Sanitation Associate - 1st Shift - Days Off: Monday & Tuesday - Home Chef

This role follows a 1st shift schedule, working from 7 AM to 3:30 PM, with designated days off on Monday and Tuesday.

The Sanitation Associate is responsible for all activities involved in maintaining the cleanliness and food safe environment in the food processing facility. The Sanitation Associate is expected to wear proper Personal Protective Equipment at all times, maintain janitorial equipment in a clean, organized and safe manner at all times, and follow all health and safety regulations.

Detailed Responsibilities

Refrigerated Coolers

• Empty all trash cans and replace liners, clean and sanitize receptacles on a daily basis 
• Clean floors by sweeping, mopping, and scrubbing them with floor scrubber 
• Clean and wipe down racks
• Clean metal tables and sanitized on a daily basis
• Re-stock vinyl gloves in all sizes
• Clean and sanitize hand wash sinks and three department sinks
• Clean, empty and sanitize all garbage gondolas on a daily basis
• Mix water and cleaning chemicals in containers, mop buckets to prepare cleaning solutions according to specifications
• Check for leaks, drips, and condensation
• Clean all food manufacturing machinery according to SOP's

Freezers

• Check for leaks, drips, and condensation
• Clean floors using a dry cleaning method
• Remove any ice accumulation on the floors, walls, and cooling units

Bus Tub Room

• Empty all trash cans and replace liners, clean and sanitize receptacles on a daily basis 
• Clean floors by sweeping, mopping, and scrubbing them with floor scrubber 
• Clean and wipe down racks
• Clean, wash and sanitize all production utensils, bus tubs, red crates and blue dollies
• Clean metal tables and sanitize on a daily basis
• Re-stock chemicals 
• Clean and sanitize three department sinks
• Test sanitizer with Hydrion test strips to test PPM sanitation solution
• Clean Tub Washer according to SOP

GMP Frock Room 

• Empty all trash cans and replace liners, clean and sanitize receptacles on a daily basis 
• Clean floors by sweeping, mopping, and scrubbing them with floor scrubber 
• Re-stock vinyl gloves in all sizes
• Clean and sanitize hand wash sinks and three department sinks
• Clean walls when completing deep clean

General Responsibilities

• Follow the facility GMPs and help enforce them throughout the facility
• Support the efforts of the company to maintain our food safety system (SQF) and quality programs

Attitude and Attendance

• Arrives to work at scheduled time and follows time off request procedure
• Communicates with co-workers in a professional manner
• Treats co-workers with respect at all times
• Escalates attitude issues among janitors to FSQA Manager
• Uses teamwork with working with production throughout the day 

General Responsibilities

• Follow the facility GMPs and help enforce them throughout the facility
• Support the efforts of the company to maintain our food safety system (SQF) and quality programs

This position requires 0% travel. 

Qualifications
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability needed for this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

• Fluency in Spanish and English is preferred
• 2+ years of experience working in the food industry 
• General high school degree, or equivalent

More About Us

Perks and benefits

• Candidates can experience Home Chef as a customer - enter promo code PEOPLE30 for $30 off your first order!
• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance available
• Paid holidays, sick time and vacation time
• 401k program
• Flexible spending accounts for qualified medical, dependent care, parking, or transit expenses

How We Work Together

We are humble team players.
We are warm and gracious with team members and customers. We seek feedback to improve ourselves - and respectfully listen to and accept input.

We are pragmatic next-level thinkers.
We come up with novel and unique ideas. We explore new strategies to avoid being constrained by conventional thinking.

We take ownership.
We approach ambiguous problems, prepared to dive in, get curious, and learn more. We are results-driven, always challenging ourselves to exceed goals.

Be at Home at Home Chef

We all show up authentically at Home Chef. Our team includes individuals with a variety of identities, backgrounds, and perspectives. You can trust that you'll be able to bring your whole self to an inclusive and enjoyable workplace.

We welcome people of all races, colors, religions, national origin or ancestry, sex (including sexual identity), age, physical or mental disabilities, pregnancy, veteran or military status, unfavorable discharge from military service, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, order of protection status, citizenship status, arrest record or expunged/sealed convictions, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.

Home Chef is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Home Chef will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact our People team at hr@homechef.com.