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Evening Sanitation Worker at Wegmans Food Markets

Wegmans Food Markets No longer available $20/year

Job Description

Schedule: Full time
Availability: Applying To This Requisition Allows You To Be Considered For Multiple Opportunities. Please Provide As Much Availability That Works With Your Schedule.
Age Requirement: Must be 18 years or older
Location: Ashland, VA
Address: 9300 Sliding Hill Road
Pay: $20.50 / hour
Job Posting: 02/18/2026
Job Posting End: 03/17/2026
Job ID:R

As a Facilities Sanitation Specialist you keep the entire operation running smoothly. Working alongside the Operations Teams and coordinating activities of team members, this role provides incredible service to each department and ensures tasks are prioritized and completed efficiently by quickly and efficiently responding to calls regarding spills, breaks, or other accidents, as well as maintaining the general upkeep and safety of the facility.

What will I do?

  • Assist in coordinating the activities of team members, ensure tasks are prioritized, completed efficiently, and running smoothly, educate team members on processes and procedures
  • Keep the facility in pristine condition, and answer questions and communicate potential dangers to management
  • Promptly respond to all maintenance calls by attending to spills, breaks or other accidents as well as various maintenance tasks including changing light bulbs, unclogging drains, etc.
  • Complete all assigned tasks which include keeping warehouse floor clear of all wood, plastic, cardboard, and other debris, clean and restock restrooms, sweep floors, empty trash receptacles, clean windows, as well as other jobs
  • Safely operate ride on and walk behind floor scrubbers, perform basic preventative maintenance of cleaning equipment
  • Operate cardboard and plastic baler and compactors, load pallets and recyclables onto trailers
  • Keep an organized, well-stocked and simplified supply room and maintenance stations, ensure supplies are available to quickly answer maintenance calls
  • Ensure team properly uses equipment and handles products, keep accurate logs, follow sanitation practices in accordance with food and human safety guidelines, Simplification 5S procedures, comply with Wegmans policies, federal and state laws

Required Qualifications

  • 1 or more years of experience of customer service experience

Preferred Qualifications

  • Custodial/janitorial experience
  • Experience using forklift and pallet-jacks

At Wegmans, we've always believed we can achieve our goals only if we first fulfill the needs of our people. Putting our people first and offering competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits and a wide range of meaningful perks is just the beginning of what defines a rewarding career at Wegmans.

Comprehensive benefits

  1. Paid time off (PTO) to help you balance your personal and work life
  2. Higher premium pay rates for working overtime, on Sundays, or on a recognized holiday
  3. Health care benefits that provide a high level of coverage at a low cost to you
  4. Retirement plan with a 401(k) match
  5. A generous scholarship program to help employees meet their educational goals
  6. LiveWell Employee & Family program to support your emotional, work-life and financial wellness

Our employees have put us high on Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list every year since it was first produced in 1998. Discover what it means to work for a mission-driven, values-based company where YOU make the difference.

Certain eligibility requirements must be satisfied, and offerings may differ based upon area or the company and/or position.

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At Wegmans, we've always believed we can achieve our goals only if we first fulfill the needs of our people. Putting our people first and offering competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits and a wide range of meaningful perks is just the beginning of what defines a rewarding career at Wegmans.

Comprehensive benefits
  1. Paid time off (PTO) to help you balance your personal and work life
  2. Higher premium pay rates for working overtime, on Sundays, or on a recognized holiday
  3. Health care benefits that provide a high level of coverage at a low cost to you
  4. Retirement plan with a 401(k) match
  5. A generous scholarship program to help employees meet their educational goals
  6. LiveWell Employee & Family program to support your emotional, work-life and financial wellness

Our employees have put us high on Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list every year since it was first produced in 1998. Discover what it means to work for a mission-driven, values-based company where YOU make the difference.

Certain eligibility requirements must be satisfied, and offerings may differ based upon area or the company and/or position.

$42k is competitive for Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners nationally

National salary averages
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Hiring leverage
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Mobility
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Durability
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Why this market feels harder than it looks

This market is hiring aggressively, but compensation hasn't caught up and most openings are backfilling churn, not expansion. Employers are filling roles, but not bidding wages up.

Who this leverage applies to

Stronger for: Senior candidates with options
Weaker for: Entry-level candidates, Career switchers

Where to negotiate

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Title / level
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Scope & responsibility
Start date / PTO

Likely Possible Unlikely

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Wage disconnect: Hiring is active but pay hasn't responded—negotiate on other terms.

Don't let hiring headlines mislead you—focus on concrete offers.

Does this path compound?

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Specialize
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Pay Upside →
Stable but flat

Steady work, but limited growth in both jobs and pay.

+2%
10yr growth
Most openings come from retirements and turnover, not new positions.
351,300 openings projected annually—mostly replacing retirees and turnover.
Typical: No formal educational credential

Openings come from turnover, not new growth. Differentiate to advance.

Labor data: BLS 2024