Sanitation Technician

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for building a well-trained team which is passionate about safety, quality, efficiency, and company success
  • Report to work as scheduled every day, and demonstrate GREAT attendance
  • Observe standards for breaks, and lunches based on posted time-clock policy
  • Treat all coworkers with dignity and respect
  • Provide and accept constructive feedback
  • Teamwork - Contributes to building a positive team spirit; puts success of team above own interests; supports everyone's efforts to succeed; maintains a positive attitude; generates ideas and suggestions that improve the team's performance, the efficiency of the process or the quality of the products
  • Observe all expectations for quality, and safety
  • Assist production with breaks and lunches as needed.

• Meet or exceed company expectations for production performance to maximize sales
  • Knowledge of SQF, GMP's, SOP's, and HACCP, and other food process sanitation requirements
  • Report any/all food safety or food quality issues immediately to supervision or QA
  • Perform related duties as assigned by sanitation lead or other leadership
  • Maintain compliance with all company policies and procedures
  • Ensures optimal staffing for the shifts, track attendance, and implement sanitation schedule.
  • Maintains proper inventory levels of cleaning chemicals and equipment.
  • Reports any/all food safety issues for immediate corrective actions.
  • Maintains a positive working relationship with all departments within the manufacturing facility.
  • Covers all electrical panels/outlets before washing
  • Ensures that working lines are protected from overspray and cross contamination
  • Cleans and sanitizes production areas as defined in department specific cleaning form,
  • Removes machine parts (belts, rollers, guards etc) and takes to be cleaned and sanitized - reassembles once cleaned
  • Ensures internal drains are clean and working
  • Maintains plant cleanliness ( i.e., Empties scrap bins into compactor - cleans empty bins - cleans compactor area)
  • Clean out of Place (COP) room - washes all bins, trays, machine parts - ensures that they are sanitized - air dry larger machine parts;
  • Cleans other plant areas per master sanitation schedule;
  • Uses motorized pallet jack, scissor lift, and fork lift to access or move equipment;
  • Depositing and baling cardboard in appropriate baler for recycling.
  • Depositing garbage in appropriate receptacles.
  • Cleaning restrooms and breakroom.
  • Safely working with a variety of chemicals.
  • Notifying management of equipment that is not working properly.
  • Rotates positions to learn the complexities of cleaning each piece of machinery;
  • Performing other duties as assigned by sanitation lead or other management.

• Properly utilize labor resources to improve efficiency, minimize labor expense and reduce waste
  • Rework all product as needed, do not waste product
  • Notify production lead of any waste issues and/or machine malfunctions
  • Clean up line continuously throughout shift
  • Able to work extended hours, available for overtime and weekend work as required.

• Provide outstanding customer service to our partners
  • Implement actions as needed to prevent food safety and food quality issues
  • Coordinate with QA to ensure excellent quality is being produced
  • Ensure customer specifications are being met through evaluation and immediate reaction
  • Monitor and ensure that all GMP's, SOP's, and HACCP are met at all times
  • Ensure Production Floor is SQF ready EVERYDAY

Other Responsibilities and Skills Needed:

• Oral Communication - Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; responds well to questions.
• Bi-lingual preferred but not required
• Teamwork - Contributes to building a positive team spirit; puts success of team above own interests; supports everyone's efforts to succeed; maintains a positive attitude; generates ideas and suggestions that improve the team's performance, the efficiency of the process or the quality of the products
• Ethics - Treats people from own and other cultures with respect; works with honesty and integrity; upholds organizational values
• Dependability - Follows instructions, responds to management direction; commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals; is consistently at work and on time
• Decision-making - Able to handle problems and think through to solutions. Knows when to act independently and when to involve the management team
• Attention to Detail - Makes sure correct materials are being used in your process area; confirm that product is being packed according to customer requirements

Salary : $12