Sanitation Cac

Location: Commerce, CA

**Salary**: $20.48/hr.

**_Company:_**

Sabrosura Foods is one of the leading marketers of Hispanic products sold throughout the U.S. under the well-known brand names of **_El Viajero, Reynaldo’s, La Morenita, Caribe, and Bio Salud._** Sabrosura Foods is also one of the largest private label producers of Hispanic cheese in the U.S.

**_Job Summary:_**

The primary purpose of Sanitation Associate/Sanitor is to ensure all production areas and production equipment are cleaned, sanitized and ready for use.

**_Job Responsibilities:_**
- Observes all safety rules and regulations
- Identifies and addresses product and processing problems in a timely manner and escalates issues to Sanitation Lead if resolution requires it.
- Maintains a safe and clean work environment throughout the plant, according to GMP and Safety Guidelines
- Prepares areas to be cleaned by setting up safety equipment and organizing supplies
- Disassembles, cleans, and sanitizes all production equipment in a timely manner
- Cleans floors and walls of the production area to maintain cleanliness
- Must be able to safely operate and understands proper machine operating and adjusting procedures
- Monitor, complete, and maintain efficient and accurate paperwork as needed
- Works to understand overall impact of his/her job on team productivity and plant profitability, maintains high level of personal productivity and contributes suggestions for work process improvements.

**_Required Skills/Abilities: _**
- Three (3) years of (food manufacturing) sanitation experience
- Bilingual English-Spanish is a plus
- Able to work off-shifts when necessary.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Ability to use independent reasoning and judgment.
- Ability to communicate with all levels of plant personnel (written and verbally).

**_Education and Experience:_**
- High school diploma or equivalent preferred. Food manufacturing experience preferred but not required.

**_Physical Requirements: _**
- Moderate degree of physical activity on a frequent basis
- Must be able to lift 50 lbs.
- Repetitive standing, walking, bending, twisting, stooping, grasping, climbing, reaching, and moving about the facility
- Hearing ability to meet manufacturing facility safety requirements
- Works in high noise area and wears the appropriate hearing protection
- Vision abilities include close, distance, peripheral, and depth perception
- Able to work a multi shift environment
- Will be required to work around spices and meat ingredients as part of the daily activities
- Exposed to cold/ heat/ humidity