Sanitation Technician — Essential Food Production & Growth

Performance Foodservice; Minnesota; On-site; USD 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Day 1 Health & Wellness Benefits

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

401K Employer Matching

Education Assistance

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Performance Foodservice in Minnesota seeks a sanitation team member to perform cleaning and sanitization of cheese packaging and processing equipment in compliance with FDA, SQF, and sanitation schedules. The role focuses on maintaining clean production areas and supporting overall food safety.

You will work within a sanitation crew, operate in a fast-paced environment, and follow master sanitation schedules with attention to safety, PPE, and quality standards.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED or Equivalent Experience.

Responsibilities

• Put on all required Personal Protective Equipment and Safety Gear and perform a safety check on equipment to be used in the daily operations and insure that all safety devices are functioning properly.
• Obtain work schedule and daily sanitation paperwork and prepare for operations. Report to assigned workstation; ensure all necessary tools, equipment, supplies and materials are available in staging areas
• LOTO production equipment - as needed, cover electrical equipment with proper covers. Collect waste and other materials from floor with squeegee, shovel, broom, dustpan and place into the appropriate tub or trash barrels.
• Disassemble production equipment, conveyors, hoppers and other machinery and remove guards as required. Drain cellulose hoppers into proper containers. Manually scrape, wipe, shovel and dump waste from equipment and floors and place waste material into tubs as required. Rinse conveyor, rollers, hoppers, buckets, tubs, etc, with pressure water hose.
• Apply cleaning chemicals to appropriate machinery, tools and equipment with foam-sprayer as required. Scrub machinery, tools and equipment with appropriate scrubbing material/brushes and rinse with pressure water hose and apply sanitizer with sprayer, as required. Clean and rinse drains, sanitize tools and utensils, squeegee floors, remove and dump waste can containers as required.
• Re-assemble machine parts and equipment, manually dry equipment, replace guards, remove plastic wrap and unlock equipment as needed.
• At the end of shift, secure all equipment, complete all required paperwork and perform general housekeeping duties as required. Perform other scheduled sanitation duties, special projects and other related duties as assigned on the Master Sanitation schedule.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Education

High School Diploma/GED or Equivalent Experience

Job description

Performance Foodservice in Minnesota seeks a sanitation team member to perform cleaning and sanitization of cheese packaging and processing equipment in compliance with FDA, SQF, and sanitation schedules. The role focuses on maintaining clean production areas and supporting overall food safety.

You will work within a sanitation crew, operate in a fast-paced environment, and follow master sanitation schedules with attention to safety, PPE, and quality standards.