Sanitation Worker

Role overview

Sobeys is hiring sanitation workers for its new British Columbia Central Kitchen in Delta. This full-time onsite role is focused on keeping the facility clean, sanitary, and ready for production while helping maintain a safe and efficient workplace.

Location: 7560 Beedie Way, Unit 115, Delta, BC V4G 1C2 / 5282 BC Central Kitchen, Delta, British Columbia, Canada.

Pay: $20.00 per hour.

Travel: 0–10%.

Important access note: The site is not reachable by public transit, so dependable personal transportation is required.

Responsibilities

You will handle routine and scheduled sanitation tasks across the site, including daily, weekly, and monthly work listed in sanitation reports. The position also involves cleaning production equipment, machinery, utensils, floors, walls, drains, and other facility areas; taking equipment apart and putting it back together for deep cleaning when needed; completing records accurately; checking work areas and equipment for readiness; following food safety and sanitation standards; using PPE; supporting waste handling and recycling; and carrying out other assigned tasks such as removing garbage, organic waste, cardboard, and organizing empty chemical containers.

Required qualifications

The ideal candidate should have basic reading, writing, and math skills, usually gained through high school or an equivalent level of education. You must be able to lift 10–15 kilograms, work with cleaning chemicals and high-pressure hoses, read and understand English, and adapt to multiple tasks. Manual dexterity, mechanical aptitude, and problem-solving ability are important. Prior WHMIS knowledge is considered an advantage.

Work environment and conditions

This role involves wet, cold, and humid conditions ranging from 1–4°C, exposure to loud noise, and working around hot water that can create slippery or foggy surfaces. The work is physically demanding and may involve lifting, pushing, pulling, bending, standing for long periods, kneeling, and climbing ladders for cleaning.

Tools and equipment

You will need steel toe/heel rubber boots in good condition with proper tread, a hairnet, clean smock, hearing protection, rubber gloves, arm sleeves, safety hat when required, safety goggles or glasses, and rain gear for top and bottom. The role also uses high-pressure hoses and industrial cleaning chemicals.

Benefits

Sobeys offers a total rewards package that may vary by role and is designed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being. Benefits include health and dental coverage, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, access to virtual health care, an employee and family assistance program, a retirement and savings plan, a 10% in-store discount at participating banners, other discount programs, learning and development resources, and paid vacation after meeting the required hours or days worked.

Additional information

This opportunity is part of Sobeys British Columbia Central Kitchen, a new opening team in Delta. The company is committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities during the hiring process and will support accommodation requests at any stage. Successful candidates must also provide documents proving their legal right to work in the position before starting.

Company overview

Sobeys is a Canadian employer with a large national presence and a focus on delivering excellent shopping experiences and quality food. The organization describes itself as a family-oriented company that values its employees, communities, and customers.