Sanitation, Manufacturing ​/ Production

Join Barrett Petfood in Brainerd, Minnesota as a Full Time Plant Sanitation team member and experience the thrill of contributing to a clean and safe production environment. This onsite role allows you to be at the heart of our manufacturing process, ensuring the highest standards of hygiene and safety while working within a dynamic and fun team atmosphere.

Competitive pay ranges from $18.00 to $20.00 per hour with benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), life insurance, health savings account, paid time off, and employee discounts. This opportunity is ideal for someone who values integrity, customer‑centricity, and a high‑performance culture.

As a new Plant Sanitation team member you can expect a day‑to‑day schedule that revolves around maintaining a clean and safe manufacturing environment. Your day‑to‑day tasks include sanitizing equipment, floors, and work areas, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards, monitoring cleaning supplies, reporting operational issues, and working closely with team members to identify and solve sanitation challenges.

Schedule:

Monday‑Friday, 6:00 AM‑2:30 PM.

• Take out garbage and empty pallets
• Clean and sanitize various pieces of equipment
• Work with a team to ensure our facility is clean
• Assist operators on start‑ups and shutdowns with removal of waste barrels and cleaning around equipment
• Operate forklift and floor scrubber to assist in cleanup of production floor
• Bail bags, boxes, and totes
• Additional cleaning/janitorial tasks as needed

• Strong attention to detail to ensure thorough cleaning and sanitation of all equipment and work areas.

• Good problem‑solving abilities to quickly identify issues and implement effective solutions.

• Effective communication skills to coordinate tasks with team members.

• Proactive attitude and willingness to learn new procedures and protocols.

• Physical stamina for standing, bending, and lifting throughout the shift.

• Embracing the company’s core values of integrity and safety.

Barrett Petfood is committed to a safe workplace for all of our employees.
In connection with your employment with the Company, notice is hereby given that a consumer report and/or investigative consumer report may be obtained from a consumer reporting agency for employment purposes. These reports may contain information about your character, general reputation, personal characteristics and mode of living, whichever are applicable. They may involve personal interviews with sources such as your neighbors, friends or associates.

The reports may also contain information about you relating to your criminal history, credit history, driving and/or motor vehicle records, education or employment history or other background checks.
You have the right, upon written request made within a reasonable time after the receipt of this notice, to request disclosure of the nature and scope of any investigative consumer report. The scope of this notice and authorization is not limited to the present and, if you are hired, will continue throughout the course of your employment and allow the Company to conduct future screenings for retention, promotion or reassignment, as permitted by law unless revoked by you in writing.

• Entry level

• Full‑time

• Management and Manufacturing
• Food Production

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