Job Description
Description
- Demonstrates safe basic operation of dry powder filling and packaging equipment
- Cleans and treats equipment, grounds, and buildings
- Handles chemicals and uses proper personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Washes, treats, and sanitizes processing conveyors and food processing lines in accordance with cGMP (current Good Manufacturing Practices) guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- Supports preventative maintenance (PM) activities and rebuild efforts through detailing and reconditioning of equipment upon reassembly.
- Participate in the evaluation and equipment inspections ensuring they meet food safety standards
- Supports QA by cleaning, inspecting, sanitation, and swab inspections of equipment
- Communicate and act professionally with all team members and visitors
- Participates in housekeeping principles based on quality, and GMP guidelines
- Supports overall departmental goals and objectives; applies them to individual work performance
- Actively participates in and supports a safe work environment, timely reports hazards
- Actively participates and supports a food safety culture
- Participates in completion of data sheets in Red Zone including but not limited to sanitation quality and monitoring
- Make recommendations for continuous improvement of current food safety/QC systems
- Assists with custodial cleaning as needed
- Maintains satisfactory attendance to include timelines
- Perform other duties as assigned
- High school diploma or state-issued equivalency certificate
- Required to demonstrate consistent sanitary practices following training provided
- Required to complete Blood Borne Pathogen Training
- Required to complete Hazardous Material Identification and Proper Disposal
- Basic working knowledge of Food Safety, Safety, Quality, Sanitation and Production Systems
- Ability to follow complex work instructions
- Ability to work rotating shifts with advance notice
- Required to lift and move a maximum of Fifty (50) pounds or less
- Required to work at heights of twenty-five (25) feet or less
- Required to stand and walk for up to 90% of the shift
- Regularly push, pull, reach, bend, stoop, kneel, climb, handle/grasp items and twist/turn
- Previous sanitation experience is preferred
- Work with diluted chemicals such as sanitizing agents and cleaners
- Noise level is loud, therefore always requires hearing protection
- Exposure to dust and fumes