Utility - 1st Shift

ASR Group • Nashville, TN

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Support safe and efficient plant operations by maintaining a clean work environment; performing sanitation and utility tasks; assisting with packaging and production activities; completing required documentation; and following GMP, food safety, and safety procedures to help ensure safe, quality food production. The role requires flexibility to work various shifts, including Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and overtime as needed. Weekend shifts may be mandated based on business needs.

The Utility employee performs routine cleaning and sanitation, packaging and production support, waste handling, and chemical-station duties. The employee may operate a forklift after certification, support the bagging room during Operator breaks, back up the Operator and Material Handler, and assist maintenance personnel as needed.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED, equivalent experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to understand verbal and written communication.
• Cleaning experience.
• Strong organizational, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Ability to regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Required vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in industrial food processing.
• Previous forklift experience.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily and weekly cleaning activities and complete required documentation.
• Comply with GMP, food safety, and safety policies and procedures.
• Perform product packaging operations according to established standard operating procedures.
• Operate a forklift once certified and complete production-related documentation, including tote production controls and the magnet cleaning procedure.
• Assist with occasional deliveries and shipments.
• Support bagging room operations during Operator break periods.
• Respond to metal detector alerts by verifying the rejected bag is removed from the line before restart.
• Perform starch dumping using the correct starch and ensure bag fragments or knives do not enter the hopper.
• Operate the chemical station and perform chemical concentration and bleach mixing according to established procedures.
• Manage waste according to approved trash disposal methods and site requirements.
• Follow the GMP color-coding system: blue for food-contact tools; green for trash, general cleaning, sifter tailings waste, and sweepings; black for bathrooms and exterior areas; orange for glass cleanup, with tools discarded after use.
• Serve as a backup to the Operator and Material Handler as needed to support production continuity.
• Work overtime as needed.
• Assist maintenance personnel as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

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