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Sysco

Sanitation Technician

Sysco, Vernon, Connecticut, United States

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Sanitation Technician Perform plant cleaning and sanitation and sanitation related inspection/audit procedures (monitoring documentation and environmental sampling) to ensure compliance of the production environment to corporate and regulatory sanitation requirements at a Sysco Specialty Meat Group (SSMG) location. This includes daily cleaning and sanitation to prepare for routine operations or ongoing operations as assigned. Perform line implementation in accordance with regulatory agency directions including CFIA/FSIS/FDA/State/Local authorities relative to sanitation.

Daily Cleaning and Sanitizing Tasks

HACCP Program

Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures

Pest Control

Good Manufacturing Practices

Chemical Control

Occasional/Marginal Job Duties Provide assistance when necessary for plant audits to assist other staff members. Assist as needed in any manner capable of during emergency situations the plant President or GM determines are paramount to the business.

Duties And Responsibilities

Cleaning and Sanitizing Meat or Seafood Company processing area and equipment.

Mixing and working with caustic chemicals for cleaning and sanitizing. Often diluting concentrated chemicals.

Inspecting the processing area for cleanliness and proper sanitation as well as implementing bacterial and organic material testing to determine cleanliness of the processing area and equipment.

Paperwork documenting cleaning and sanitizing of the processing area. Paperwork is subject to federal regulatory review for noncompliance as well as FSQA program compliance.

Education Preferred

High School Preferred

Experience Required

One to three years Sanitation work in a Meat or Seafood or other Food Manufacturing facility.

Experience Preferred

Three plus years performing cleaning and sanitizing of a federal raw meat or seafood processing plant. Preference given to those who also have experience with ready to eat processing facilities.

Technical Skills And Abilities

Write and read English is preferred.

Must be able to complete paperwork documenting cleaning and sanitizing of the facility.

Knowledge of processing equipment and its breakdown for cleaning and sanitizing.

Basic knowledge of industrial cleaning and sanitizing equipment.

Must be able to add, subtract, multiply and divide.

Must be able to complete basic paperwork in English.

Physical Demands

Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

The employee is regularly required to talk or hear, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and taste or smell.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

Cold and Damp Meat or Seafood Processing Area

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