Sanitation - Afternoons

Pilgrim's•Arcadia, WI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Pilgrim’s is a global provider of high-quality food products with a history spanning over seven decades. The Arcadia, WI location employs approximately 500 team members and works with 150 local growers. This role is a career path to higher supervisory positions within the company. The Back-Up Sanitation Lead provides first-level supervision, exercising independent judgment to achieve department goals in safety, quality, and efficiency. This position is responsible for ensuring the entire plant is thoroughly cleaned on time and approved by USDA for production operations. The position requires the ability to perform all roles within the department.

Requirements

Ability to perform all positions within the department.
Working knowledge of sanitation operations.
Ability to read and write English for record keeping purposes.
Working knowledge of supervisory management practices and principles.
Ability to follow both written and verbal direction.
Ability to communicate effectively with others in a manner that maintains harmony with co-workers.
Skill in making department decisions.
Completes Lockout/Tagout training and is aware of requirements for Lockout/Tagout safety as well as other company safety programs and policies.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual skills in languages used within the department preferred.

Responsibilities

Provides instruction and work direction to team members supervised using independent judgment.
Trains and motivates team members to achieve maximum quality and productivity performance levels.
Directs and monitors the operations of the department and assigned processes.
Makes recommendations and works to plan and implement process improvements.
Promotes department and company goodwill through proactive team member communication.
Supports the new hire training program.
Schedules people, materials, and equipment for efficient departmental resource utilization.
Utilizes independent judgment in determining work assignments and making necessary changes.
Ensures company policies and procedures are followed for safety, quality, and personnel satisfaction.
Enforces corrective action procedures, including issuing verbal counseling, written counseling, and written warnings, and has the authority to suspend team members or remove them from the workplace for unacceptable behaviors.
Monitors, maintains, and approves team member time and attendance using the Kronos Time Keeping System.
Prepares and issues performance appraisals after reviewing with the Supervisor.
Performs quality checks to monitor quality levels and makes necessary changes.
Takes immediate action to correct food safety deficiencies to prevent product contamination/adulteration.
Recognizes safety hazards, performs safety audits, and assists with accident investigations.
Maintains records of the department, including daily evaluation sheets and other reports.
Works with others in a safe and professional manner.
Completes all daily checklists/tasks.
Monitors performance of department team members.
Attends and participates in meetings.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Observes and enforces all company personnel, quality, safety, and food safety policies.
Maintains a positive work atmosphere and works effectively and cooperatively with coworkers and leadership.
Participates in process improvement and problem-solving.
Recognizes and acts on incidents and safety risks.
Consistently practices and enforces safe work habits and drives those habits throughout the organization.