Sanitation Specialist - GA

8th Ave Food & Provisions•Fitzgerald, GA

21h•Onsite

About The Position

8th Avenue Food & Provisions is a growing organization made up of businesses that produce and sell quality products including peanut butter, granola, and fruit and nut trail mixes to retail, foodservice and ingredient customers. The company was formed in October 2018 through a combination of Post Holdings’ private brands businesses and is owned by Post Holdings and funds affiliated with Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. (“THL”), a private equity firm. The successful candidate for the Sanitation Specialist role will be able to observe and learn the process quickly while being proactive and identifying areas that need improvement to insure the product meets specs as well as deadlines for production runs.

Requirements

Candidates must possess strong interpersonal skills
Ability to interact effectively with department, company, and experience in a team-oriented environment is required
Responsible and Proactive employee
Must have the ability to correctly add, subtract, multiply, and divide
Must be able to complete tasks with little direction while insuring product safety, and quality requirements are met according to government and other outside authoritative bodies
Available to work 12 hours every Monday & 8 hrs. during week with weekends scheduled off
Less than 6 occurrences in previous 12 months
No more than 2 corrective actions in previous 12 months
Must be current American Blanching Employee/Golden Boy Foods employee (No Labor Finders Employees will be considered)
Must have been in current position for a minimum of 6 months
Willingness to learn cleaning process for equipment throughout plant
Mechanical aptitude

Nice To Haves

Experience in Sanitation
Basic understanding of chemicals and the ability to read and understand SDS’s

Responsibilities

Ability to communicate effectively with other employees and supervisor
Must be able to observe process and identify problems before they occur
Notify Supervision of any repairs or adjustments that are needed
Understand, observe, and comply with the handling and usage of the color-coded container policy while in the Production Area
Perform all duties necessary to meet American Institute of Baking (AIB), Company, and or Government requirements / standards as prioritized by the Company
Inform Management of ANY Food Safety or Quality issues or of any processes, which become noncompliant with specified standards
Ability to initiate action to prevent the occurrence of nonconformities relating to Food Safety and the Quality of the product, processes, quality system, or safety
Identify and record any problems relating to Food Safety and the Quality of the ingredients, processes, quality system, or safety
Controls further processing or delivery of nonconforming product in terms of Food Safety and Quality issues until the deficiency or unsatisfactory condition has been corrected
Inform Management of ANY Food Safety or Quality issues or of any processes, which become noncompliant with specified standards
Responsible for meeting requirements for sanitation in assigned departments
Maintain the documentation of cleaning checklists for all shifts and inventory of all sanitation supplies
Ability to train others in duties to accomplish their job requirements
Willingness to take on special tasks or assignments and complete them when assigned
Proactive in regards to finding areas that need special attention and bringing those to the attention of management
Breaking down equipment and putting it back together will be required