Sanitation Technician

What You'll Do: Clean and sanitize assigned production equipment, processing areas, tanks, vats, pipelines, fillers, valves, pumps, utensils, containers, totes, floors, drains, and work areas. Disassemble, clean, sanitize, inspect, and reassemble production equipment as required by sanitation procedures and training. Operate sanitation systems, cleaning tools, hoses, foaming equipment, and other assigned sanitation equipment safely and effectively. Complete daily, weekly, monthly, and periodic sanitation tasks according to company procedures and leadership direction. Support pre-operational readiness by ensuring assigned equipment and areas are cleaned, sanitized, organized, and ready for production use. Complete sanitation records, logs, cleaning records, and inspection forms accurately and timely. Identify and report sanitation concerns, unsafe conditions, product residue, chemical concerns, equipment issues, or food safety concerns. Follow company policies, GMP, SQF, HACCP, PPE, Lockout/Tagout, Hazard Communication, sanitation, housekeeping, and safety Success Looks LikeA successful Sanitation Technician is dependable, safety-minded, detail-oriented, and able to work efficiently without taking shortcuts. This person understands that sanitation is not just cleaning; it is a food-safety-critical function that supports employee safety, product integrity, customer trust, and production readiness.

Requirements: High school diploma or equivalent. Ability to read, write, and follow verbal, written, and computer-based procedures. Ability to complete sanitation records, logs, and documentation to work in a wet, non-climate-controlled manufacturing environment. Ability to work around hot water, cleaning chemicals, sanitizers, production equipment, wet floors, drains, hoses, noise, and food manufacturing conditions. Ability to stand, walk, bend, kneel, crouch, climb, reach, push, pull, lift, and carry as required during the shift. Ability to lift, carry, push, and pull up to 50 pounds. Ability to work overtime, weekends, holidays, and assigned shifts as needed. Ability to wear required PPE correctly. Ability to complete required safety, food safety, sanitation, chemical safety, and job-specific training.

Preferred Qualifications: Prior sanitation experience. Prior food or beverage manufacturing sanitation experience. Experience with wet food line cleaning and sanitizing tanks, fillers, valves, pumps, pipelines, floors, drains, or production equipment. Working knowledge of GMP, SQF, HACCP, PPE, LOTO, SDS, sanitation, and food safety Environment &

Physical Requirements: This position works in a food manufacturing environment and may include exposure to wet floors, hot water, cleaning chemicals, sanitizers, production equipment, drains, hoses, noise, and non-climate-controlled conditions. The role requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, crouching, climbing, reaching, pushing, pulling, lifting, and carrying during the assigned shift. Safety & Food Safety Expectations All employees are expected to follow company safety, food safety, sanitation, GMP, SQF, HACCP, PPE, Lockout/Tagout, Hazard Communication, and housekeeping requirements. Employees are expected to report unsafe conditions, sanitation concerns, equipment issues, chemical concerns, or food safety concerns Employment OpportunityTW Garner Food Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.