New Jersey Branch, Facility Worker
Wismettac Asian Foods, Inc.
Job Title: Facility Worker
Location: Carlstadt, NJ
Schedule: Monday–Friday, 40 hours per week
Start Time: 6:00 AM
Pay: Starting at $16.60 per hour (plus overtime after 40 hours)
Position Summary
Seeking a dependable Facilities Worker to support the cleanliness, safety, and sanitation of our warehouse and facility. This role is crucial for maintaining a clean and safe work environment and ensuring compliance with food safety and sanitation requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Clean and maintain warehouse aisles and product slots.
- Safely pull product from slots using a pallet jack and clean slots using appropriate cleaning supplies and an electric floor scrubber.
- Assist with inventory checks and product replenishment when necessary during slot cleaning.
- Respond to warehouse spill calls and promptly clean spills, damaged product, broken cases, pallets, and debris.
- Clean warehouse racking and individual product slots as needed.
- Sweep and mop floors in restrooms, break rooms, offices, and other facility areas.
- Clean restroom fixtures and maintain adequate supplies of paper towels, toilet paper, and other necessary items.
- Empty trash throughout the warehouse, office, and facility.
- Maintain cleanliness of outdoor trash and disposal areas.
- Clean and maintain exterior warehouse entrances and surrounding grounds as needed.
- Collect and separate recyclable materials, including plastic, wood, cardboard, and other materials.
- Follow all company sanitation, cleaning, food safety, and safety procedures.
- Properly read and follow labels and instructions for cleaning products and hazardous materials.
- Safely operate assigned custodial and warehouse equipment after appropriate training.
- Maintain a clean, orderly, and safe work environment.
Work Environment
- Primarily performed in a warehouse and facility environment.
- May be required to work in refrigerated cooler and freezer areas, including exposure to cold temperatures.
- Proper safety equipment and personal protective equipment (PPE) are required. Steel-toed boots are required where applicable.
- May be exposed to warehouse equipment, pallets, cleaning chemicals, and other normal warehouse conditions.
- Standard schedule is Monday–Friday, approximately 40 hours per week; however, evening, night, weekend, and overtime hours may be required.
Qualifications
- Previous warehouse or food facility experience is a plus, but training is available for the right candidate.
- Dependable, safety-conscious, and hardworking.
- Takes pride in maintaining a clean and organized workplace.
- Comfortable working independently.
- Responds quickly to sanitation needs.
- Understands the importance of cleanliness in a food distribution environment.
- Authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employer.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Electric floor scrubbers
- Motorized pallet jacks
- Ability to perform frequent standing, walking, bending, reaching, pushing, pulling, and lifting.