1st Shift Set-Up Technician

Mom's Meals
Grinnell, IA
On-site

Who this role is best for

Best suited to detail-oriented individuals with prior food sanitation experience working in a food production facility.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with prior food sanitation experience and mechanical aptitude for equipment maintenance
    — “Previous food sanitation experience”
  • Individuals who thrive in hands-on, physically demanding environments with repetitive tasks
    — “Able to perform repetitive movements”

Things to consider

  • The role requires physical endurance and the ability to work in variable temperatures
    — “Work in variable temperatures (cold/hot)”
  • Candidates must be comfortable working at heights of up to 50 feet
    — “Ability to work at heights of 50 feet or more on a ladder or scissor lift”

How to stand out

  • Highlight prior experience with food production equipment and adherence to sanitation protocols
    — “Tear down, sanitize, and set up the following equipment as well as manage the preventative maintenance of these equipment and parts”
  • Emphasize your ability to use and maintain cleaning chemicals properly
    — “Properly use and maintain cleaning chemicals”
  • Showcase your initiative and attention to detail in preventing bacterial issues
    — “Attention to detail as sanitation programs are key to preventing potential bacterial problems”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Individual

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What success looks like

  • cleaning and sanitizing equipment
  • passing pre-op inspection
  • managing preventative maintenance
Typical background
food sanitationmachine operation

Skills & requirements

Required

SanitationMachine OperationGMP ComplianceEquipment Maintenance

Preferred

Food Sanitation Experience

Stack & domain

Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (ssops)FDA & USDA StandardsCleaning ChemicalsGood Manufacturing Practices (gmps)Preventative MaintenanceHand-held RadioRepair HosesCleaning MachineryCommunicationAttention To DetailInitiativeCross-trainingFood Safety

About the role

Original posting from Mom's Meals via Lever

The Set-Up Sanitation Associate will clean the facility and equipment to meet internal Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP) and ensure FDA & USDA standards. This position will also tear down, sanitize, and set up line equipment. The primary focus is doing a deep clean on machines to ensure they pass pre-op inspection each morning.

Position Responsibilities may include, but not limited to:

  • Responsible for deep cleaning a wide variety of machinery so they will pass morning inspection. Must properly break down and clean all production machinery and equipment
  • Review and follow internal Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOPs), as well as FDA & USDA standards
  • Tear down, sanitize, and set up the following equipment as well as manage the preventative maintenance of these equipment and parts: V-mags, Unifillers, Diaphragm Pumps, Kettles, and other equipment as needed
  • Clean and sanitize all belts, surfaces, machines, and lines
  • Properly use and maintain cleaning chemicals
  • Follow & encourage others to follow all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs)
  • Work with Sanitation Supervisor and Manager to ensure that the department has parts on hand for backup
  • Be available, via hand-held radio, to answer calls pertaining to equipment and setup issues
  • Repair hoses to compressed sanitation system

Required Skills and Experience:

  • Observation and initiative skills
  • Good communication skills
  • Attention to detail as sanitation programs are key to preventing potential bacterial problems
  • Willingness to cross-train and help in other areas as needed

Preferred Skills and Experience:

  • Previous food sanitation experience

Physical Requirements:

  • Regularly required to use hands to feel, grab, or operate objects, tools, and controls while reaching with hands and arms
  • Frequently required to stand, communicate, and listen
  • Occasionally required to walk, stoop, kneel or crouch
  • Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
  • Visual perception to perform job including peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
  • Able to perform repetitive movements
  • Able to work in variable temperatures (cold/hot)
  • Ability to work at heights of 50 feet or more on a ladder or scissor lift
  • Ability to push, pull, and lift 100 pounds occasionally

Company Overview

Mom’s Meals is a home-delivered meal service providing fully prepared, refrigerated meal solutions direct to homes nationwide since 1999. We provide seniors, patients recovering post-discharge and those managing a chronic condition with tailored nutrition solutions to manage their specific needs. If you are passionate about the well-being of others and have a strong sense of community, Mom’s Meals could be the place for you! We are a family operated business looking for fun, compassionate, and friendly people who want to make a difference in the lives of others.

EEO

Mom’s Meals complies with all applicable federal and state non-discrimination laws. Qualified applicants shall receive consideration for employment without regards to race, religion, national origin, ancestry, color, gender, age, disability, or veteran status.

Source: Mom's Meals careers (Lever)

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