Sanitor 1st Shift

Ferrara•Forest Park, IL

7d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Sanitor, reporting to the Sanitation Supervisor, you'll help ensure a safe, clean, and efficient manufacturing environment by maintaining equipment and facilities that support the production of high-quality candy products. Your work directly contributes to food safety, operational excellence, and continuous improvement across the plant. As a champion for quality and food safety, your work will help ensure every product meets the highest standards.

Requirements

Minimum of 1 year sanitation experience, food manufacturing industry preferred
Knowledge of cleaning chemicals
Basic knowledge of HACCP, FSSC 22000 food safety and GMP principles
Sense of urgency and ability to meet deadlines; self-directed
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Ability to plan, organize and prioritize; ability to work under pressure and meet established goals and objectives

Responsibilities

Cleans floors by sweeping and mopping them.
Disassembles and assembles plant equipment for cleaning, such as bucket elevators, sifters, packaging machines, dust collector lines, etc.
Responsible for proper operation of the equipment after assembly.
Cleans the plant facilities (Cafeteria, locker rooms) and grounds.
Disposes of refuse in dumpster or compactor.
Suggests changes to improve janitorial work performance through continuous improvement.
Actively seeks to find problems in assignment area and correct before the problem becomes critical with high supervision.
Displays cooperation by working closely with Maintenance, Production, and Sanitation personnel.
Works with and understands cleaning chemicals to maintain a safe plant environment.
Cleans equipment, floor or any plant equipment that may be contaminated with body fluids. Uses bloodborne pathogen safeguards.
After receiving proper training, uses fire extinguishers to fight small incipient plant fires.
Removes snow from the plant walkways.
Operates sanitation equipment (riding scrubbers, manlifts, high horse and snow blowers).
Communicates conditions of equipment by; completing appropriate maintenance record, computer data entry, transferring knowledge of conditions to incoming sanitarians at shift change, and informing the supervisor of significant problems.
Completes assigned jobs and enters job data into SAP and Red Zone in a timely manner.
Other duties as assigned.