Michael Foods is hiring: Sanitation Tech 3rd Shift in Lenox Township

Overview

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Location

Michael Foods, Inc. located in Lenox, Iowa and often called the "Pearl of the Prairie" is where you can find small town living, focused on family and friends, with big city amenities not far from reach in Des Moines, Omaha, and Kansas City. Located in southwest Iowa, Taylor county, with a population of around 1400, the Lenox area reaches far beyond the city limits with beautiful and productive fields of corn, beans, and other croplands. Lenox holds an amazing four day Rodeo every July and is home to a beautiful 36-9 hole golf course, several fishing and boating lakes, great area hunting, a beautiful city park with swimming pool, and many picnic parks. The MFI location in Lenox produces primarily pre-cooked egg patties. With its friendly atmosphere, safe environment, and progressive spirit, Lenox is a great place to live, work, play, and raise a family.

Responsibilities

• Position Summary: Focus on health and food safety daily; understanding and applying GMPs, SSOPs, plant policies, and procedures; safety as a core value; adherence to food safety and quality policies and procedures.
• Duties and Responsibilities: Clean, sanitize, disassemble/reassemble production equipment and production areas; assist with setup/start of designated production equipment; assist in Clean Out of Place procedures; complete necessary paperwork; support production as needed; work as a team; maintain a safe and healthy workplace and report any adverse conditions; follow GMPs and maintain sanitary conditions; ensure product quality and regulatory compliance; perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• No prior experience or training required.

Language Skills

• Ability to read simple words and recognize similarities and differences between words and numbers.
• Ability to print and speak simple sentences.

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and multiply and divide with tens and hundreds; perform operations using units of American money, weight, volume, and distance.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to apply common sense to carry out oral instructions; deal with problems involving one concrete variable in standardized situations.

Licenses, Certificates, Registrations

• Powered Industrial Truck (PIT) Certification.
• Driver’s license.

Other Skills And Abilities

• Follow GMPs, safety regulations, and sanitation procedures.
• Basic mechanical skills for disassembling and reassembling production equipment.
• Learn Confined Space Entry procedures and Lock Out/Tag Out (LOTO).
• Adhere to chemical safety training.
• Strong attention to detail when reassembling equipment.
• Ability to work indoors in a damp environment.
• Wear proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Good writing, verbal, and communication skills.
• Ability to lift 50 lbs. safely.
• Ability to achieve PIT certification.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience to perform essential duties.
• Ability to operate specific equipment or tools.

Seniority level

• Not Applicable

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Management and Manufacturing
• Industries: Food and Beverage Manufacturing

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