Sanitation Technician

TW Garner Food Company•Winston-Salem, NC

About The Position

About the Sanitation Technician position The Sanitation Technician is responsible for proactively providing a clean, safe, and sanitary environment for the safe production of food products in accordance with company policy and abiding with all food safety regulations, standards, and guidelines.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Prior sanitation experience, Food and or beverage industry, wet food lines preferred.
Working knowledge of GMP, FDA, SQF, HACCP regulations and requirements preferred.
Experience using Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Word, etc.).
Ability to work in wet non-climate-controlled environment.
Strong commitment to safety, customers, quality, and productivity is required.
Ability to stand/walk/bend/kneel /crouch/climb (when necessary) for duration of shift assigned.
Able to read, write, and follow verbal/written procedures, including computer based.
Strong attention to detail skills.
Ability to lift/carry/push/pull up to 50 pounds.
Ability to work overtime, holidays, weekends, if necessary.
Ability to be respectful, approachable and team oriented while building strong working relationships and a positive work environment.
Required to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) including safety glasses, hearing protection, hairnets, beard nets (if applicable), gloves, and steel toe shoes correctly.

Responsibilities

Report for assigned shift in a timely manner, in appropriate attire.
Adherence to Garner Foods policies, FDA guidelines for food safety and food defense, SQF code, HACCP, and other applicable regulations.
Responsible for complex cleaning activities in manufacturing facilities
Must be able to operate critical equipment, valves, pumps, Fillers, and production equipment
Operate the sanitizing system to clean and sanitize equipment, tanks, and pipelines
Disassembly and reassembly of production equipment to perform necessary cleaning, sanitizing, and reassembling of these pieces of equipment
Clean processing tanks and vats
Ability to log and complete all required recorded batch documents according to food safety and food defense regulations for proper record keeping.
Clean various items throughout facility including but not limited to weighing containers, scoops, totes, floors, mixing equipment
Able to work safely with cleaning agents and high temperature water (120 º F and above) OTC (over the counter) products.
Conducts daily, weekly, and monthly inspections on all equipment in the facility and ensures that it is maintained in clean and sanitary condition.
Other duties and/or special projects as assigned