Sanitation Associate

SpartanNash • Omaha, NE

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Sanitation Associate unloads products from trucks, breaks down pallets, and assists with sanitation and other warehouse duties as assigned. Depending on the distribution center, the role may also involve fueling, washing, or cleaning semi-trucks and trailers. The associate handles a range of grocery and related products and may help receive, inspect, select, organize, and prepare products for customer orders.

The position works in a warehouse, potentially across freezer, cooler, and dry areas, and involves physical tasks such as lifting, carrying, walking, bending, and operating material-handling equipment. The schedule is 2nd shift, 1:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., with availability required any day of the week and two days off per week. Weekend, holiday, and overtime work may be assigned. The stated pay is $18.50.

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-lift equipment, preferred.
• Ability to perform essential job functions, with or without reasonable accommodation, during assigned 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 under supervisor direction.
• Ability to safely operate pallet jacks and other material-handling or industrial equipment and follow company safety practices.
• Ability to work in assigned multi-temperature areas, including freezers, coolers, and dry conditions.
• Regular and punctual attendance as scheduled.
• Ability to organize and prioritize assignments, meet deadlines, complete tasks accurately, and adapt to changes in work requirements.
• Ability to lift products weighing 30–60 pounds frequently and up to 75 pounds occasionally; lift up to 75 pounds with assistance as needed.
• Ability to frequently sit, walk, stand, handle, grasp, twist, use foot controls, crouch, kneel, bend, stoop, and reach with hands and arms.

Nice To Haves

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• One year of warehouse experience.
• Prior experience operating power industrial equipment, including electric pallet jacks and high-lift equipment.

Responsibilities

• Unload products from trucks, break down pallets, stack products, and organize them for warehouse racks or pick slots.
• Handle cases, boxes, bags, and pallets of grocery and related products in the quantities specified on order forms.
• Assist with sanitation duties, including cleaning the warehouse and emptying garbage.
• Fuel, wash, or clean semi-trucks and trailers when required by the assigned distribution center.
• Assist with checking products for damage and verifying products and quantities against purchase orders and pallet labels.
• Assist with selecting products, assembling and palletizing orders, shrink-wrapping products or pallets, and applying order labels.
• Maintain a clean and safe work environment by disposing of pallet boards, wood chips, and trash and cleaning spills promptly according to safety guidelines.
• Operate power industrial equipment such as electric pallet jacks, high-lift equipment, and walkers when assigned, and check equipment according to safety requirements.
• Report damaged products and quality issues and notify a supervisor of out-of-stock or low-volume products.
• Rotate products, move products to dock areas, and perform other assigned duties.

What This Job Offers

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