Sanitation Service Lead

**Location: On-site 10 Craig Street, Brantford, ON**

**About the position**

This position will be based in Brantford, Ontario. The Service Team Member is to work safely by observing all safety rules, including proper utilization of lock out tag out. This position will be responsible for back-up supervisory duties, Sanitation TM training, CI improvement projects, basic maintenance tasks and support all sanitation activities.

**Core Responsibilities**:
**Safety**
- Protection of employee's health and safety by meeting legislative requirements, providing instruction in regard to safety procedures and ensuring compliance of all regulatory and plant safety rules.
- Must actively contribute to the safe working environment, to include the completion of Safety By Observation (SBO's)
- Promptly report any accidents/ incidents and assist in the investigation and implementation of corrective actions
- Not use or operate any equipment, machine or device or work in a manner that may endanger themself or others.
- Knowledge and understanding of Safety and Environmental legislation and company policy, systems, practice, and the legal responsibility placed upon individuals.
- Ensure that procedures and practice adhere to safety policy and legislation.
- Wear the required PPE while performing all job duties.
- Certain tasks require additional PPE including but not limited to, gloves, apron, waterproof boots, goggles, and a face shield.
- Complete basic chemical safety training.
- Safe, licensed operation of powered industrial vehicles including movement and operation of a forklift.
- May be required to complete or contribute to S-EWO and associated paperwork.
- Complete work at heights training and pass the evaluation, safely perform responsibilities that fall within work at heights guidelines.

**Workplace Hazards**
- Full knowledge of workplace and hazards within it.
- Utilize appropriate safety and environmental procedures for people, processes, materials, products and equipment relevant to the tasks in the area.
- Work areas include conveyors and power industrial vehicles.
- Work areas include machines that start and stop automatically.
- Work areas may include cold work environments (PPE is provided).
- Associates performing this role may have additional exposure to high temperatures, pressure and concentrated cleaning chemicals.
- Must not use chemicals not approved and without MSDS or non-assessed by a non-routine task assessment.

**Quality**
- Must actively contribute to all the quality related trainings and complete assessments.
- Identifies material defects at the point of receipt and notifies appropriate personnel, may include leads, supervisors, and quality.
- Prioritizes Consumer Safety by adhering to the strict Food Safety and GMP requirements set by the company and may halt activities when there is potential risk for noncompliance.
- Knowledge of product quality and food safety procedures for the production lines.
- Perform and accurately record sanitation paperwork, including concentration titrations.
- Understands and adheres to color coding policies and reports non-compliance observed.
- Initiate and complete SNCRs as vendor sourced issues are identified.
- Participate in the FS agenda through collaboration FS Team and their tasks.
- Participate in investigations of FS / Q Incidents.
- Participate on new SOPs / SSOPs creation or revision of existing ones.

**Operational Activities**
- Will be required at times to cover Team member Vacation/absenteeism coverage.
- SMED for lines sanitation activities
- OPL Creation Improvements
- Line & system Startup expert, adhere to performance standards.
- Works on continuous improvement projects both individually and on teams.
- General line maintenance and preparation required as part of Autonomous program.
- Other work assisting Maintenance activities as requested from Maintenance.
- Work area must follow 5S protocols.
- Completes all required paperwork as the relevant work is performed.
- Other duties as assigned.

**Start-Up**
- Carries out verification to ensure the area and equipment are clean and in safe condition per the established procedure.

**Shutdown**
- Verifies process shutdown is properly done to start up. This is executed after taking over the line.

**Cleaning**
- Performs cleaning and inspections as per schedule of areas assigned or as per business requirements, documenting actions completed, and any source of contamination identified.
- Performs regular activities to maintain GMP standards throughout facility, as assigned.
- Full knowledge and understanding of CIP circuits on how to perform general sanitation cleaning, including flushing B-Units and lines, MPUs, and case packers and to ensure prevention of leaks.
- Spray balls, PM tanks outside, covering sensors, and cleaning of hot box re-Melter station.
- Full knowledge and understanding of the system that manages CIP and all relevant screens.
- Full knowledge and understanding of proper way t