Sanitation Team Lead 2nd Shift

Ajinomoto Foods North America•Oakland, MS

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Under the direction of the Sanitation Supervisor, this role involves performing in a lead capacity, guiding a team of assigned employees in carrying out typical sanitation duties. The position requires adherence to all food safety policies and safety procedures, ensuring plant cleanliness, productivity, quality, and safety standards are met. Key responsibilities include planning and coordinating daily sanitation activities, ensuring cleaning schedules are met, verifying proper cleaning, sanitization, and inspection of all equipment, and ensuring pre-operation sanitation inspections run smoothly. The role also demands taking full ownership of the assigned area of responsibility, maintaining an active working knowledge of all sanitation and cleaning procedures, and ensuring the proper disassembling and reassembling of machines for cleaning purposes. Other tasks may be assigned.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED
1 year experience in food, beverage or daily processing/manufacturing environment
GMP trained
Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.
Ethical - Ability to demonstrate, conduct conforming to a set of values and accepted standards.
Friendly - Ability to exhibit a cheerful demeanor toward others.
Patience - Ability to act calmly under stress and strain, and of not being hasty or impetuous.
Honesty / Integrity - Ability to be truthful and be seen as credible in the workplace.
Responsible - Ability to be held accountable or answerable for one’s conduct.
Working Under Pressure - Ability to complete assigned tasks under stressful situations.
Team Builder - Ability to convince a group of people to work toward a goal skills.
Active Listening - Ability to actively attend to, convey, and understand the comments and questions of others.
Communication - Ability to communicate effectively with others oral and written

Responsibilities

Responsible for following all food safety policies and safety procedures.
Effectively lead shift to ensure plant cleanliness, productivity, quality, and safety standards are met.
Plan and coordinate daily sanitation activities to ensure cleaning schedules are met.
Ensuring that all equipment is properly cleaned, sanitized and inspected for cleanliness.
Uses food safety work practices’ ensuring no product is contaminated as consequences of conducting duties of this position.
Verify the completion of daily sanitation tasks by sanitation associates.
Ensure pre-operation sanitation inspection runs smoothly
Take full ownership of assigned area of responsibility
Maintain active working knowledge of all sanitation and cleaning procedures.
Ensure proper disassembling and reassembling of machines for cleaning purpose
Other tasks as assigned.