JOB TITLE: Utility Worker
LOCATION: Los Angeles, CA
Reports to: Plant Superintendent/ Mill Superintendent
Job Type: Full-time (non-exempt/hourly)
Pay: $23.00 per hour starting wage during probation, pay increase at the end of probation to $28.14
Shift Differential Pay: Available for 2nd and 3rd shift
Schedule: Rotating schedule
- 3rd shift x 4 weeks, 2nd shift x 4 weeks and 1st shift x 4 weeks OR
- 3rd shift x 2 weeks, 2nd shift x 2 weeks and 1st shift x 2 weeks
Shift Hours: 8-12 depending on business needs . 6-7 days a week
ABOUT THE COMPANY
About Grain Craft: Grain Craft is a company that is committed to our team members. We offer generous benefits with a focus on three guiding pillars: Driven With Purpose (We Make Every Day Count), Relationships Are Everything (Meaningful Connections Fuel Our Success), and Right Always Wins (We Never Compromise on Safety, Quality, and Commitment). These pillars are the bedrock of Grain Craft’s high-performance culture. We champion an intensely collaborative and creative environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and continuous learning and development opportunities for professional growth. Our pillars are real and lived out every day in action, and our mission has never changed.
If you are a team player, have an exceptional work ethic, and wish to join other first-class team members at our Los Angeles mill, then we want to hear from you! Please submit your resume for review by one of our recruiting associates. Remember, this is not just a job, but your next career!
Grain Craft offers competitive pay and great benefits, including Health, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account, Short-term Disability, Long-term Disability, Gym membership reimbursement, Bonuses, 401K with up to 6% matching (vested on Day 1!), Employee and Family Assistance Programs, Company Paid Life and AD&D insurance for employees and family, and several Supplemental Benefit offerings.
JOB SUMMARY:
This position is an entry-level job for mill/plant sanitation work in the facility and will train to be operator relief in all departments. This will also include Preventive Maintenance work when scheduled. The primary purpose of this role is to help plant sanitation and compliance with Food Safety and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) standards.
ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES:
- Responsible for assigned floors and weekly master sanitation tasks. Weekly tasks and duties are performed from a Master Sanitation Checklist
- Performing preventative maintenance duties around the mill/plant. Assisting maintenance personnel as needed.
- Routinely observe and make decisions to ensure the preservation of the physical facility, including all equipment, utilities, pumps, compressors, boilers, roofs, etc.
- Conduct routine maintenance on the department equipment as scheduled, and maintain the area in a clean, sanitary condition.
- Responsible for sanitation in designated areas.
- Actively maintaining a safety culture. Always thinking of personal safety and that of your team members. Serve on safety and food safety committees
- Performing different mill projects and other duties as assigned.
- Milling work hours will require all candidates to have flexible schedules for a rotating shift and projected overtime and perform job functions in Grain Craft’s physical mill environment, in accordance with set work schedule
OTHER JOB DUTIES:
- Ability to demonstrate detailed orientation, which includes ensuring documentation is complete.
- Ability to complete routine forms, using existing form letter, and/or conduct routine oral communications
- Ability to operate equipment and ensure it stays in optimal performance specs.
- Ability to climb ladders and work at elevated heights with proper PPE.
- Ability to understand, remember, and apply oral/written instructions.
- Ability to quickly make decisions that may have immediate impact on the work unit and department.
- Ability to communicate with others effectively, and express or exchange ideas in a respectful manner.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Education: High School diploma or General Education Degree (GED).
- Ability to understand and follow safety and operational instructions, which are provided in English.
- Basic computer skills
- Other: This position is contingent upon successfully passing both a background check and drug-screening. *Grain Craft maintains we are a drug-free company on all levels*
PREFERRED SKILLSET:
- Previous manufacturing experience (food manufacturing a plus)
- Basic mechanical skillset, familiar with using hand and power tools
- Familiar with Microsoft Word, Excel
- Basic troubleshooting skills, can make repairs on equipment
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to talk or hear. The team member is frequently required to bend, stoop, stand, walk, push, pull, lift, grasp, exert 50 lbs of force, reach, and kneel. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, the ability to adjust focus, feeling, talking, hearing, seeing, repetitive motions, climbing, crouching, crawling, reaching, sedentary work, and balancing.
LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common written documents. Ability to effectively present information to head miller, management, and other team members.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to apply basic math concepts.
REASONING ABILITY: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret a variety of technical instructions.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
The safety of our team members is our top priority, and therefore Grain Craft is a drug-free workplace.
This position is contingent upon successfully passing both a background check, physical, and drug-screening. Grain Craft maintains that we are a drug free company on all levels.
EEO STATEMENT:
Grain Craft provides equal employment opportunities to all team members and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Grain Craft is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
By applying for this job at Grain Craft, you acknowledge and agree to receiving communications via text, email, and phone.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $23.00 per hour
Application Question(s):
- This is a physical position that supports mill operations and includes lifting, climbing stairs, working in confined spaces and supporting sanitation. Are you able to perform these essential job functions?
- Is your resume up-to-date? Why do you want to leave your current or last employer?
- Work location is in Los Angeles - Vernon area. How far would your commute be from the mill? Is the commuting distance acceptable?
- The starting pay is $23.00/hour, with a $0.50/hour shift differential for 2nd shift and $0.80/hour shift differential for 3rd shift. Does this compensation meet your expectations?
Experience:
- Manufacturing: 1 year (Required)
Shift availability:
- Day Shift (Required)
- Night Shift (Required)
- Overnight Shift (Required)
Work Location: In person
