Sanitation Lead

NLX Beverage Solutions, LLC firmly believes that our employees are the heart of our success. This position description is designed to outline primary duties and qualifications, but not limit one to specified duties, to ensure individual and group success.

The Sanitation Lead is responsible for overseeing the sanitation processes within our beverage manufacturing facility. This role ensures that all equipment, production areas, and facilities are maintained to the highest standards of cleanliness and sanitation to comply with regulatory requirements and company policies. The Sanitation Lead will manage the sanitation team, schedule cleaning tasks, and implement continuous improvement initiatives to enhance sanitation efficiency and effectiveness.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead, learn, and practice all written current good manufacturing processes (cGMPs) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as they apply to cleaning and sanitizing of manufacturing equipment, facilities, and all general areas
• Lead, learn, and practice all Safety and Quality Policies and Procedures
• Lead, learn, and practice all Maintenance Department Policies and Procedures
• Read, understand, and follow manufacturer’s directions for all chemicals used in the process of sanitizing manufacturing equipment
• Properly use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to safeguard against exposure to chemicals, electrical hazards, and eye and ear hazards
• Mixes sanitizing solutions for cleaning parts, equipment, and facilities
• Cleans parts, equipment, equipment carts, racks, polishing brushes, mops, and mop buckets
• Maintains daily logs directly associated with specifically assigned areas, and report any deviations to the Sanitation Supervisor
• Assists with various bathroom duties (i.e.: excessive water clean-up, replacing light bulbs, re-filling toilet seat covers, spot check and clean restrooms as needed, monitor lunch/break room area and clean as necessary throughout the process of normal operating hours)
• Maintain cleanliness of water fountains throughout the entire facility
• Maintain supplies throughout the building (i.e.: hair nets, beard nets, shoe coverings, paper towels, paper cups, etc.)
• Maintain the facility and grounds (i.e.: weeding, trash removal, and overall cleanliness of area outside building, on a daily basis and responsible for maintaining the appropriate logs, report any deviations to the Sanitation Supervisor
• Completes assigned daily sanitation on plant equipment and facility
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe working environment to ensure efficiency, employee safety, and product integrity
• Demonstrate good judgment by reacting to unsafe acts or conditions by making them safe or reporting them to those who can correct them
• Perform assigned tasks while wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), as required
• Performs all other duties as assigned

• High school diploma or GED, and 3+ years work experience preferably in a manufacturing environment
• Read, write, speak, and comprehend English
• Comprehend basic math: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, weights and measures, and efficient use of a calculator
• Ability to safely use hand and power tools applicable to the tasks
• Positive suggestions to improve operations in the work center
• Team Oriented - being helpful, respectful, approachable, building strong working relationships and a positive work environment, is responsible, honest, loyal, interacts with others tactfully, resolves conflicts appropriately and adapts to change
• Basic mechanical skills to disassemble and reassemble sanitation equipment
• Demonstrated time management skills
• Follow verbal and written instructions
• Ability to give positive suggestions to improve operations in the plant
• Ability to work well under changing demands including hours of operation
• Requires excellent cleaning skills, accuracy, reliability, and attention to quality
• Good work ethic, highly motivated self starter, and hands-on problem solver
• Ability to detect, recognize, and judge discrepancies
• Requires accuracy, reliability, and attention to detail

• Vision, hearing, and speaking to meet performance standards
• Ability to stand for long periods of time, push, pull, lift, climb, bend, stoop, squat, walk, and fine motor skills to work with the following tools: pressure washer, small hand tools, pallet jacks, mops, brooms, ladders, and portable stairs
• Ability to safely lift up to 50 pounds on a frequent basis and move heavier weights using proper equipment
• Must be able to work with exposure to the elements for short periods
• Must be able to work in elevated positions, at up to 25 feet and using proper safety precautions

Work Environment

• Requires ability to work in an environment that contains fumes, dust, odors, low level noise, and temperature and ventilation variations while wearing any appropriate safety and/or protective clean room apparel required (i.e.: safety glasses, shoe covers, gloves, hair net, face mask, or respirator)

• May require working in cramped spaces or extending hands into machinery, working outside, and exposed to inclement weather