Machine Cleaner - Third Shift
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Utz Quality Foods is looking to grow our loyal, career driven, and customer focused team and is currently recruiting for a Machine Cleaner to work from our manufacturing facility located in Wilkes-Barre, PA on Third Shift. This position works Monday - Friday from 10:30 PM - 6:30 AM.

As a Machine Cleaner, this candidate will be responsible to use a vacuum, compressed air, high pressure rinse, cleaning chemicals, hand cleaning, squeegees, and motorized sweepers to maintain all equipment as well as office areas, locker rooms, and break rooms. Mild to moderate chemicals and spray cleaners are used daily. In addition, air blasting packing machines, conveyors and floors and using a cloth to wipe down equipment.

Key Responsibilities

• Participates in all sanitation activities in order to maintain, clean, and safeguard equipment and facilities used for the processing and packaging of food products.
• Uses vacuums, compressed air, high pressure rinse, cleaning chemicals, hand cleaning, squeegees, and motorized sweepers to maintain all equipment as well as office areas, locker rooms, and break rooms.
• Returns all tables, mats, hoses, and cleaning equipment to proper position.
• Must be trained on Global Harmonized System for different chemicals used during daily cleaning.
• Cleans all packaging/ processing equipment and machines.
• Removes all waste to proper hopper.
• Requires working cooperatively and proactively in a cross-functional team with a diverse group of people and Supervisors.
• Readily takes instruction from the Supervisor and Leadperson and is eager to improve work activities and knowledge base.
• Responsible for quality and food safety tasks for their position.
• This position has direct impact on food safety at Utz Quality Foods. The next most senior members of the department is trained and qualified to substitute for absences and vacations. Where similar positions are staffed at multiple local facilities, trained personnel may be temporarily transferred to a different site to cover absences.

Spreading Joy Through Food!

Here at Utz, we have a passion for food that our associates enjoy creating, our consumers love, and our customers choose. Our renowned family of brands includes Utz, Golden Flake, Good Health, TGI Friday's, On the Border, Bachman, and Zapp's. We provide a supportive, caring and inclusive environment that offers opportunities for career growth and advancement. We believe it is important to help take care of our associates by providing benefits, resources, and programs that ensure they live their healthiest lives. Our benefit package includes medical, dental, and vision plans, an employer match 401k, profit sharing plan, employee stock purchase plan and much more. Join OneUtzTeam and help us spread joy through food for generations to come!

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

• The physical ability to lift up to 70 lbs.
• Ability to work with care and diligence.
• Ability to follow all GPMs, including the use of non-slip shoes, goggles, boots, and other PPE as needed.
• Ability to safely use cleaning detergents, chemicals, air wands, ladders, and water hoses.
• Ability to stand, bend, stoop, squat, and lift frequently.