, such as electric pallet jacks and high-extender high lifts, preferred.
• Ability to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation in the specified conditions for 8–10-hour shifts.
• Availability to work weekends, holidays, day and evening hours, and overtime as assigned.
• Ability to understand and communicate in English, including reading and interpreting order forms and selection labels.
• Basic reading, writing, and arithmetic skills.
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced warehouse operation and work well with others.
• Ability to safely operate warehouse equipment, including pallet jacks and other material-handling or industrial equipment.
• Ability to follow company safety policies and practices.
• Ability to work in assigned multi-temperature areas, including freezers, coolers, and dry conditions.
• Ability to report to work regularly and on time as scheduled, take direction from supervisors, organize and prioritize assignments, meet deadlines, and adapt productively to changing work requirements.
• Ability to perform assigned tasks accurately and completely.
• Ability to sit, walk, and stand frequently; handle, grasp, and twist objects, tools, or controls; and use both feet for repetitive movements such as operating foot controls.
• Ability to walk, talk, crouch, kneel, bend, stoop, twist, and reach frequently.
• Ability to lift up to 75 pounds with assistance as needed.

Nice To Haves

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• One year of warehouse experience.
• Prior experience operating power industrial equipment, such as an electric pallet jack, long-tongued electric pallet jack, or high-extender high lift.

Responsibilities

• Unload products from trucks, break down pallets, stack products onto pallets, and organize products for warehouse racks or pick slots.
• Handle cases, boxes, bags, and pallets of grocery and related products in specified quantities.
• Perform assigned sanitation duties, including cleaning the warehouse and emptying garbage.
• Fuel, wash, or clean semi-trucks and trailers when required by the distribution center assignment.
• Assist with checking products for damage and verifying products and quantities against purchase orders and pallet labels.
• Assist with selection orders by retrieving products, assembling and palletizing orders, shrink-wrapping products or pallets, and applying order labels.
• Lift products weighing 30–60 pounds frequently and up to 75 pounds occasionally, maintaining a safe work environment.
• Keep the work area clean and safe by disposing of pallet boards, wood chips, and other trash, and promptly cleaning spills according to safety guidelines.
• Operate power industrial equipment, such as electric pallet jacks, high-lift equipment, and other moving equipment, when needed.
• Ensure equipment is in good working order according to required safety checklists.
• Report damaged products and quality issues, and notify a supervisor about out-of-stock or low-volume products.
• Rotate products, move products to dock areas, and perform other duties as assigned.
• Work safely and accurately, follow directions, and complete assigned tasks and deadlines.
• Work weekends, holidays, and overtime as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED