Cleaner

Responsible for the cleaning and sanitizing of lettuce processing equipment, area, and lines. Follows supervisor’s instructions in adhering to standardized practices with emphasis on achieving required results.

Duties / Responsibilities

• Perform cleaning and sanitation of plant equipment and environment in a thorough and safe manner
• Operate cleaning systems and equipment as trained and specified
• Perform light duty maintenance as assigned (i.e. disassembly and reassembly of equipment for cleaning and parts of machines needing to be cleaned
• Ensure accurate record keeping of performed testing and recording charts are properly documented according to company and regulatory guidelines
• Adhere to all current SOP’s, procedures, and quality requirements
• Maintain a safe, clean, organized work area throughout the facility and common areas.
• Report food safety and quality problems to Supervisor, the SQF Practitioner or directly to Senior Management.
• On-going training in Food Safety and Sanitation

Required Qualifications

• 0-1 years of experience in a production environment or related work experience
• Ability to fulfill routine logs related to food safety and inspection reports

Preferred Qualifications

• Food or agriculture industry experience preferred

Key Values & Characteristics of Candidates:

• Authentically Green. Candidates must sincerely care about leading the movement to improve the environmental impact of the food supply chain. Candidates must be passionate about creating a healthier planet, environment, and food supply. The background and experience of candidates should reflect a true passion for improving the way we feed Americans.
• Drive to Succeed. Candidates must have hunger and ambition and must get out of bed and want to strongly perform every day, internally motivated. Candidates must demand excellence and strive to achieve greatness. Candidates should have a high clock speed and imbue energy in those around them.
• Humility & Integrity. Candidates must have personal humility and must want the organization to succeed (not focusing solely on personal success). Candidates must care about people and clients and be strong team players. Candidates must possess the highest degree of integrity and must project the proper image of BrightFarms.
• Productive. Colleagues and clients should be quick to describe candidates as famous for getting things done.

Working conditions / Environment / Travel / Schedule required

Greenhouse/Warehouse/Coolers. Employees will have frequent exposure to seasonal conditions which may range from extreme heat and humidity in the summer to cold in the winter. Will spend some time inside of near freezing coolers. Often working near moving mechanical parts. There will be exposure to cleaning chemicals. The noise level of machines and cooling units can be loud.

Physical requirements

While performing the duties of this job, employees are expected to constantly use hands to finger, handle or feel, as well as talk and hear. There is frequent standing, walking, reaching with hands and arms, as well as stooping, kneeling, crouching, and climbing. The lifting requirements are to occasionally lift up to 50 pounds, often lift up to 25 pounds, and constantly lift up to 10 pounds. The employee should have clear correctable vision at close and distance range, as well as peripheral vision to notice safety hazards.