General Sanitation - Cheese Warehouing (Hilmar, CA, US, 95324)

A Typical Day

The Sanitation Operator is responsible for facilitating all HC and H1 cleaning and minor utility work.  Must insure that all proper documentation is completed daily and accurate information is passed to the appropriate personnel.

Job Responsibilities

• Primary responsibility is to prep and clean HC and H1.
• Monitoring of all Cold Box cleaning, including documentation.
• Responsible for monitoring all chemical tanks, day drums and jugs for proper labeling and filling.
• Working with Cold Box Operators on cleaning issues throughout the Cold Box.
• Follow specified cleaning and documentation as contained in the Master Sanitation Schedule.
• Working with plant, food safety, and Ecolab personnel to ensure effective cleaning of all equipment.
• Hours for this position will vary and flexibility is required.
• Ensure forklift battery maintenance is performed. 
• Follow and understand Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s).
• Active participation and ownership in your training and development program and associated activities, classes and events, which will be held before, during, after shifts and during scheduled days off.
• Place high priority on food safety and sanitation by understanding and executing HCC’s food safety and sanitation policies and procedures. This includes communicating any food safety incident, observation, or opportunity to your leadership team or teammates as well as participating in food safety and sanitation root cause analysis and improvement activities when required. 
• Prioritize safety above all other job duties by having a safety first approach at all times. This includes reporting any safety issues, observations, opportunities to your teams and follow up. 
   

What You Will Need

• English skills must be proficient to understand, read, write and speak English. 
• Be able to work variable shifts and overtime when needed
• Experience in manufacturing or distribution
• Ability to work in a cold environment, estimated temp of 35 degrees 
• Ability to lift 60lbs

What Will Put You Ahead

• Warehouse forklift experience
• General sanitation experience in a manufacturing or distribution environment
• Forklift certified
• High School diploma or GED from an accredited institution.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to:

• Stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and talk or hear.
• Stand and walk almost the entire workday.
• Employees must be physically capable of working in any of the job tasks within their respective area.
• Required to work at heights and in fairly small areas.
• Pushing, pulling, reaching, bending, stooping, squatting, kneeling, handling and grasping, twisting/turning, repetitive bending.