Sanitation Technician

Overview

At Garner Foods, we don’t just offer jobs, we invest in futures. That’s why we provide one of the most competitive health plans in the industry, designed to support your well-being every step of the way. From comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage to competitive pay, generous time off, and real career development, our benefits are built to help you grow personally and professionally.

We believe in balance, opportunity, and rewarding the hard work you bring every day. Whether you're building your career or taking it to the next level, Garner Foods is where your journey begins and where it can truly thrive.

The Sanitation Technician is responsible for proactively providing a clean, safe, and sanitary environment for the safe production of food products in accordance with company policy and abiding with all food safety regulations, standards, and guidelines.

• Report for assigned shift in a timely manner, in appropriate attire.
• Adherence to Garner Foods policies, FDA guidelines for food safety and food defense, SQF code, HACCP, and other applicable regulations.
• Responsible for complex cleaning activities in manufacturing facilities.
• Must be able to operate critical equipment, valves, pumps, fillers, and production equipment.
• Operate the sanitizing system to clean and sanitize equipment, tanks, and pipelines.
• Disassembly and reassembly of production equipment to perform necessary cleaning, sanitizing, and reassembling of these pieces of equipment.
• Clean processing tanks and vats.
• Ability to log and complete all required recorded batch documents according to food safety and food defense regulations for proper record keeping.
• Clean various items throughout facility including but not limited to weighing containers, scoops, totes, floors, and mixing equipment.
• Able to work safely with cleaning agents and high temperature water (120 ºF and above) OTC (over the counter) products.
• Conducts daily, weekly, and monthly inspections on all equipment in the facility and ensures that it is maintained in clean and sanitary condition.
• Other duties and/or special projects as assigned.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Prior sanitation experience in the food and/or beverage industry; wet food lines preferred.
• Working knowledge of GMP, FDA, SQF, HACCP regulations and requirements preferred.
• Experience using Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Word, etc.).
• Ability to work in a wet non-climate-controlled environment.
• Strong commitment to safety, customers, quality, and productivity.
• Ability to stand, walk, bend, kneel, crouch, and climb (as needed) for the duration of the shift.
• Able to read, write, and follow verbal/written procedures, including computer-based.
• Strong attention to detail skills.
• Ability to lift/carry/push/pull up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to work overtime, holidays, weekends, if necessary.
• Ability to be respectful, approachable and team-oriented while building strong working relationships and a positive work environment.
• Required to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) including safety glasses, hearing protection, hairnets, beard nets (if applicable), gloves, and steel toe shoes correctly.