Sanitation

About the role

Michael Foods, Inc. is a leader in the food processing and distribution industry with business in egg products, refrigerated grocery and potato products. Located in LeSueur, Minnesota (the Valley of the Jolly Green Giant) along the Minnesota River, the site offers a historic downtown, variety of housing, great school district, fishing, apple orchard and friendly community.

Responsibilities

POSITION SUMMARY: The Grading sanitation team works under the direction of the Grading manager and Grading supervisor in the proper cleaning of the Sanovo Opti-600 grader, egg packers, washer, and related egg packing equipment and facilities.

• Works in a team environment and complete sanitation assignments in a timely manner.
• Cleans all related egg packing equipment and facilities according to the master sanitation cleaning schedule.
• Operate the CIP system to clean the accumulator.
• Manually clean floors, walls, conveyors, drains, packers, stackers, doors, removes garbage and cleans garbage containers; performs general cleaning in other areas of the plant as directed.
• Disassemble and reassemble equipment for proper cleaning.
• Documents cleaning information in work sheets and sanitation schedule.
• Use of chemicals to clean equipment and related items; titration of chemicals for proper concentration.
• Anticipates needs, organizes duties, troubleshoots, and problem solves.
• Complies with all company Safety and GMP policies.
• Immediately reports and food safety or quality issues to management or other individual authorized to initiate action.
• Maintains regular and consistent attendance in relation to production scheduling.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalency, preferred.
• Food manufacturing or food plant sanitation experience, desirable.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Knowledge of food manufacturing/processing equipment.
• Basic math skills including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, using units of measurement.
• Ability to communicate information and ideas effectively and in a way other team members understand.
• Ability to read and comprehend work related documents and carry out work instructions.
• Ability to work independently as well as on a team.
• Certificates: Lock out Tag out certification (will train and certify internally); Pallet jack or forklift certification (will train and certify internally).

Pay

The pay range for this position is $19.38 to $23.46 per hour.

Schedule

Works from 3:30pm‑11:30pm on a rotating shift every other weekend.