Sanitation/CIP Operator-Graveyard

About Foster Farms

At Foster Farms, our mission is creating great food and serving great moments. Our vision is to be the best and most trusted food company, empowering and nourishing the lives of those we serve. We measure our success by how well we protect and care for our team, our consumers, our animals, and our environment, while delivering operational excellence and exceptional value to our customers.

Job Description

Pay rate at $21.40 with Attendance Premium of $0.25 and Shift Premiums of $1.00 for hours worked during swing and night shifts. Longevity premium of $0.25 after one year of service.

We offer our Team Members the following benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision health insurance for themselves and their eligible dependents.
• Voluntary benefits such as Group Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Group Accident Coverage, Group Critical Illness Coverage, Individual Short-Term Disability Insurance, and Whole Life Insurance.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health Care FSA and Dependent Daycare FSA).
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• College tuition reimbursement (100% tuition, 80% books, and 100% parking).
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with a Company-contribution of up to 4%.
• Vacation, sick, holiday, funeral, and jury duty pay.

Essential Job Functions

• Sanitation is responsible for cleaning the facility (inside and out) on a nightly basis. As such adherence to company safety and attendance policies is critical.
• Operate CIP cycles in a timely manner, multitasking and able to work in a high pace and stressful environment.
• Perform assigned tasks and follow instructions from Supervision and/or Lead personnel including Safe application of chemicals and high pressure hot (140 F) water to clean and sanitize processing equipment.
• Sanitize assigned plant area(s) on time and in accordance with Pre-Operations inspection by Quality Control and USDA standards in assigned area(s), so they are ready for release for Production.
• Keep the non-production areas clean and orderly including breakrooms, bathrooms, smoking areas, parking lot, and all other areas that is deemed necessary by Supervision.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Supervision and/or Lead personnel.
• Make suggestions on how we can improve our process.

Qualifications

• Work safely and set an example of safe working habits. Follow all established Safety rules and practices including Lock-Out/Tag-Out procedures, Chemical applications, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), etc.
• Operate CIP cycles in a timely manner, multitasking and able to work in a high pace and stressful environment.
• Perform established Sanitation tasks and perform duties in accordance with established Sanitation Departmental standards and USDA standards.
• Ability and willingness to perform repetitive reaching, bending, and scrubbing in order to sanitize assigned area(s).
• Ability and willingness to lift, push, and pull up to 75 lbs.
• Ability and willingness to climb ladders up to 10 feet using fall protection (harness) if necessary.
• Ability and willingness to use concentrated cleaning solutions to include chlorine bleach.
• Ability to use high water pressure hose.
• Possess Lock-Out/Tag-Out (LO/TO) certification or ability to obtain certification.
• Possess Powered-Industrial Truck (PIT) certification or ability to obtain certification.
• Work the scheduled times and occasional overtime as well maintain good attendance.
• Pass titration testing.
• Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screening and background check.

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