Lead Sanitation

Lead Sanitation

Pay range: $29.00 - $31.00 based on experience/qualifications.

Hours: Shifts will be 2^nd and 3^rd shift and will vary depending on business needs

Shift may vary

Weekends, overtime and holidays as required

Position Summary

The Lead Sanitation directly leads assigned employees engaged in activities to ensure that plant operations meet mandatory sanitation requirements for machinery, equipment and facilities. This includes planning, guiding and directing work, assisting in weekly Continuous Improvement (CI) meetings, helping to address product issues and customer complaints, and resolving other quality problems. This person carries out leadership responsibilities in accordance with the Company's policies, OSHA regulations and applicable laws while following all CI processes and the Management Operating Structure (MOS).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

Driving Company Performance

• Implements and maintains plant sanitation programs and ensures compliance with Company standards as stated in the QA Manual and Company directives.
• Periodically audits and assists employees in sanitation and CIP processes to ensure compliance with SSOPs.
• Implements and oversees plant Master Sanitation programs.
• Works with Production and other management to plan and schedule work of supervised staff to meet sanitation schedules while maximizing productivity.
• Analyzes and resolves work problems or assists workers in solving work problems.
• Collaborates with QA (Lab Staff) to troubleshoot and analyze sanitation-related issues.
• Recommends measures to continuously improve sanitation methods, equipment performance, and quality of products produced and distributed by the plant.
• Validates SSOPs annually or when systems are modified.
• Manages relationships with outside vendors such as the plant chemical supplier.
• Collaborates with supervisors & managers to coordinate activities of individual departments including production to identify, solve and prevent problems affecting sanitation.

• Provides guidance of assigned employees in scheduling and daily activities, ensuring effective selection, retention, feedback, disciplinary action and performance management. If a collective bargaining agreement exists, may participate grievances or other contract related activities and discussions.

• Trains and instructs employees in regard to sanitation standards, GMPs, SSOPs and objectives.
• Oversees instruction, implementation of policies as they relate to employees.
• Leads by example with the Clover Farms Code of Ethics. This includes following Company policies, standards and specifications.
• Engages in the typical responsibilities of a Lead, require planning, evaluating, organizing, integrating and delegating.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Employee Development

• Safety Training
• Quality Assurance training

Qualifications

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions:

This position operates in a fast-paced warehouse environment that is exposed to wet and cold conditions. The employee may have some exposure to dust, fumes, and cleaning chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is moderate. Employees are required to wear the required PPE that is provided by the company in compliance with OSHA regulations. Employees may experience swings in work-related demands of this position.

While performing the duties of this job, employees are regularly required to stand, walk, kneel, push, or pull throughout the entire shift.

Employees must occasionally lift and/or move 50 pounds or more, including above shoulder height. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus. Must have full range of body motion.

Note

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) of this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee(s) will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an at will relationship.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity, drug-free employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to status as a protected veteran or a qualified individual with a disability, or other protected status such as race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin or age.