POSITION SUMMARY:

Ensure overall sanitation of the Liquid Products Operations department equipment and operations.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Adheres to safety, food safety, quality and legal compliance.
• Perform all work in accordance with environmental, health and safety standards, rules, regulations and practices of the facility.
• Must be able to pass training/certifications as required for qualifications.
• Responsible for the overall sanitation of the Liquid Product Operations Department involving dry cleaning, rinsing, sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, etc.
• Ability to break down LPO processing equipment and re-assemble equipment.
• Ability to wash, scrub, and clean equipment using chemicals.
• Ensure equipment is cleaned to pass pre-op inspections and swabs.
• Observe and analyze equipment performance and report any problems to your supervisor.
• Document completed work as required by the supervisor.
• Compliance with all other duties as assigned.

REQUIRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

• High school diploma or GED.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to use effective problem solving skills.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

• Ability to use mathematical functions including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in accordance with production paperwork.
• Ability to perform these operations using units of weight measurement, volume, and distance.

PHYSICAL AND VISUAL ACTIVITIES:

• Disassemble and re-assemble equipment in congested areas and awkward positions.
• Hose down machines, conveyors, floors, etc.
• Climb stairs and ladders.
• Ability to visually differentiate items of color, up close and in the distance.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to wear personal protective equipment and/or clothing.
• Stand/walk 8 or more hours per day.
• Constantly bend, reach, twist/turn, talk/hear and taste/smell.
• Constantly use eye/hand and eye/hand/foot coordination to use tools and operate machinery.
• Frequently squat and grip/grasp buckets, hoses and brushes.
• Frequently handle/finger and fine motor tasks to remove equipment, plastic wrap, tools and operate CIP program.
• Frequently lift less than 5 lbs from floor to overhead and carry 100 feet.
• Occasionally kneel/crawl and climb stairs/ladders.
• Occasionally lift up to 100 lbs from floor to waist.
• Occasionally carry up to 100 lbs 25 feet.
• Occasionally carry up to 50 lbs 100 feet.
• Push carts of chemicals requiring 30 lbs of force 50 feet.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and color vision.

ENVIRONMENTAL/ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS:

• Constantly work in damp, wet, humid and slippery environments.
• Constantly work near moving equipment with fumes or airborne debris.
• Constantly work with toxic or caustic chemicals.
• Constantly work in extreme heat/cold (68-80 degrees).
• Constantly work in high noise levels requiring hearing protection.
• Frequently work in high places.

MACHINES/TOOLS/EQUIPMENT/SOFTWARE:

• Bump cap, hair net, safety glasses, hearing protection, and uniform.
• Nitrile gloves, plastic apron, and plastic sleeves.
• Cut resistant gloves.
• Pouch machine, conveyors and clean-in-place (CIP) system.
• Food safety knife and small hand tools.
• Water hose.
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• Scour pad, brushes, buckets, mops, etc.