Food Sanitation Technician

Overview

POSITION SUMMARY: 

Ensure overall sanitation of the Liquid Products Operations department adheres to food safety guidelines.  

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: 

• Adheres to safety, food safety, quality and legal compliance. 

• Perform all work in accordance with environmental, health and safety standards, rules, regulations and practices of the facility. 

• Must be able to pass training/certifications as required for qualifications. 

• Responsible for the overall sanitation of the Liquid Product Operations Department involving dry cleaning, rinsing, sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, etc. 

• Ability to break down LPO processing equipment and re-assemble equipment. 

• Ability to wash, scrub, and clean equipment using chemicals. 

• Ensure equipment is cleaned to pass pre-op inspections and swabs.  

• Observe and analyze equipment performance and report any problems to your supervisor. 

• Document completed work as required by the supervisor. 

• Compliance with all other duties as assigned. 

Qualifications

REQUIRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: 

• High school diploma or GED. 

• Clean In Place (CIP) Food sanitation experience required. 

• Food manufacturing sanitation experience required.   

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• None. 

LANGUAGE SKILLS: 

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. 

• Ability to write simple correspondence. 

• Ability to use effective problem solving skills. 

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: 

• Ability to use mathematical functions including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in accordance with production paperwork. 

• Ability to perform these operations using units of weight measurement, volume, and distance. 

PHYSICAL AND VISUAL ACTIVITIES: 

• Disassemble and re-assemble equipment in congested areas and awkward positions. 

• Hose down machines, conveyors, floors, etc. 

• Climb stairs and ladders. 

• Ability to visually differentiate items of color, up close and in the distance. 

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: 

• Ability to wear personal protective equipment and/or clothing. 

• Stand/walk 8 or more hours per day. 

• Constantly bend, reach, twist/turn, talk/hear and taste/smell. 

• Constantly use eye/hand and eye/hand/foot coordination to use tools and operate machinery. 

• Frequently squat and grip/grasp buckets, hoses and brushes. 

• Frequently handle/finger and fine motor tasks to remove equipment, plastic wrap, tools and operate CIP program. 

• Frequently lift less than 5 lbs from floor to overhead and carry 100 feet. 

• Occasionally kneel/crawl and climb stairs/ladders. 

• Occasionally lift up to 100 lbs from floor to waist. 

• Occasionally carry up to 100 lbs 25 feet. 

• Occasionally carry up to 50 lbs 100 feet. 

• Push carts of chemicals requiring 30 lbs of force 50 feet. 

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and color vision.  

ENVIRONMENTAL/ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS: 

• Constantly work in damp, wet, humid and slippery environments. 

• Constantly work near moving equipment with fumes or airborne debris. 

• Constantly work with toxic or caustic chemicals. 

• Constantly work in extreme heat/cold (55-110 degrees). 

• Constantly work in high noise levels requiring hearing protection.  

• Frequently work in high places. 

MACHINES/TOOLS/EQUIPMENT/SOFTWARE: 

• Bump cap, hair net, safety glasses, hearing protection, and uniform. 

• Nitrile gloves, plastic apron, and plastic sleeves. 

• Cut resistant gloves. 

• Pouch machine, conveyors and clean-in-place (CIP) system. 

• Food safety knife and small hand tools. 

• Water hose. 

• Chemicals. 

• Scour pad, brushes, buckets, mops, etc