Sanitor is to preform work and maintain documentation to keep a facility clean and sanitary, ensuring that it meets health and safety regulations, food safety and company standards.
Key Responsibilities and Duties Maintain Equipment by disassembling, cleaning, sanitizing and reassembling production equipment in a timely manner.
Must communicate and work with the production team to determine down time to schedule cleaning activities.
Must communicate and work with the maintenance team so both teams can utilize equipment down time.
Must communicate and work with the quality team
Maintain Production Areas by maintaining 5S standards in the production area, clean infrastructure, support production team on waste management.
Maintaining Cleaning and Chemical Storage Areas:
Refill any chemical bottles as necessary
Audit Chemical Storage Areas for Cleanliness
Audit Chemical Storage Areas for Safety Concerns Properly labeling, spillage, food grade vs nonfood grade.
Facilitate the correction any Audit Findings pertaining to Chemical Storage.
Maintain 5S System in the Chemical Storage Area
Maintain 5S System for all Cleaning Stations
Chemical Clean Both Equipment and Infrastructure while maintain proper safety procedures
Follow all chemical safety requirements including but not limited to wearing PPE, no mixing of chemicals, following LOTO and etc.
Understanding the difference in chemicals and cleaning methods to target best results.
Maintain All Sanitation Records regarding PIC and PEC activities using the MSS system.
Give feedback on MSS schedule tasks and frequency
Fill out all necessary cleaning records both Safety Culture and/or paper documentation completely.
Scan in paper documentation to dedicated folder in the share drive, ensuring documentation is Audit Ready every day.
Correct Any Sanitation findings in Food Safety, GMP, and RISC audits.
Corrective actions will be assigned to you through safety culture.
Upon completion of the corrective action you must report the complete in safety culture and provide evidence.
Complete any environmental cleaning.
Bloodborne Pathogen Clean Up
Food Safety Event Cleaning
Roof leaks, drain back up, etc.
Experience, Educational and Technical Qualifications
Must be willing to learn chemical safety, sanitation practices, documentation, and audit requirements. Sanitor or Janitorial experience preferred.
Key Job Performance Measures
Sanitation Findings during 3rd party audit and/or internal audits
Master Sanitation Completion Rate.
Overall Cleanliness of the production areas.
Feedback from Quality, Maintenance, and Production Departments on Teamwork and Communication.
Average Corrective Action Completion Times
Abilities Required
Must be at least 18 years old.
Read, write and understand English
Must be able to come to work promptly and regularly.
Must be able to take direction and work well with others.
Must be able to concentrate and perform accurately.
Must be able mechanically inclined.
Must be able to work in high areas and confined spaces
Must be able to push and pull heavy equipment
Must be able to use scissor lift safety.
Must be able to work in slippery environments with temperatures ranging from 65+ degrees.
Must demonstrate excellent work habits in line with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs)
Must demonstrate safe working habits.
Must possess general knowledge of machine operation
Must possess general knowledge of chemical safety.
Must be able to use creative thinking for troubleshooting
Must be able to assist other team members in other areas.
Must be able to perform steady and productive work for an extended period of time.
Must be able to work efficiently with little to no supervision.
Must be able to follow detailed written and verbal instructions.
Must be able to communicate effectively.
Must be able to react to change productively and to handle other tasks as assigned.
Physical Activity Required:
Climbing:
Ascending or descending ladders, stairs and equipment, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Needs good body agility.
Stooping:
Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at waist. This requires the full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.
Crouching:
Bending body downward and forward by bending legs and spine.
Reaching:
Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
Standing:
Standing for sustained periods of time.
Walking:
Moving over long distances to accomplish tasks.
Pushing:
Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
Pulling:
Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
Lifting:
Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position.
Grasping:
Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
Feeling:
Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin.
Fingering:
Picking, pinching, or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm.
Talking:
Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. This includes activities where detailed or important spoken instruction must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
Hearing:
Perceiving the nature of sounds with no less than 40 dB at 500 Hz, 100 Hz, and 2000 Hz with or without correction. Able to receive detailed information through oral communication and to make fine discriminations in sound, such as when making fine adjustments on machine parts.
Repetitive Motion:
Substantial movements of the arms, hand and/or fingers.
Vision:
Must be able to prepare and analyze data and figures. Eye sight capable of seeing small defects at distances close to the eyes.
Exertion:
Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
Environmental Working Conditions:
The worker is subject to both inside and outside environmental conditions.
The worker may be subject to extreme heat. Temperatures above 100 for periods of more than one hour.
The worker is subject to noise.
The worker is subject to vibrations. Exposure to oscillating movements of the extremities or whole body.
The worker is subject to being exposed to moving mechanical parts, electrical current, chemicals, etc.
The worker may be subject to atmospheric conditions, i.e. fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases or poor ventilation.
The worker is subject to oils. Air and/or skin exposure to oils and other cutting fluids.