Food Safety Associate in Phoenix, Arizona at Capistranos Bakery LLC

POSITION: Food Safety Associate (non-exempt)
REPORTS TO: Food Safety Team Leader
Food Processing Facility
A food safety-sanitation associate-is required to perform or satisfy various tasks and / or standards, including but not limited to all of the following:
• Associate is a member of a food safety and sanitation crew whose duties are to clean and sanitize food manufacturing, and processing plant. Maintain Quality Control and Bacterial Standards imposed by the customer and applicable governmental agencies, such as the FDA, USDA, AIB, as well as County inspections.
• Associate is required to completely clean and sanitize the plant quickly and efficiently during relatively short time periods between the plant's normal production shifts, which typically requires that the sanitation worker work during late evenings
ight/early morning shifts (specific work shift to be determined by the supervisor), and frequent overtime (weekends, days, evenings).
• The associate is required to work in an environment that is wet, very humid, and undergoes extreme temperature changes, from very hot to very cold.
• Due to the changing environment, an associate must constantly be aware of the effects of these changes. Safety is the associate’s number one priority.
• Associate will also be working around large processing equipment in which chemicals will be used to complete the sanitation process.
• Associate must be able to work as a team along with other members of the crew, under stressful conditions, and be flexible and willing to perform varying tasks per the supervisor's instructions and in accordance with all safety guidelines mandated by the employer.
• Frequently lift/move hoses, equipment, chemical containers weighing 20-80 lbs. throughout each and every work shift.
• Assist in transporting heavy equipment with forklifts or other devices.
• Wear employer-specified protective gear, including gloves, face/eye shields, aprons, boots, etc. (some of which to be supplied by employer).
• Exposure to chemical cleaning solution (with protective gear).
• Perform varying tasks while standing, lifting, crouching, etc. during long periods of time.
• Other duties as assigned
• Perform all tasks safely and in a manner that will not create or pose an unsafe environment.