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Country Pure Foods

Sanitation Technician

Country Pure Foods, Akron, Ohio, United States, 44329


Job description

The Sanitation Associate leads all Sanitation routines on a certain shift in the facility, provides technical support, and engages teams across all shifts to drive consistent execution, effectiveness, and efficiency

- Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned .

Responsible for maintaining the Food Safety and Quality Programs directly related to sanitation and enforcing those programs.

Works with food handlers and production personnel in sanitary procedures.

Directs and performs cleaning of equipment and work areas.

Interprets company policies to workers and enforces food safety regulations.

Establishes or adjusts work procedures to meet production schedules.

Performs valve and pump PM's and rebuilds as needed.

Performs PM's and necessary maintenance to maintain CIP skids.

Responsible for supervising, supporting, and executing CIP validation, verification, effectiveness, and corrective actions of CIP events for all CIP circuits and COP.

Handles validation of sanitizing processes for thermal processes and fillers.

Coordinates execution of Master Sanitation Schedules for all zones of facility.

Ensures coordination of sanitation record review routines.

Executes Sanitation PM Program of valves, gaskets, etc.

Measures attainment of PM metrics for routines impacting Food Safety.

Ensures execution of Pathogen Environmental Monitoring Program, investigations, improvement, and corrective actions.

Provides technical support to investigations associated to product quality and food safety deviations. Performs root cause analysis and corrective actions for in-process and finished products.

Conducts root cause analysis associated with customer and consumer complaints.

Performs inventory control for cleaning and sanitizing chemicals, cleaning tools, and equipment for sanitation PM program.

Responsible for environmental cleaning and grounds keeping.

Provides assistance with plant audits.

Acts as a liaison between Country Pure Foods and cleaning chemical supplier along with Janitorial Service and landscaping.

Responsible for maintaining clean and organized chemical room.

Responsible for reviewing, developing and updating sanitation SOP's to include documenting mid-week and End of Week CIP's.

Responsible for ensuring all line, tanks and equipment are CIP'ed correctly and at the right frequency.

Assists with Plant Start up on Sunday to include Tanker Receiving, Blending, and Filler Prep.Maintains Water Skid.

Develops CIP and other Cleaning Procedures for new equipment as added.

Becomes Subject Matter Expert on Processors and HTST.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

Must have a minimum of three-year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience with the execution of Food Safety Plans and compliance to 21 CFR Part 117 and or 21 CFR Part 120. PCQI certification and experience.

Language Skills

Ability to read and interpret documents such as production schedules, inventory reports, sales forecasts, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference. Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, trends. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram form.

Computer Skills

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Accounting software; Inventory software; Spreadsheet software and Word Processing software.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $20.68 per hour

Expected hours: 40 - 60 per week

Benefits:

401(k)401(k) matchingDental insuranceHealth insuranceLife insurancePaid time offReferral programVision insuranceSchedule:

8 hour shiftEvening shiftMonday to FridayNight shiftOvernight shiftOvertimeWeekends as neededExperience:

Food safety: 2 years (Required)Sanitation: 2 years (Required)Food Machine Maintenance: 2 years (Required)Shift availability:

Night Shift (Preferred)Overnight Shift (Preferred)Ability to Commute:

Akron, OH 44314 (Required)Ability to Relocate:

Akron, OH 44314: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person