Sanitation Technician - Dayshift

utzexternalcareer1; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision plans

Employer match 401k

Profit sharing plan

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Utz Quality Foods is seeking a dedicated Sanitation Technician for our High Street facility in Hanover, PA. This role involves cleaning production areas, equipment, and packaging rooms to ensure food safety and quality, with a Monday–Friday schedule and Saturdays as needed.

Responsibilities include fryer boil outs, caustic cleanups, and high-pressure wash operations, plus willingness to support other campus facilities. A strong team player who can handle lifting up to 50 lbs is required.

Qualifications

• Detail oriented with a commitment to food safety and sanitation.
• Reliable with a strong work ethic and ability to work independently or on a team.
• Must be able to stand/walk for shift and lift up to 50 lbs.
• Experience in USDA-regulated facility is a plus but not required.

Responsibilities

• Participate in all packaging, processing and cleaning activities to maintain equipment and facilities.
• Perform cycle-ending cleanup tasks including fryer boil outs, caustic cleanups, acid rinses, and oil treatment.
• Demonstrate safety procedures and operate cleaning equipment; use PPE as required.
• Support across Campus production facilities to clean all packaging areas as needed.

Skills

Detail oriented

Team player

Reliability

Strong work ethic

Ability to lift 50 lbs

Education

High School Diploma or GED

1-year production experience in manufacturing

Tools

Forklift operation

Can washers operation

Job description

At Utz Quality Foods, our team of Sanitation Technicians is the first line of defense in ensuring the food safety and quality of our products. Join our dedicated team in our High Street facility in Hanover PA. Working Monday-Friday 6:00AM- 4:00PM and Saturdays as needed, helping maintain the high standards that make Utz a trusted name in food.

We’re looking for hardworking, reliable individuals who take pride in their work and are committed to keeping our manufacturing facility and production equipment clean, safe, and compliant with USDA and FDA regulations.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in all packaging, processing, auxiliary plant item cleanup, and production cycle-ending cleanup activities to maintain, clean, and safeguard equipment and facilities.
  • Cycle-ending cleanup includes fryer boil outs, caustic cleanups, acid rinses, filling in for daily processing cleanup duties, and oil treatment tasks.
• Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to work across other Campus production facilities to clean all areas ofrespectivepackaging rooms, as needed.
• Demonstrate working knowledge—and be approved by Sanitation Leadership—in the following areas:
  • Lock Out Tag Out procedures and proper chemical disbursement
  • Safe handling of both mild and harsh chemicals
  • Operation of High Reach and Forklift with current license
  • Working on elevated surfaces, comfort with heights, and ability to lift 50 lbs
  • Certification to operate all can washers and boil out a minimum number of equipment pieces to support production cycle and cleanup
• Use air wands, high-pressure rinse, cleaning chemicals, hand cleaning, squeegees, and motorized sweepers to maintain all surfaces and equipment
• Remove all waste and dispose of it in the appropriate container; return all tables, mats, hoses, and cleaning equipment to their proper positions
• Perform additional duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to upholding the highest food safety and sanitation standards.
• Reliability, strong work ethic, and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to stand and walk for the entire shift and lift up to 50lbs regularly.
• Ability to bend, stoop, squat, and reach to clean areas on production machines.
• Capability to safely operate cleaning equipment and follow all safety procedures.
• Dedication to maintaining Utz’s commitment to quality and safety.
• Experience working in a USDA-regulated facility is a plus but not required.
• Ability to comfortably wear and work with various forms of PPE.
• A strong team player who can also work independently to meet production goals.

Continuously Pursuing Excellence!

Here at Utz, we have a passion for exciting and delighting consumers with delicious snack foods made from high quality ingredients. After over a century with a strong family heritage, our diverse portfolio of brands includes Utz, Zapp’s, Boulder Canyon, and On the Border. Our associates are the reason for the success of this company, so it is important we provide a supportive, caring and inclusive environment that offers opportunities for career growth and advancement. We also help take care of our associates by providing benefits, resources, and programs that ensure they live their healthiest lives.

• Our full-time benefit package includes medical, dental, and vision plans, an employer match 401k, profit sharing plan, employee stock purchase plan and much more

Join our world class team and help us become the fastest growing pure-play U.S. snacking company of scale!

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Education

• High School Diploma or GED and/or 1-year production experience in a manufacturing environment required.
• Familiar with working in a USDA regulated facility

Skills

• Detail oriented, organized, reliable and resourceful.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Creative/analytical problem-solving skills.
• Ability to use innovative approaches to resolve problems.
• Ability to troubleshoot general equipment mechanical and electrical problems.
• Ability to identify improvement opportunities.
• Dedication to achievement of results.
• Manage projects, multi-task from conception to conclusion.
• Mechanical aptitude.

Certificates & Licenses

• HACCP certification preferred.