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3rd Shift Sanitation Technician

Richelieu Foods
Wheeling, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 11/4/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/3/2025
Description

Job Summary

The Sanitation Technician follows procedures and SSOP’s to perform proper cleaning on production equipment to ensure safety and hygiene. May record information to reflect sanitation activities and issues.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Responsible for effective sanitation of the various plant equipment and departments.
  • Must be able to follow equipment cleaning instructions as listed in the Sanitation Procedures Manual.
  • Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment.
  • Must become familiar with cleaning chemicals by name, function, and usage rate and become chemical certified.
  • Timely notification to Maintenance, Manager and/or lead of equipment problems.
  • Notify Manager and/or Lead of actual or potential problems.
  • Must be able to follow verbal instructions from Manager and/or Lead.
  • Must be detail oriented and be able to work independently.
  • Responsible for compliance with GMP’s, proper sanitation, and housekeeping in area.
  • Responsible for use of required safety equipment and complying with proper safety procedures including wearing proper protective clothing, steel toe boots and safety goggles at all times.
  • Other duties as assigned by Management or volunteered for.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience operating electric pallet jack.
  • Experience using a variety of equipment including a power washer.
  • Previous sanitation experience, minimum 1 year.

Competencies

  • Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance procedures, a variety of instructions, diagrams or schedules.
  • Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.

Work Environment

  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and power industrial trucks. The employee is frequently exposed to cold, wet and/or humid conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Physical Demands

  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand for the duration of the production shift; talk or hear; use hands or finger to handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to walk. The employee is infrequently required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 40 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move more than 70 pounds.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

  • Sanitation Staff works third shift, 8 hours a shift Monday-Friday 10:30pm – 7:00am with overtime available as needed on weekends.

This position is based on our Wheeling IL location.

We offer a great opportunity with a comprehensive salary and benefits package including medical, dental, life insurance, short-term disability, 401K with company match, and vacation.

Richelieu Foods, Inc. is a leading national private label and contract packing food manufacturer focused on frozen pizza, salad dressing, and BBQ sauce product categories. We have three manufacturing facilities located in OH, IL, and WI. We provide products to many national retailers, wholesalers, distributors, club and mass stores, as well as industrial accounts including other food manufacturers

Richelieu Foods, Inc.is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

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