Sanitation Associate - 2nd shift - East Facility

Sanitation Associate - 2nd Shift - East Facility

Job Title:

Sanitation Associate

Career Level:

S1 Function:
Operations

Reports to:

Sanitation Supervisor

Location:

Whitehall East Position Type:
Full time

Schedule:

Monday – Thursday, 3 pm – 1 am, overtime as necessary Pay: $22.55

Ornua is a leading dairy company and the proud owner of premium dairy brands enjoyed by consumers around the world. With annual revenues exceeding $3.7 billion and a global workforce of approximately 2,800 employees, Ornua operates across 10 business units and 12 production facilities spanning Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Africa. In North America, Ornua is focused on delivering high-quality dairy products and ingredients to retail, food service, and food manufacturing customers.

The company supports the growth of globally recognized brands, including Kerrygold, while also providing innovative dairy ingredient solutions to meet evolving customer needs. Backed by a strong global supply network and deep dairy expertise, Ornua combines the strength of an international organization with a commitment to local markets, customers, and communities. Through its manufacturing facilities, commercial teams, and customer partnerships across the United States and Canada, Ornua continues to drive growth, innovation, and excellence throughout the dairy industry.

At Ornua, our success is built on our people, our values, and our commitment to delivering quality products and exceptional service to customers every day.

As a Sanitation Associate, you play a critical role in maintaining a safe, clean, and sanitary food manufacturing environment. Your work directly supports food safety, product quality, regulatory compliance, and the success of our production operations. You will help ensure that production equipment, processing areas, and facility surfaces are thoroughly cleaned and sanitized according to established procedures and food-safety standards. By preventing contamination and cross-contamination, you help protect the quality and safety of the products enjoyed by our customers.

Key Areas Of Responsibility:

• Clean equipment and work areas, to include the laboratory, production and all other areas assigned using chemical cleaning solutions, hand tools and pressurized sanitation equipment.
• 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 production and processing equipment.
• Perform duties following all good manufacturing practices (GMP's) including food, equipment, and operating safety requirements.
• Complete all necessary cleaning and workplace sanitation requirements.
• Flexible to support work in all areas as needed.
• Record production information in a tablet, computer or by hand.
• Attend all required company training.
• Demonstrate commitment to Safety, Food Safety and Food Quality.
• Required to fully comply with Quality Management System Policies and Procedures and Food Safety Management requirements.
• Effectively communicate with Management in regard to Equipment issues, Food Safety issues, Quality issues, Safety issues and sanitation processes and procedures that need review.
• Assist in inventory of chemicals, cleaning supplies and parts required.

Required

Skills And Abilities:

• Adhere to and strive to exceed the expectations of stringent Safety, Food Safety, Quality and good manufacturing practices (GMP's) policies and procedures at all times.
• Ability to calculate and understand basic math and simple formulas including but not limited to addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and averages.
• Ability to demonstrate strong interpersonal skills, cultivating a culture of trust, accountability, collaboration, and…