Sanitation Associate

Intercity Packers Ltd.; Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Prescription Drug

EFAP Benefits

Dental & Vision

Pre-Tax Accounts

Profit Sharing

Career advancement

Job summary

Halperns' Steak & Seafood is hiring a Sanitation Worker in Fort Lauderdale to manage cleaning and sanitation of production areas. The role includes following SOPs, GMPs, and safety methods, reading English instructions, and operating cleaning tools to maintain high sanitation standards.

Responsibilities include equipment disassembly for cleaning, CIP processes, documentation, and reporting concerns to supervision.

Qualifications

• Must have working knowledge of production equipment.
• Demonstrated ability to portion all boneless cuts of meat accurately.
• Ability to reduce processing costs by trimming and sizing portions with good yields.
• Ability to problem solve in trimming and product substitutions.
• Must be a team player with a positive attitude.
• Effective written and verbal English communication.

Responsibilities

• Follow standard sanitation operating procedure guidelines for cleaning and sanitation of equipment.
• Follow GMPs and employee safety work methods.
• Read English to follow chemical usage and cleaning specifications.
• Use cleaning and sanitizing chemicals and high/low pressure water hoses.
• Disassemble and reassemble production equipment for cleaning.
• Clean, rinse, foam, scrub and sanitize production equipment; ensure areas meet sanitation standards.
• Complete daily checklists and report sanitation or equipment concerns to supervisor.

Skills

Production equipment knowledge

Meat portioning accuracy

Portion sizing for yield

Cost-conscious trimming

Team player

English communication

Meat Buyer’s Guide familiarity

Job description

Welcome to Halperns Steak & Seafood! We are excited that you are thinking about opportunities with us, and we have an amazing story to share. Here's a quick glance of who we are and the impact you could have on the food service industry. There's a seat at our table for you... Sanitation Associate Fort Lauderdale, FL

Welcome to Halperns’! The dedicated employees who work at Halperns' are passionately committed to this business and the customers they serve. Being part of Halperns' means being part of something important, something unique, and something special. This commitment is made clear by the superior meat and seafood specialty products we distribute. There's a seat at our table for you…

What we offer:

• Medical
• Prescription Drug
• EFAP Benefits after 30 days of employment
• Dental, vision and other voluntary plans
• Pre-Tax Saving Accounts
• Profit Sharing
• Family culture and career advancement opportunities

Position Summary: The Sanitation Worker is responsible for incidental cleaning and sanitation maintenance of production areas throughout the assigned shift for safe food production.

Essential Functions:

• Follow standard sanitation operating procedure guidelines as they refer to proper cleaning and sanitation of all equipment for this position.
• Follow company GMP’s and employee safety work methods.
• Must be able to read English to follow instructions for chemical usage and cleaning specifications as set by the company.
• Ability to use cleaning and sanitizing chemicals and high pressure and low-pressure water hoses.
• Perform machine breakdown for cleaning purposes; disassemble and reassemble production equipment.
• Manually clean, rinse, foam, scrub and sanitize production equipment, clean in place equipment (CIP) ensuring that all areas meet sanitation requirements.
• Complete daily documentation (checklists) accurately.
• Report any sanitation concerns to supervisor.
• Report any food safety or equipment damage concerns to supervisor.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:

• Must have working knowledge of production equipment.
• Demonstrated ability to portion all boneless cuts of meat in an accurate and timely manner.
• Ability to reduce processing costs but cutting and sizing portions accurately with good yields as well as meeting customer specs.
• Ability to problem solve in terms of trimming and product substitutions.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, high pressure, challenging environment.
• Must be a team player and possess a positive attitude.
• Ability to effectively communicate, both written and verbally, in English.
• Must demonstrate the ability to understand the Meat Buyer’s Guide specifications as they relate to the company’s internal product specifications.
• Follows company’s Quality Control procedures.

You are required to provide your most recent employment experience for your application to be considered complete.

BE PART OF AN AMAZING CULTURE WHERE WHAT MATTERS TO YOU, MATTERS TO US!

Halperns' Steak & Seafood values our customers and understands that their success is largely dependent upon their workforce.

To demonstrate our commitment to our partnership, we will require any candidate who works for a Halperns' Steak & Seafood customer to provide a letter of support from their management if they are selected for the interview process.

Equal Employment Opportunity is a matter of policy at Halperns' Steak & Seafood. and we are committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.

If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, please submit your request to [e-mail] and use the words “Accommodation Request” in your subject line.

Halperns’ currently operates seven production and distribution facilities, which are located in Atlanta, Baltimore, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Dallas, Walton (KY), and Kalamazoo (MI).

With a strong and established presence in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic areas of the United States, the company serves a variety of independent and national chain customers across much of the East Coast and beyond, and currently employs over 1,000 people.