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Bakemex Sanitation Team Member

At Bakemex, how we work is defined by shared values that include absolute integrity, respect, and collaboration. However, it's more than that; it's smart and highly driven people united in purpose to serve one another.

Bring your energy and unique perspective and you'll have the opportunity to grow with us professionally, personally, and financially. You will be part of a team that genuinely cares about helping you succeed, and you will work alongside talented colleagues while making a difference in our communities.

Position Summary

The role of the Sanitation team member is to assist and support the Department -- by cleaning and sanitizing machinery and equipment in accordance with established procedures and guidelines. Interpreting control sheets, technician manuals and sanitation standard operating procedures (SSOP's) to clean and sanitize food contact surfaces.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The essential duties and responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Safe operation of the assigned work area.
• Deliver effective results within specification and timelines.
• Assess cleanliness and sanitary quality of machinery and equipment and accept or reject from processing.
• Communicate with Quality Tech and Supervisor regarding any out of conformance or questionable food contact surfaces and cleans and sanitizes to assure food safety.
• Operate sanitation machinery and equipment at rated rate of process and deliver assigned work orders.
• Operate and change settings on the various pieces of sanitation equipment - concentration settings, speed controls, wash time, rinse time, etc.
• Ensure that minimum downtime is experienced.
• Validate sanitation effectiveness with visual inspection and chemical swabs and strips for program compliance.
• Calibrate or replace malfunctioning equipment.
• Properly and timely complete all shift documentation.
• Return all sanitation documents and charts at the end of shift.
• Adhere to GMP (good manufacturing practice) guidelines.
• Reject and/or clean unsanitary production equipment.
• Routine housekeeping of assigned work area and adjacent areas.
• Perform minor maintenance, as needed, with sanitation equipment repairs and/or adjustments
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Accountability & Dependability - Takes personal responsibility for the quality and timeliness of work and achieves results with little oversight.
• Adaptability & Flexibility - Adapts to changing business needs, conditions, and work responsibilities and works with a variety of situations, individuals, groups, and varying customer needs.
• Business Alignment - Aligns the direction, products, services, and performance of a business line with the rest of the organization.
• Customer Focus - Builds and maintains customer satisfaction with the products and services offered by the organization; provides excellent service to internal and external customers.
• Mathematical Reasoning - Uses mathematical techniques to calculate data or solve practical problems.
• Operating Equipment - Uses tools, machines, and/or vehicles to complete the assigned work.
• Planning & Organizing - Defining tasks and milestones to achieve objectives, while ensuring the optimal use of resources to achieve those objectives.
• Problem Solving - Resolves basic challenges.
• Reading Comprehension - Grasps the meaning of written information and applies it to work situations.
• Safety Focus - Adheres to all workplace and trade safety laws, regulations, standards, and practices.

Education & Experience

• 1+ year janitorial experience
• Bilingual: Spanish and English preferred.

Physical Demands and Work Conditions:

The physical demands and work conditions below represent those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Some requirements may be modified to accommodate individuals with disabilities:

• Constant physical demands, including reaching, carrying, seeing, bending, walking, and moving in the facility.
• Will be exposed to shop elements such as noise, dust, odors, fumes, oils.
• Will work regularly near moving equipment.
• Temperature of work area may be affected by outside temperatures and machinery.
• Utilization of safety equipment such as glasses, helmets, goggles, clothing, and other materials and equipment that may be necessary.
• Lifting, pushing, pulling, and/or carrying up to 25 lbs.

Important Disclaimer Notice: The job duties, elements, responsibilities, skills, functions, experience, educational factors, and the requirements and conditions listed in this job description are representative only and not exhaustive of the tasks that an employee may be required to perform. The Employer reserves the right to revise this job description at any time and to require employees to perform other tasks as circumstances or conditions of its business or the work environment change.