Sanitation Coordinator - Dodge City, United States - Hilmar Cheese Company

Description

At Hilmar Cheese Company we improve lives around the world through wholesome dairy products. Since our founding in 1984, Hilmar Cheese Company has been committed to innovation and sustainability. Our state-of-the art production facilities convert an abundance of locally sourced high-quality milk into a variety of nutritious cheeses, whey protein and lactose. The Cheese and Ingredients that we produce create a wide variety of retail and food service products from sliced and shredded cheeses, to protein supplements and infant formula. We are a trusted partner to premier food and beverage brands in for than fifty countries helping bring their vision into reality.

Throughout our decades of success and growth we have remained committed to our mission and values and these principles unite our people and guide all that we do.

A Typical Day

The Sanitation Coordinator is responsible for leadership and guidance in coordinating efforts to validate, maintain and improve sanitation practices and procedures while maintaining cost objectives of the Plan. Acts as member of the Food Safety Review Team (multidisciplinary committee designed to focus on food safety in the plant).

Job Responsibilities

• Assist with training, teaching, and educating employees on company policies, procedures, and standards.
• Maintain Master Sanitation Schedule (MSS), Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP) and annual Validations/Verifications. Use EMP data trends to optimize and adjust master cleaning/sanitation schedules. Verify consist, proper execution of all CIP's and consistent completion of MSS's.
• Lead CIP and sanitation efforts for all major cleaning events (clean breaks), new equipment, or equipment modifications.
• Lead program to maintain all plant CIP systems including routine audits, instrumentation PM program, valve functionality and overall upkeep.
• Perform routine plant audits and tear-down inspection of equipment and recommend maintenance/repair needs for correction in order to comply with GMP/Food Safety standards.
• Closeout GMP, Sanitation and Regulatory and Customer audit findings.
• Monitor and control finished product quality results and environmental microbial influence (Hygiene Zone impact), then implement resolution to out of trend (OOT) factors. Hygiene Zone includes air systems, dry processes, and packing rooms.
• Compile routine professional reports consistent with HCC/HI management control and reporting practices. Distribute these reports to Operations, Technical, Quality, and SCM.
• Interact with other Sanitation Coordinators, Quality and SCM to develop a more streamlined tracking and reporting process for chemicals at the point of use. Including monitoring daily chemical usage.
• Place high priority on food safety and sanitation by understanding and executing HCC's food safety, sanitation policies, procedures and compliance to SQF code.
• Prioritize safety above all other job duties by having a safety first approach at all times.

What You Will Need

• High School Diploma and 6 years related experience OR Associate's degree and 5 years' experience OR Bachelor's degree plus 3 years related experience OR Master's degree.
• Able to demonstrate leadership, critical thinking, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Knowledge of production operations management for quality, yield and cost.
• Annual completion of Food Safety overview training.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's degree plus 5 years related experience OR Master's degree plus 1 year related experience
• 3 years of advancement through progressive managerial positions where HACCP, GMP, SPC, Food Safety and Quality Systems, P&ID, CAD, PLC Controls, Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics are common.
• Experience with Programming of CIP systems, preventive maintenance of pumps, valves, motors, and storing and dispensing of equipment.
• Knowledge of chemical types and their effect on soil and soil loads must be demonstrated, and ability to advance basic knowledge.
  

Physical Demands

The role has periods of time when the work environment is sedentary and conducted in an office environment balanced with frequent occasions that require prolonged walking or standing, lifting/ carrying/handling moderate weight objects on a regular basis. Is required to wear PPE and have a regular presence in manufacturing and warehouse environments in both temperature controlled and uncontrolled locations. Must frequently interact with people verbally. Specific details of the essential functions of the position is available in the Job Safety Analysis, made available on request.

Work Environment

Food safety is a companywide responsibility and each employee must know their role in the manufacture and distribution of safe, wholesome, and high quality products.

This description is a general statement and does not include other duties as assigned

Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer/EEO. We participate in E-Verify.

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