Job title: Sanitation Technician

Department: Quality & Food Safety

Work Location: Decatur, Arkansas Manufacturing Plant

About Wellness Pet Company

The Wellness Pet Company crafts and produces premium natural pet food, treats, and dental chews. We believe that natural, premium nutrition focused on proven health outcomes is the foundation of creating a mutual wellbeing for pets and their families. As a community of people, Wellies are positively obsessed about how to win for pets and their parents. We believe in the difference we make every single day, and we know that when we work collaboratively, Wellies are unstoppable -- Not only in providing the best nutrition to pets, but in building a better tomorrow for pets, their parents, and the world.

When you join Wellness Pet, you join a team whose aligned values and purpose create a unique and exciting place to work every day. Join us on our adventure to fulfill a life of wellbeing together with pets and their parents.

Our Decatur manufacturing facility is committed to nutritional innovation, product quality, and safety. To ensure our product quality, we control the entire manufacturing process in Decatur, from consistent quality checks on all raw materials coming into the plant, to the shipment of our finished product to customers. Our employees take pride in the natural products we produce for the pets who depend on us. We offer our employees a positive, friendly work environment where you can grow your skills, competitive pay, and excellent benefits – Come for a walk with us today!

Position Summary: The Sanitation Technician is vital to the manufacturing process, maintaining good housekeeping, following GMP’s and sanitation procedures in all areas in and around the plant including production, packaging, warehouse, food ingredient receiving and storage systems to meet the sites’ Quality and Food Safety requirements.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Perform cleaning and sanitation responsibilities as assigned by the Master Sanitation Schedule, throughout the plant.
• Under the direction of the supervisor, inspects, promotes and maintains adherence to food safety cleanliness in the handling or product, ingredients and finished goods using proper work procedures and compliance with Food Safety Standards as defined by the FDA, FSSC 22000, AIB and/or HACCP programs.
• Understand and use chemical or non-chemical pest control systems.
• Ensure chemical containers are properly marked and tagged with the ability to track chemical inventory.
• Hold others accountable for following all company Good Manufacturing Practices.
• Safety operate forklift to perform job duties as necessary.
• Other duties as assigned.

Workplace Safety:

• Completes safety system documentation and verifies compliance to program standards. Reports deviations to Supervisor.
• Participates in mandatory safety trainings and adheres to all safety policies
• Required to report all safety issues, near misses, and injuries

Quality & Food Safety:

• Completes quality & food safety system documentation and verifies compliance to program standards. Reports deviations to Supervisor.
• Participates in mandatory food safety and quality training program requirements
• Preserves the integrity of the BRC system through adherence to the policies and procedures outlined. Takes actions necessary to resolve food safety and quality system deficiencies
• Required to report food safety and quality system failures and take actions necessary to preserve the BRC system.

Position Requirements:

• Experience in cleaning and sanitizing within a food manufacturing environment preferred.
• Self-starter. Can work independently.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare appropriate documentation as required by the position.
• Ability to read, write, and communicate using the English language.
• Tolerance for both hot and cold environment.
• Ability to work in an environment which includes frequent exposure to elements such as odor, noise, heat, cold, dust and chemicals.
• Demonstrate mechanical aptitude.
• Must be familiar with use of hand tools.
• Good verbal and mathematical capability at a high school level.
• Ability to read and understand process operating procedures.
• Familiarity with computer applications.
• High school diploma or GED required.

The Wellness Pet Company is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate diversity and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or Veteran status.