Sanitation Associate

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Sanitation Associate

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Welcome to Halperns’! The dedicated employees who work at Halperns' are passionately committed to this business and the customers they serve. Being part of Halperns' means being part of something important, something unique, and something special. This commitment is made clear by the superior meat and seafood specialty products we distribute.

There's a seat at our table for you…

What we offer:
Medical, Prescription Drug, EFAP Benefits after 30 days of employment
Dental, vision and other voluntary plans
Pre-Tax Saving Accounts
Profit Sharing
Family culture and career advancement opportunities

Position Summary:

The Sanitation Worker is responsible for incidental cleaning and sanitation maintenance of production areas throughout the assigned shift for safe food production.

Essential Functions:

• Follow standard sanitation operating procedure guidelines as they refer to proper cleaning and sanitation of all equipment for this position.

• Follow company GMP’s and employee safety work methods

• Must be able to read English to follow instructions for chemical usage and cleaning specifications as set by the company.

• Ability to use cleaning and sanitizing chemicals and high pressure and low-pressure water hoses.

• Perform machine breakdown for cleaning purposes; disassemble and reassemble production equipment

• Manually clean, rinse, foam, scrub and sanitize production equipment, clean in place equipment (CIP) ensuring that all areas meet sanitation requirements

• Complete daily documentation (checklists) accurately

• Report any sanitation concerns to supervisor

• Report any food safety or equipment damage concerns to supervisor

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:

• Must have working knowledge of production equipment.

• Demonstrated ability to portion all boneless cuts of meat in an accurate and timely manner.

• Ability to reduce processing costs but cutting and sizing portions accurately with good yields as well as meeting customer specs.

• Ability to problem solve in terms of trimming and product substitutions.

• Ability to work in a fast paced, high pressure, challenging environment

• Must be a team player and possess a positive attitude.

• Ability to effectively communicate, both written and verbally, in English.

• Must demonstrate the ability to understand the Meat Buyer’s Guide specifications as they relate to the company’s internal product specifications.

• Follows company’s Quality Control procedures.

You are required to provide your most recent employment experience for your application to be considered complete.

BE PART OF AN AMAZING CULTURE WHERE WHAT MATTERS TO YOU, MATTERS TO US!

Halperns' Steak & Seafood values our customers and understands that their success is largely dependent upon their workforce. To demonstrate our commitment to our partnership, we will require any candidate who works for a Halperns' Steak & Seafood customer to provide a letter of support from their management if they are selected for the interview process.

Equal Employment Opportunity is a matter of policy at Halperns' Steak & Seafood. and we are committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.  If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, please submit your request to halpernshr@gfs.com and use the words “Accommodation Request” in your subject line.