Sanitation Technician

Dairy Farmers of America; Toledo (OH); On-site; USD 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Union pension plan

Competitive pay

Paid vacation and holidays

Career growth opportunities

Comprehensive healthcare benefits

Job summary

Toledo Ice Cream, a DFA company, is hiring Plant Sanitation Technicians to perform sanitation duties to ensure quality products. The role follows GMP and DFA standards, with work in a cold environment and a schedule Sunday through Thursday, 11 PM–7:30 AM.

Competitive hourly pay with a training rate and shift differential, plus benefits including health coverage and paid time off. Candidates should pass pre-employment screenings and be able to lift up to 50 pounds.

Qualifications

• Must have clear verbal and written communication skills.
• Able to legibly write entries for record keeping.
• Experience working in fast-paced environments as part of a team.
• Ability to follow SSOPs and GMPs.
• Willingness to work flexible hours including overtime, weekends and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Assemble and disassemble equipment for cleaning per instructions.
• Follow SSOPs to clean and sanitize equipment, tanks, and pipelines.
• Ensure all chemical containers are labelled clearly.
• Maintain accurate cleaning cycle and chemical strength records.
• Perform basic housekeeping in plant and equipment areas.
• Pre-operations checks on product contact surfaces before start-up.
• Troubleshoot basic equipment issues and report problems.

Skills

Verbal communications

Written communications

Record keeping

Team collaboration

Adaptability

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

JOB SUMMARY

Toledo Ice Cream, a DFA company, is hiring for Plant Sanitation Technicians to perform all purpose duties to include proper clean-up and sanitation tasks to ensure optimum quality products. The Sanitation Technician ensures products and processes are clean and sterile by following regulatory standards and established Company policies and procedures.

Toledo Ice Cream is a farmer-owned brand of Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a dairy marketing cooperative owned by more than 12,500 family farmers. Our mark matters and it represents the wholesomeness of dairy that we share with our communities and loved ones. DFA manufactures a variety of dairy products, including cheese, butter, fluid milk, ice cream, dairy ingredients and more, under well-known and established regional brands. Our fingerprints touch thousands of brands across the marketplace, and we're passionate about delivering the simple pleasures of dairy to people everywhere, straight from our family farm-owners. At Toledo Ice Cream, we create ice cream products and are proud to provide families with fresh, delicious dairy.

By joining DFA, you can help us continue to make a difference that matters. We care deeply about the well-being of our neighbors and friends, and we celebrate the diversity of our company and our world. It takes an incredible team to deliver the goodness of dairy and enrich our communities - come join us!

JOB DUTIES:

• Assemble and disassemble equipment for proper cleaning/sanitizing per manufacturer instruction
• Follow Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOPs) to clean and sanitize equipment, tanks, and pipelines
• Ensure all chemical containers have proper and legible labels on them.
• Complete record keeping items such as, but not limited to, identifying cleaning cycle times on charts, measuring cleaning concentration, examining flow rates, assessing heat up temperature, and sanitizing by chemical strengths
• Perform the basic housekeeping to include clean floors, walls, ceiling, air vents, lights, etc., of the plant, equipment, and exterior of all equipment
• Accomplish pre-operations check on all product contact surfaces including pumps, valves, agitators, alcoves, and clamps before starting up.
• Troubleshoot and resolve basic to moderate operating difficulties
• Ensure all paperwork is filled out in a clear, legible, and accurate format and completed with required information
• Utilizing continuous improvement mindset, assist in identifying opportunities to improve processes
• Report any food safety and food quality related issues to management immediately
• Maintain safe working conditions for employees and compliance with all state and federal regulations regarding health and safety issues
• Follow all DFA good manufacturing practices (GMP) and work in a manner consistent with all corporate regulatory, food safety, quality, and sanitation requirements
• The requirements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employee, but is not a complete list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required

SCHEDULE:

• Sunday through Thursday - 11 PM - 7:30 AM

COMPENSATION:

• $21.65-$26.40 per hour (training rate is $21.65 for 90-day probationary period, then increases to $26.40 per hour)
• $0.25 hour shift differential for hours worked between 6pm-5am

BENEFITS:

• Union pension plan
• Competitive pay
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Career growth opportunities - we promote from within!
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits

Requirements:

• High school diploma or GED equivalent
• 1 to 3 years of sanitation or related experience
• Able to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Effective verbal and written communications skills
• Able to legibly write entries for record keeping
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment as an effective team member
• Must be able to pass all pre-employment screenings including drug, background and criminal checks
• Must be able to stand, walk, pull, push, reach and bend virtually the entire shift
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds and assist others when lifting is necessary and manually stack and move cases up to 6-8 cases high
• Must be able to work in a wet environment and work in an environment where temperature is maintained at 35-40 degrees Fahrenheit
• Must be willing to work flexible hours including overtime, weekends and holidays
• May occasionally be exposed to cleaning chemicals
• Previous manufacturing, processing or warehouse sanitation experience is preferred
• Previous food manufacturing, processing or warehouse experience is a plus!

An Equal Opportunity Employer