Building and Groundskeeper

A Typical Day

The Building and Groundskeeper is responsible for maintaining the cleanliness of the buildings and grounds assets of Hilmar Cheese Company.

Job Responsibilities

• Use basic power and landscaping tools, street sweeper, forklift, etc.
• Anticipate and take care of issues that would negatively affect quality audits of the grounds.
• Troubleshoot and make basic repairs to plumbing and sprinkler systems.
• Basic knowledge of HVAC systems, change filters and clean vents.
• Maintain inventory of supplies.
• Support Buildings and Grounds Mechanic.
• Comfortable with direct customer interface across entire HCC organization in a professional and positive manner.
• Ensure all safety procedures are followed according to HCC safety policies.
• Create work orders using SAP.
• Demonstrate a high level of communication, cooperation and teamwork with all levels in Hilmar Cheese Company.
• Active participation and ownership in your training and development program and associated activities, classes and events, which will be held before, during, after shifts and during scheduled days off. 
• Help coach and train teammates and participate in on the job, buddy training.
• Place high priority on food safety and sanitation by understanding and executing HCC’s food safety and sanitation policies and procedures.
• Hold self and others accountable to HCC’s food safety & sanitation guidelines and policies by communicating any food safety incident, observation, or opportunity to your leadership team or teammates. 
• Participate in food safety and sanitation root cause analysis and improvement activities when required. 
• Prioritize safety above all other job duties by having a safety first approach at all times.
• Report any safety issues, observations, opportunities to your teams and follow up. 
• Participate in departmental safety teams.
• Promote Company Culture
• Achieve common business goals through cooperative alignment with all departments.

What You Will Need

• English skills must be proficient to understand, read, write and speak English
• High School diploma or GED from an accredited institution
• Demonstrates proficiency on position specific maintenance skill requirements form 
• Intermediate experience with Microsoft Word and Outlook

What Will Put You Ahead

• Intermediate experience with Microsoft Excel and SAP

Physical Demands & Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee 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 employee will be required to:

• Stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and talk or hear.
• Stand and walk almost the entire workday.
• Employees must be physically capable of working in any of the job tasks within their respective area.
• Required to work at heights and in fairly small areas.
• Pushing, pulling, reaching, bending, stooping, squatting, kneeling, handling and grasping, twisting/turning, repetitive bending.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing 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 employee is frequently exposed to the following: 

• Exposure to dust, fumes, smoke, gases, or other irritating substances.
• Exposure to solvents or chemicals.
• Exposure to slippery walking surfaces: water.
• Exposure to marked changes in temperature and humidity depending on time of year.

Working surface is primarily concrete. Where standing is required, there are rubber mats which are one-half inch thick.