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Sanitation Lead

5041 W 2400 S, West Valley City, UTOn-siteFull-time

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The Sanitation Lead coordinates and performs sanitation tasks across the facility and leads a team of 5-6 sanitation specialists, ensuring cleaning and food-safety procedures are followed.

About this role

We’re Tovala, a food-tech company reinventing home cooking to save consumers time. Through an innovative combination of hardware, software, and fresh food delivery, we make it incredibly simple for anyone to prepare and enjoy delicious, home-cooked meals without sacrificing time to do whatever matters to them. Through our superior technology, product experience and food quality, we have separated Tovala from the busy pack of other meal delivery businesses. In the process, we’ve amassed a loyal, rapidly growing following and our retention, product engagement and customer NPS are all best-in-class. We’ve raised over $100mm from great investors like Left Lane Capital, Origin Ventures, Y Combinator and Comcast Ventures and have invested strongly in building a unique culture that fosters growth, personal development and camaraderie.

The Sanitation Lead will assist in performing sanitation tasks across the facility and lead junior team members in their sanitation duties. Sanitation at Tovala occurs in a rotation of activities, including but not limited to washdown of equipment and production areas, cleaning floors and surfaces, taking out trash, breaking down and disposing of boxes, washing commercial dishes and cooking implements, cleaning bathrooms and offices, etc. This will take place across the facility to include a commercial dish pit, commercial kitchen, food production environment, receiving, shipping, break room, bathrooms, and offices. While this position will work a consistent schedule, the schedule may include working on weekends and some holidays. The shift is generally 6:00 am - 3:00 pm with regular overtime.

Essential Functions

  • Coordinate cleaning and scrubbing of production equipment, floors, walls, etc. (wet cleaning, washdown) according to a predetermined set of procedures.
  • Maintain performance standards for all aspects of cleaning and sanitation.
  • Work with pre-mixed chemical cleaning agents to clean, sanitize, and bring production facilities back into operation through SSOP procedures.
  • Lead and assist with the sanitizing and disinfection of all surfaces after cleaning in production.
  • Cleaning of interior infrastructure of productive and non-productive areas.
  • Participate in pre-operation inspections of equipment after cleaning.
  • Help maintain a food-safe environment through teamwork and proper food sanitation training.
  • Monitor the Cleaning and Disinfection of bathrooms, break rooms, and cafeterias.
  • Lead and work closely with other team members to ensure a good quality and clean production surface.
  • Provide assistance and feedback to team members regarding cleaning effectiveness.
  • Maintain and follow GMP protocols. Ensure that sanitation team closely follows GMP protocols.
  • Use PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) provided when needed/indicated to complete the job.
  • Keep and organize cleaning supplies in stock.
  • Perform other functions and tasks assigned by supervision.

    • Competencies

  • Organization
  • Attention to detail
  • Bi-lingual (English/Spanish)
  • Good verbal and written communication skills

    • Education, Experience, Licenses, and/or Certifications Required

  • 2+ years of experience in sanitation
  • 1+ year of leadership experience
  • Basic computer skills
  • Basic skills with cleaning solutions, including preparation and dilution of chemicals, measuring concentration strength.
  • Possess or willing to obtain a Food Handlers Permit

    • Physical Demands

  • Comfortable working in hot and cold temperature environments
  • Sitting
  • Standing and/or walking
  • Working with sanitation equipment such as washdown hoses or foamers
  • Occasionally lifting up to 50lbs
  • Vision for machine or computer operations
  • Must be able and willing to work in refrigerated coolers (~38°F) and Freezers (~0F)

    • Supervisory Responsibilities

  • Leads 5-6 Sanitation Specialists in partnership with the FSQA Manager
  • Plans, assigns, and approves work.

    • Skills

    Basic Computer SkillsBi-lingual English/SpanishCleaning Chemicals Preparation And DilutionFood Handler’s PermitGMPPPESSOP

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