Sanitation Specialist

Company Description

At Link Snacks, we show up hungry, roll up our sleeves, plaid or otherwise, and dive straight into the hard work. We don’t hide from challenges; we hunt them down. We push harder, move faster, and take the kinds of big swings that built this business in the North Woods of Wisconsin four decades ago.

At Link Snacks, we show up hungry, roll up our sleeves, plaid or otherwise, and dive straight into the hard work. We don’t hide from challenges; we hunt them down. We push harder, move faster, and take the kinds of big swings that built this business in the North Woods of Wisconsin four decades ago. We’re everyday people who deliver extraordinary results.

Innovation, creativity, and urgency aren’t buzzwords, they’re expectations. And just like the real protein snacks we make across our global house of brands:
Jack Link’s®, Lorissa’s™ Organic Snacks, Golden Island®, BiFi®, Peperami® and KOOEE!® to name a few, there’s nothing artificial about us. What you see is exactly what you get: humble, gritty, passionate people who show up every day ready to not just be a participate in the meat snack industry that the Link Family created, but to move faster, innovate harder and keep raising the bar so high, the rest of the world needs a ladder just to see it.

Dominating this space across the world takes a team. A team that runs together, succeeds together, and celebrates together. A team that’s full of relentless energy and spirit that can only be fueled by one thing: a fist full of our delicious meat snacks. Real Meat Protein. Real People. Real Results. THAT is Link Snacks.

Hours:

2nd Shift Monday
- Friday 6pm-2:30am

Pay: $17.00 hour

• Clean and sanitize processing area and equipment, following guidelines of U.S.D.A. during evening shift.
• Disassemble, handle, and reassemble equipment in a manner that maintains the conditions and food safety of the equipment at all times.
• Ensure that cleaning chemical concentrations, cleaning times, temperatures and flows meet personal safety, food safety and cleaning standards
• Follow all sanitation, general plant, area-specific and equipment specific safe practices and GMP standards
• Safely and efficiently operate Clean In Place and Clean Out of Place systems
• Complete all documentation, communication and record-keeping requirements accurately, on time and in a professional manner
• Inspect sanitation work and follow up as appropriate to ensure that all operating and sanitation standards have been met to ensure a safe and effective on-time start of plant processing and equipment.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

The ideal candidate will possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities:

• The ability to be organized, self-motivated, work as a team in a fast paced work environment
• The ability to understand and execute Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP's) and best practices safely, consistently and effectively
• Previous experience in a food manufacturing sanitation role is preferred

Physical demands of the job:
During an 8 hour night shift, the employee will perform the following on a frequent to constant basis:

• Standing
• Walking
• Bending, twisting
• Pushing, pulling
• Reaching
• Overhead work
• Climbing
• Carrying, both bilateral and unilateral
• Repetitive motion: using upper extremities to wipe, scrub, scrape, sweep, mop etc.
• Kneel
• Crouch or squat as specific work assignments require.

• Tolerance / ability to work at heights on ladders and scissors lifts in order to clean ceiling tiles, pipes, and the tops of large sections of equipment.
• Scissors lifts: from a few feet off the ground to ceiling height, up to 30 feet
• Equipment used: mops, buckets, rags, scrub brushes, hoses, power washer, scrapers, air hoses, pallet jack, etc.

• Waiting period may apply

• A job for which military experienced candidates are encouraged to apply
• Open to applicants who do not have a high school diploma/GED
• A good fit for applicants with gaps in their resume, or who have been out of the workforce for the past 6 months or more
• A good job for someone just entering the workforce or returning to the workforce with limited experience…