Sanitation

Overview

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Base pay range

Job Title : Sanitation

Department : Supply Chain

Reports to : Manager

The ideal candidate will possess and live by Mercer Foods core values.

Base pay range

$20.00 / yr - $20.00 / yr

This range is provided by Thrive Freeze Dry. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Responsibilities

The Sanitation role engages in all duties related to the sanitation of the plant. The Sanitation team member inspects equipment for conformity to federal and state sanitation laws. They will perform the cleaning of equipment and inspection of all working parts for conformity to federal and state sanitation laws to ensure readiness for production use. This role is responsible to clean work areas in a manner that avoids damage and destruction to our facility. This role will inspect the premises for unsanitary practices and escalate to management and production personnel regarding sanitation concerns or issues. The Sanitation team member will be responsible to adhere to changes in equipment, plant layout, lighting or work practices to improve sanitation standards or purity of the product. In this role, the Sanitation team member will operate lifting equipment for overhead cleaning including IE Boom lift, scissor lift and forklift.

Competencies

• Living Mercer Values : Demonstrates the characteristics and behaviors of an individual who is living Mercer's values. Mercer's values are accountability, continuous improvement, integrity, personal growth and wellness, teamwork, and work-life balance.
• Attendance : Attendance is essential in demonstrating dependability. A reliable team member is on time for all scheduled shifts and is present as scheduled. Any team member with two or more active steps of discipline for attendance does not meet expectations of position.
• Performance : Demonstrates the skills and abilities to perform the job. Any team member with two or more active steps of discipline for any combination of disciplinary actions does not meet expectations of position.
• Safety : Good judgement is demonstrated at all times to maintain a safe work environment. Any team member with two or more active steps of discipline for safety related incidents does not meet expectations of position.
• Training : Current training indicates job preparedness from safety, job skills, and food safety perspective. An employee that has completed all training expectations throughout the year demonstrates that they meet expectations. Past due trainings do not meet expectations.
• Skills : Attention to Detail; Basic Machine Operations; Basic Reading Comprehension; Communication; Continuous Improvement; Follows Instructions; Hand Tools; Inspect; Proactive Problem Solving; Regulation; Safe Work Habits; Sanitary Environment; Sanitation duties.

Requirements

The ability to test cleaning chemicals for titration strength. Forklift certification or the ability to be certified. The ability to operate and maintain hand tools for equipment setup, floor scrubbers and buffers is a requirement. The ability to read and interpret documents, operation manuals efficiently and communicate effectively is a requirement. The ability to read and understand measuring tools such as a tape measure, feeler gauges and micrometers are required.

Food Safety Requirements

Work Environment

The usual and customary methods of performing the job's functions require the following physical demands : frequent lifting, carrying, pushing, and / or pulling; frequent stooping, kneeling, crouching, and / or crawling; and frequent fine finger dexterity. Generally, the job requires the following percentages of time committed to physical activity : 20% or more sitting, 70% or more walking, and 70% or more standing. The job is performed under some temperature variations and in a food manufacturing production environment. Unrestricted visual and audio abilities are required for the safety of all employees. The ability to lift to 40 lbs. is required.

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