Sanitation Area Lead

Give and Go Prepared Foods is a leading, and growing, North American manufacturer of baked goods. As a proud member of the Mondelez family, we have consumer recognized brands in all our core categories, significant strategic acquisitions under our belt, and much, much more in the works. If you are looking for a company that has opportunity for growth, incredible energy, and a deeply ingrained respect for people, and open, honest communications, we’d love to have you to join our team. It’s an exciting time to part of the Give and Go team as we are growing rapidly and want you to become a part of our growth and extraordinary bright future! Job Overview: The Sanitation Area Lead leads the daily plant sanitation functions and sanitation employees. This function supports quality and sanitation improvement processes within the plants. This position is responsible for the effective use of cleaning and chemicals management applications, maintaining sanitation equipment and implementing plant sanitation procedures in compliance with company quality policies and procedures. Key Responsibilities: Train all Sanitation Technicians on the Sanitation’s procedure manual, cleaning processes, and/or any other required Sanitation Department trainings. Plan, organize, execute and monitor plant sanitation crew, processes and methods; Promote all plant safety, GMP, and food safety policies and procedures while proactively supporting Company needs and requirements. Provide employees with continual input on work performance and act as a guide for improvement Provide input on performance to Area Manager Proactively respond to and resolve workplace conflicts respectfully and appropriately Plan and execute daily, weekly and periodic plant wide cleaning and sanitation actively to ensure compliance with all regulatory procedures for sanitation, housekeeping and readiness for the next day’s production. Coordinate, plan and document sanitation activities and schedule workforce Periodic and end of shift walk-around to verify the completion of work and when necessary, due to vacations or other absences of sanitation staff, pitch in and perform work assignments to ensure completion of tasks. Monitor equipment condition through scheduled food safety preventive maintenance and inspections. Complete all paperwork and forms and hand in to the Sanitation Supervisor Perform all responsibilities following established GMP, Food Safety, and Health & Safety policies and procedures. Keep accurate records of cleaning performed. Must attend all training required for the performance of your duties as scheduled. Document and record all workplace incidents immediately in the form of incident reports Follow and guide other on company’s health and safety program, rules and procedures and work in compliance with health and safety-related legislation and codes Create a continuous improvement environment by improving products, service, and processes with the objective to reduce waste within the area while striving for efficiency and profitability. Job duties are not limited to the above and other duties may be assigned Proactively engage in problem solving as issues arise and lead others to do the same Recipe for Success: Completion of high school education or equivalent Minimum 2-3 years of sanitation experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment Knowledge of computer skills including Microsoft Office Strong interpersonal and communication skills Ability to work in a team-oriented environment Thorough knowledge of food processing and manufacturing Familiar with GMP’s, SSOP’s, HACCP and AIB Basic leadership/front line supervisory skill is preferred or is beneficial Regular, dependable attendance is an essential function of this position What we can offer: It’s an exciting time to be part of the Give & Go team as we are growing rapidly and want you to become a part our growth and extraordinarily bright future. As we grow, we are committed to preserve the parts of our diversity & culture that is unique, people focused and are core to our success at every size. Our values of Quality, Direct Communication and Respect mean something. Learning and growth; we are working to create an environment where sharing new ideas, experimenting and learning from each other is strongly encouraged. Competitive benefits, along with work, life balance!