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