Overnight Sanitation Tech

About the Role

Perform plant cleaning and sanitation, and sanitation-related inspection/audit procedures (monitoring documentation and environmental sampling) to ensure compliance of the production environment with corporate and regulatory sanitation requirements at a Sysco Specialty Meat Group (SSMG) location. This includes daily cleaning and sanitation to prepare for routine operations or ongoing operations as assigned.

Perform line implementation in accordance with regulatory agency directions including CFIA/FSIS/FDA/State/Local authorities relative to sanitation.

• Daily Cleaning And Sanitizing Tasks Associated With HACCP Program
• Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures
• Pest Control
• Good Manufacturing Practices
• Chemical Control

Responsibilities

• Cleaning and sanitizing meat or seafood company processing area and equipment.
• Mixing and working with caustic chemicals for cleaning and sanitizing, often diluting concentrated chemicals.
• Inspecting the processing area for cleanliness and proper sanitation, including implementing bacterial and organic material testing to determine cleanliness of the processing area and equipment.
• Completing paperwork documenting cleaning and sanitizing of the processing area, subject to federal regulatory review for noncompliance and FSQA program compliance.

Occasional/Marginal Duties

• Provide assistance during plant audits to support other staff members.
• Assist as needed in emergency situations determined by the plant President or GM to be paramount to the business.

Requirements

Education: High school diploma or equivalent preferred.

Experience:

• One to three years of sanitation work in a meat, seafood, or other food manufacturing facility required.
• Three or more years performing cleaning and sanitizing in a federal raw meat or seafood processing plant preferred. Preference given to those with experience in ready-to-eat processing facilities.

Skills

• Ability to read and write in English preferred.
• Must be able to complete paperwork documenting cleaning and sanitizing of the facility.
• Knowledge of processing equipment and its breakdown for cleaning and sanitizing.
• Basic knowledge of industrial cleaning and sanitizing equipment.
• Ability to perform basic arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division).

Physical Demands

Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

• Regularly required to talk or hear.
• Frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
• Often required to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and taste or smell.
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Activities may require lifting products up to 100 pounds, working in a production environment on a moving line, lifting cartons, washing and cleaning equipment and the facility, and visual inspection.
• Corrected vision required for sensory analysis to identify color and clarity.
• Warehouse and plant activities require close and distance vision to judge GMPs; peripheral vision and depth perception mandatory for safety.

Work Environment

Cold and damp meat or seafood processing area.