Sanitation Worker - 1st Shift

Dessert Holdings•Pembroke, NC

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Dessert Holdings is seeking a Sanitation Worker for its team in Pembroke, North Carolina. The position performs the eight steps of sanitation and helps provide a clean, sanitary plant for production. The worker must understand and follow food safety and workplace safety policies, use necessary chemicals appropriately, and comply with company policies, values, and attendance expectations. The role also requires understanding applicable Quality Management Systems, including SQF, HACCP, and GMP, to support employee and product safety and quality. The worker is responsible for food safety and quality for SRO products and must notify a supervisor or other authority if an issue or threat is observed. The scheduled first shift is 6:00 a.m.–2:30 p.m., with a listed wage of $13.96 per hour. The role requires a flexible schedule that includes overtime availability and mandatory attendance for end-of-week deep cleaning. Work takes place in hot, cold, wet, and dry conditions in a loud, fast-paced environment, and involves standing or walking for at least eight hours per day and lifting or moving up to 50 pounds.

Requirements

Basic knowledge of food safety and quality.
Reliable transportation.
Flexible schedule, including availability for overtime and mandatory end-of-week deep cleaning.
Minimal ability to read and write in English.
Follow GMP and maintain good personal hygiene.
Able to stand or walk for at least eight hours per day and stoop, kneel, bend, handle objects, tools, or controls, and reach with hands and arms.
Able to work in hot, cold, wet, and dry environments.
Adaptable and accountable for one's own actions.
Ability to take direction from leads, supervisors, and managers.
Able to stay focused in a loud, fast-paced working environment.
Able to lift or move up to 50 pounds.
Follow food safety and workplace safety policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

Wear appropriate personal protective equipment and follow established GMP policies and procedures.
Work cooperatively with sanitation employees and employees from other departments.
Follow sanitation Standard Operating Procedures, including the eight steps of sanitation.
Learn to clean and sanitize food production equipment and the production environment.
Perform assigned work duties.
Follow safety procedures and work with chemicals appropriately.
Support food safety and product quality, and notify a supervisor or other person of authority about observed issues or threats.